2008 Dodge Challenger SRT8 Petty Blue!!!
 

damn, this is the best looking 08 Challenger i have seen yet!
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Those are very sharp cars.. I am still disappointed with the new Camaros.. I really think Chevy could have done more to make it more retro looking!!

Rich

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Mopar did the model right...
What a handsome auto.

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Went to the Chicago Auto Show last night....the 2008 Challenger is stunning....especially in Black.

Dan.

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Those are very sharp cars.. I am still disappointed with the new Camaros.. I really think Chevy could have done more to make it more retro looking!!


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How can you be disappointed when the car is not out yet?
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And how much more retro could the Camaro show car be? https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...lins/dunno.gif

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Well, from what I have seen so far,the only thing I see in that car that is even close to retro is the front end.. I just think it could be better.. I mean c'mon look at the Mustangs and now this new Challenger and you tell me who is doing it right!! Sure the hell isn't Chevy!! Don't get me wrong I am a die hard Chevy man all the way but that new Camaro just doesn't do it for me.. But that is me, I'm sure others love it.. "To each is own" as the saying goes!!

Rich

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Mopar did the model right...
What a handsome auto.

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I am a chevy guy, but this car looks really cool.

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I luv it !!

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Nice car. I Ordered one on Jan 7, from my friend that owns the local Dodge Dealership. Ordered it in Black. He said it will probably be here in May. No obligation to Buy if I dont like it. He Sells it too me at Invoice.
Mike

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What kind of money are they goin for?

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$38,500.00. Plus Options. Which there are only 3 Options,Sunroof,Stainless Exhaust and Bigger Wheels, forgot what size.
Mike p.s. I forgot I ordered it Dec 8th not Jan.

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I'm far from convinced the Challenger is better looking than the Camaro!.

For one, the roof line of the new Camaro looks waaaay more sleek and sinister...the new Challenger almost has a first gen Camaro roof/C-pillar look plus the way they've given it the low slabbed front/rear has taken a lot away from the original E-car's side profile missle-like styling?.

And I'm already tired of the new Challenger's side accent line too...not sharp enough like the original E-cars had and somehow almost reminicent of the 70's R/R Corniche sideline?.

GM's way of reverse styling to uglier looking trim parts that get changed to the real design's better looking parts after everyone buys the first year cars seems to be happening too...like the S10 looking grille, when's the '69 style R/S nose come out?.

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The only thing cool about the new Camaro is the console gauges.

The Challenger wins in styling hands down. Both Ford and Chrysler are getting it right. GM.... not so much.

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Went to the Chicago Auto Show last night....the 2008 Challenger is stunning....especially in Black.

Dan.

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Dan,
Do you have any pictures of the Black Challenger? One of my co-workers has a Black one on order but hasn't been able to find any photos.

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I like the look of the new Challenger but its a little too rounded to me. I prefer sharper lines.
So I also like the Camaro, I think it looks very retro, sharp and sleek.
It would be pretty awesome to see both at a stoplight https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...lins/smile.gif

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Here it is is Brilliant Black Pearl Coat http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.au...geroff_chi.jpg

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One more. http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.au...geroff_chi.jpg

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Ouch. That car hurts me. What a beastly beauty! Two things:

1. Shaker Hood (or T/A hood as a suitable substitute)
2. Billboards in dark gray or red ...."HEMI" https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...iggthumpup.gif https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...ins/3gears.gif https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...ins/3gears.gif https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...ins/3gears.gif https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...ins/3gears.gif

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Looks like it got chopped short in the rear and the lower body line is just plain flat with no character. The retro Mustang also has a very flat body line which doesn't look right. It might be the lack of lower body molding the throws off the lines but it doesn't come as close to the original as the first prototype did.

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I like them both... Will the Camaro be a 40+ grand car too? If so they might as well forget about it.

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I love the look of the new Challenger, but I'm kind of mystified about the marketing. In April the 2008's will hit the showrooms....all 6.1 Hemi SRT8 automatics in only 3 colors...orange, silver and black with numbered dash plaques. Three months later, the 2009's will be introduced.....more models, more colors and features, plus a 6 speed Tremec option amongst other things. Not sure why anyone would want a 2008 when 90 days later there's so much more to choose from.
JayR

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Because they could make the early ones any way they want to and people will still stand in line to be the first on the block to have one...then they have "new" colors and features to keep people wanting them after everyone who had to be first already has theirs...same reason they come out with some new special edition Mustang every year. I'd bet GM does the same type of stuff with the Camaro when and if they ever get on the ball and start selling real cars instead of parading the same 3 or 4 show/concept versions around the country for another 2 years. It'll be due for a re-design before the first one ever hits the showroom at the rate they're going.

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Guess I think differently. I waited over a year to get the 2007 Shelby GT500 I wanted, so 90 days to get a 'full meal deal' Challenger would be nothing.
JayR

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I seen an orange Challanger at the Philly car show last week and it is stunning.... Seen the Camaro many times and have to agree. The Challanger looks much nicer..

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I totally agree; the Challenger looks great, and Chevy really missed the mark.

Now please, for the love of God, DO NOT put stickers and boy-racer crap all over it, like giant hood scoops and shark teeth, etc., etc.. This is 2008, not 1978 or 1968.

I think Chrysler understands that the aftermarket is going to LOVE this car, so they'll hopefully use good-judgment, and keep it clean.

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Sorry to burst anybody's bubble but the car is NOT Petty Blue, its going to be B5 Blue.
I dont understand why they wouldnt use 999 code Petty Blue


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Here it is is Brilliant Black Pearl Coat http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.au...geroff_chi.jpg

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All I know these cars are finally getting styling where you can tell them apart from a block away---That's how I remember it. That generic styling that the auto industry was shoveling out I was beginning to think the designers were on prozac. ...To me they're taking a step in the direction---Yep even the Camaro(not quite retro, but the heritage is there----IMHO)....

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Sorry to burst anybody's bubble but the car is NOT Petty Blue, its going to be B5 Blue.
I dont understand why they wouldnt use 999 code Petty Blue


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Is the car tagged with B5 and will that color be available for production Challengers?

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I dont know about that but the #43 car is not Petty Blue.
I cant understand why they wouldnt paint the #43 car P.B

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I heard dealers are asking 60k around here NYC suburbs for the first round of 2008's. !!!

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I'd rather have my 4th Gen Camaros than the Challenger or new Camaro. You could buy 3 or 4 nice LS1 cars for that price! And I guarantee my 01 Camaro SS will smoke that Hemi Challenger. Just my biased opinion https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...mlins/wink.gif

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I totally agree; the Challenger looks great, and Chevy really missed the mark.

Now please, for the love of God, DO NOT put stickers and boy-racer crap all over it, like giant hood scoops and shark teeth, etc., etc.. This is 2008, not 1978 or 1968.

I think Chrysler understands that the aftermarket is going to LOVE this car, so they'll hopefully use good-judgment, and keep it clean.

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I disagree. Lets see one with the Billboard stripe please !! https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...lins/dunno.gif

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Billboards were a '71 Cuda option, never factory on the Challengers...may look Ok though?.

I really think once we see and get used to the Camaros in the flesh, they'll seem way better...especially when they put the 'real' trim parts to them!?.

~ Pete
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Picture this baby with flat black stripes.

BA

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Every auto I own is a Chevy with the exception of a 68 and 69 GTO. BUT, I will buy one of these Challengers in black. I agree with the others on here that Chevy has missed the mark. If they would have done as good a job of emulating the 69 Camaro as Dodge did with the iconic Challenger, Chevy wouldn't have to worry about selling enough of them to justify production. Hell, they would have probably had enough pre-ordered cars to have them on the dealers floors already.

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my grand Cherokee is Brilliant Black Pearl Coat
man does it realy pop in when the sun hits it Its a black base coat with gold Metal flake and then clear
the camaro will end up like the GTO you just dont see any on the street

And I guarantee my 01 Camaro SS will smoke that Hemi Challenger. Just my biased opinion
I realy Dough that seen a grand cherokee with the same motor
ruing in the low 11s stock down at atco and remember the Grand is a brick the challenger will be fast as hell
might be buying one two

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the GTO you just dont see any on the street

And I guarantee my 01 Camaro SS will smoke that Hemi Challenger. Just my biased opinion
I realy Dough that seen a grand cherokee with the same motor
ruing in the low 11s stock down at atco and remember the Grand is a brick the challenger will be fast as hell
might be buying one two

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You don't see many new GTO's cause it's winter. https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...ns/naughty.gif

The Challenger is supposed to weigh around 4000 lbs with 425HP. My '02 SS Convertible weighs 3770 with me (165lbs) in it and it ran 13.43 at 102.78 in the 1/4. Now some SS 6 speeds were running 12.90's but they were hard tops and they weigh a lot less than a vert. Will a SS smoke a new Challenger? Probably not but it will easily keep up. https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...ns/burnout.gif

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Word is the first of the production Challengers are rolling off the line as of yesterday..
Anyone have one of the 08's on order?.

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~ Pete
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Now some SS 6 speeds were running 12.90's but they were hard tops and they weigh a lot less than a vert. Will a SS smoke a new Challenger? Probably not but it will easily keep up. https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...ns/burnout.gif

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A buddy of mine bought a brand new 02 SS t top car, full power, with slp package and it went 12.93 @113 stone stock and put down 345 to the wheels on a Dyno Jet.

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A friend of mine just saw one at the local dealer here in suffolk Va. Fully loaded orange one. Salesman took him to a conditioned room in the back. He told him to leave his cellphone in the office. Owner was picking it up that night under darkness. He said the guy paid 88k for it.