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Old Sep 2, 2004 | 11:20 PM
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Check it out.....steve, any comment?

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Okay, but isn't that just a rebadged 300C?
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Old Sep 3, 2004 | 05:54 AM
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hmmmm I dunno..I'm not feelin it right now. I think you may be right about this one dano
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Old Sep 3, 2004 | 06:01 AM
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4-door Charger huh? It looks like Chrysler didn't learn from GM's GTO mistake--don't screw with a legend.
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Old Sep 3, 2004 | 06:54 AM
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Dano,

i'll find out how close it is for you,

Brad, there may be a 2-door charger in the future, there may be a coupe and convertible built on the LX platform at that plant, if so, it should be no problem putting charger sheetmetal on it.
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Old Sep 3, 2004 | 07:48 AM
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SOmething between Chevy Malibu and Chrysler 300.
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Old Sep 3, 2004 | 08:03 AM
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I still say a Mazda RX-8 Type 4 Door set-up could have worked well for this car.
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Old Sep 3, 2004 | 08:26 AM
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all the cool renders i saw that kid do in popular hotrodding, and chrysler comes out with this 300 copy. im dissapointed to say the least. this car could have been designed a lot more better and could have been unique.
why make another 300c?
why name this car a charger if it does not have anything to do with the charger of old???
Daimler Chrysler should have tried making a car to go against the mustang GT and SE's, because ford right now owns that group. The Charger concept from a few years ago looks a lot better.

what could have been

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that kids render from popular hotrodding
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Old Sep 3, 2004 | 09:32 AM
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I like the use of the vintage "Hockey Stick" style HEMI stripe and flat black hood , but....

...the overall 4-door shape and front end--just not workin' for me.
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Old Sep 3, 2004 | 01:52 PM
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How are these car makers figuring they can bring back old car names with absolutely no styling cues from the originals? The Charger is a legend, and that looks nothing like it, just as the Monaro looks nothing like the GTO. It'd be like if Ford had redesigned the Mustang and come up with the Forty-Nine concept ... yeah, the Forty-Nine's a neat car, but it's not a Mustang.
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Old Sep 3, 2004 | 02:30 PM
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How sad. First the GTO and now the Charger. Ford really got it right with the new Mustang.
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Old Sep 3, 2004 | 04:27 PM
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THIS JUST IN!!! The Mopar Guys absolutely hate this thing. Many of them are saying they will go with the 05 mustang. A lot had hoped it looked like the charger concept.

Most say that this is Chysler's "GTO mistake".

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Old Sep 3, 2004 | 04:52 PM
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Dan,

apparently it is almost dead-on to the production model.

Apparantley a very stunning car, which could be lost in the green color and crease in the page. Plus it is a drawing, it can be off a bit, the proportions not right, etc.

I'll reserve judgement unitl 2006 NAIAS
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Old Sep 3, 2004 | 04:56 PM
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Man........that's a crying shame. That truck grill is the worst thing that could happen to that car. There are so many other ways to get the cross bar pattern in there and make it cool. I'm not holding much hope for this one.
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Old Sep 3, 2004 | 07:19 PM
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Yeah, that Ram grill kills any hope of it being a nice-looking sedan. :notnice:
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Old Sep 3, 2004 | 08:13 PM
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That rendering hurts me in a very deep part of my heart :cry:

As if the '80s Charger wasn't bad enough, at least it was still a coupe...this is exactly what I feared when I heard that the 300, Magnum and Charger would share the same platform...

Come on, lose the extra doors!
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Old Sep 3, 2004 | 11:46 PM
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hmmmmm i like myself, then again ive always been a charger lover

looks dont matter as long as it has a 345 hp Monster under the hood
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Old Sep 4, 2004 | 10:23 AM
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Guys....there will still be a Dodge Charger coupe. Don't act surprised that they have a Charger sedan as well, they reported this months ago! They have also reported that they will indeed make a coupe version....
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Old Sep 4, 2004 | 10:32 AM
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A lot of people forget that there were chevelle sedans and wagons as well...

if they can build a coupe in addition to the sedan, it will be a good way of ressurecting the name
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Old Sep 4, 2004 | 01:43 PM
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Two less doors won't help that it's ugly.
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Old Sep 4, 2004 | 03:33 PM
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for the owner of a chrysler product, you sure are a hater

IT IS NOT UGLY
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