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the new dodge charger
Posted: Sat Jan 08, 2005 8:56 pm
by Jszar
http://www.bmwboard.com/forum/showthread.php?t=14245
heh, pretty ugly huh. i think i'd rather have kiki's.
Posted: Sat Jan 08, 2005 9:05 pm
by ridr4lif
looks to me like they took the magnum and make it a sedan instead of a wagon...yea..i'd def rather have kiki's as well...new stuff sux...classic cars forever. remember, "dont crush 'em, restore 'em!!!"
TEDD
Posted: Sat Jan 08, 2005 9:34 pm
by Ryan from Ohio
Looks like crap.
Posted: Sun Jan 09, 2005 6:42 am
by Blitzzzkrieg
^what he said
Posted: Sun Jan 09, 2005 8:57 am
by 71buickfreak
it is a 300 body, not a magnum (a magnum is a 300 with the extension). Are you guys serious? that looks awesome! yeah, I prefer muscel cars (I drive a 71 Buick GS convertible) but I am buying a magnum for my family car. You can't drive a 30+ year old car like you can a brand new car, you don't have the safety or the convienances and you certainly don't get the fuel economy. I think it looks good. specially with some 20-22"s
Posted: Sun Jan 09, 2005 9:07 am
by GlassWolf
yeah there's been stuff floating around the charger forums for quite a while now about the reintroduction.. remember when they tried it in the 80s too? with those little shelby coupes? those things sucked pretty bad too.
It's a shame they couldn't have done the new 05 Charger the way Ford did the new 05 Mustang.. like a stylized new version of the old 60s fastbacks with performance orientation.
the rear side window cut looks like they took the idea from the 1974 Charger.. one of the last ones made from the original lines.. and they were pretty ugly, too.
I'll keep my 66's
Posted: Sun Jan 09, 2005 10:09 am
by 71buickfreak
there is supposed to be a new cuda coming out retro style like the mustang. and the new camaro/firebird will be the same way. really slick from what I have seen
Posted: Sun Jan 09, 2005 11:20 am
by Justin from Detroit1
The whole Dodge/Chrysler family is still ugly as hell.
Posted: Sun Jan 09, 2005 12:15 pm
by ridr4lif
i agree with justin from detroit...im not a big fan of the whole dodge lineup. They make everything look the same.
TEDD
Posted: Sun Jan 09, 2005 6:09 pm
by Jonathan
The overall shape of that car replicates an early Mustang more so than the older Charger. The rear fenderwells, headlights and grill, front end, all look like a 65 mustang gone all wrong. Just like Chevrolet destroyed the Impala name. Dodge is getting too squared off and chunky with their car designs. Just because the truck design was popular doesn't mean you need to make every car look like a Mack truck. The car I liked most from Dodge in the past few years was the Intrepid, that platform would make a better base for a Charger concept because of it's smooth lines and long design.