Shot of the 2009 Challenger @ Cleveland Auto Show

**Ctowner** · 04-10-2008, 08:33 PM

Purple? Black on black. The SRT8 option in black is an extremely popular combo.

**2KLS1** · 04-10-2008, 10:29 PM

Originally Posted by ajnavo61490

looks purple

Looks black to me. I think its the lights up on the ceiling that are purple and you`re seeing their reflection. Look at the guy on the right with the white shirt.

**Ctowner** · 04-18-2008, 12:25 PM

Yeah, I get updates and news from the link on their site:

Dodge - 2008 Challenger - Get updates

The new R/T and SRT8 options are awesome, you have to admit.

**imported_Dave1** · 05-04-2008, 08:07 PM

I love that car.......:up

Except for the Walmart boom-box silver plastic looking wheels on that ride......

**Todd@RUPES** · 05-05-2008, 06:14 AM

Originally Posted by a.k.a. Patrick

The Camaro could learn a thing or two at least..............Fabulous looking retro car.....My bros in law already has an order in....

Hopefully Chevy doesn`t learn anything from Dodge....

The Challenger is a huge let down and a turd, IMO. It is basically a two door version of the four door Charger, only it only weights 80lbs less!!! This car weighs in north of two tons and has the same "hemi" engine as the Charger. Talk about a let down... Also, the Charger is expected to have better top end because the Challenger about as areodynamic as a brick...

So hopefully Chevy can avoid taking an amazing concept car and sticking it on a four door chassis, increasing the drag with out increasing the power, not offer a stick shift, and charge 5k more...

**2KLS1** · 05-05-2008, 12:15 PM

Originally Posted by TH0001

So hopefully Chevy can avoid taking an amazing concept car and sticking it on a four door chassis, increasing the drag with out increasing the power, not offer a stick shift, and charge 5k more...

Well the new Camaro is being built on the Holden-developed rear-drive Zeta chassis which underpins the newest Holden commodores and the new Pontiac G8 which are all 4-door sedans so maybe they are learning something from Dodge. In addition the Camaro won`t be all that light either it will probably be just shy of 2 tons itself, although I don`t think official numbers have been released. Heck the f-bodies were something around 3600 lbs. at least so the 5th gens are going to be a little more since new cars just keep getting heavier and heavier with each new model.

From the pictures I`ve seen of the Camaro test mules, the Challenger wins in the looks department IMO. Except for the interior they really dropped the ball on that, but I wasn`t surprised. Hopefully the production Camaro won`t look too different form the concept because I really thought the concept looked awesome.