It's Baaaaack!!!!!!!!!!!
In 1970, Dodge introduced the Challenger! It was one of two "Pony Cars" that were Chrysler Corporations answer to the Ford Mustang, Chevrolet Camaro, and the Pontiac Trans Am. It had a short run, however, due to federal emission standards beginning in 1971 and the Arab fuel embargo soon after. The last year for the Challenger was 1974. Pictured below is the 1970 Challenger I owned around 1971 or 1972. It was a 383 RT SE in it's original color, "Plum Crazy".
The Challenger became one of the most sought after collector cars of all time. A rare 1970 Hemi Challenger convertible could sell for nearly $1,000,000 dollars. When Ford reintroduced the Thunderbird, several years ago, General Motors and Chrysler watched. The T-Bird was a flop and Ford lost money on it. Ford tried again, a couple of years ago, by reintroducing the Mustang in a late 60's retro design. It was a success! General Motors then decided to reintroduce the Camaro and Dodge the Challenger, both in retro design format. The Chrysler/Dodge designers placed a 1970 Challenger in their studio and went to the drawing boards.
They initially produced 2 Challenger Concept Cars. A standard model with a 425 horsepower, 6.1 SRT Hemi V-8; and a Pro-Stock version using a stock 392 Hemi crate engine, right out of their catalog. The Pro-Stock version has 550 horsepower and runs the 1/4 mile in just over 11 seconds. As the Challengers toured the car show circuit in 2006 and 2007, the response was phenomenal!!
Scheduled for release in Spring of 2008, the Challengers are making their way to dealerships across America. First year production vechicles will all have the Hemi SRT V-8 and only 6,400 will be produced for 2008. Advance orders began quite a while ago and on the first day that Dodge began taking orders, 4,300 had already been sold. Dealerships additionally requested an additional 10,000 units for their showrooms. Most of those will have to wait until the 2009 production year when a V-6 model will also be available. The sticker price is $37,995.00 for the 2008 Dodge Challenger. In 1970, a Hemi Challenger was around $3,700.00.
The first 2008 Challenger, off the assembly line, was put up for a charity auction and was sold to the CEO of the Barrett-Jackson Company for $400,000.00
In 1970, Dodge introduced the Challenger! It was one of two "Pony Cars" that were Chrysler Corporations answer to the Ford Mustang, Chevrolet Camaro, and the Pontiac Trans Am. It had a short run, however, due to federal emission standards beginning in 1971 and the Arab fuel embargo soon after. The last year for the Challenger was 1974. Pictured below is the 1970 Challenger I owned around 1971 or 1972. It was a 383 RT SE in it's original color, "Plum Crazy".
The Challenger became one of the most sought after collector cars of all time. A rare 1970 Hemi Challenger convertible could sell for nearly $1,000,000 dollars. When Ford reintroduced the Thunderbird, several years ago, General Motors and Chrysler watched. The T-Bird was a flop and Ford lost money on it. Ford tried again, a couple of years ago, by reintroducing the Mustang in a late 60's retro design. It was a success! General Motors then decided to reintroduce the Camaro and Dodge the Challenger, both in retro design format. The Chrysler/Dodge designers placed a 1970 Challenger in their studio and went to the drawing boards.
They initially produced 2 Challenger Concept Cars. A standard model with a 425 horsepower, 6.1 SRT Hemi V-8; and a Pro-Stock version using a stock 392 Hemi crate engine, right out of their catalog. The Pro-Stock version has 550 horsepower and runs the 1/4 mile in just over 11 seconds. As the Challengers toured the car show circuit in 2006 and 2007, the response was phenomenal!!
Scheduled for release in Spring of 2008, the Challengers are making their way to dealerships across America. First year production vechicles will all have the Hemi SRT V-8 and only 6,400 will be produced for 2008. Advance orders began quite a while ago and on the first day that Dodge began taking orders, 4,300 had already been sold. Dealerships additionally requested an additional 10,000 units for their showrooms. Most of those will have to wait until the 2009 production year when a V-6 model will also be available. The sticker price is $37,995.00 for the 2008 Dodge Challenger. In 1970, a Hemi Challenger was around $3,700.00.
The first 2008 Challenger, off the assembly line, was put up for a charity auction and was sold to the CEO of the Barrett-Jackson Company for $400,000.00
2 comments:
I've been drooling over this one for a while. I was really bummed that they didn't have one on display at the Detroit auto show this past January. I spent a while looking for it.
You and Ron share a brain on this one!!!!!
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