I like the nostalgia of the old names, but Dodge does NOT do it correctly, they have been ******* up the charger name since that mess of a 4cyl in the 80's, that was just insulting and then to add some more trauma to the name they make the "new" charger a 4 door, if they wanted to call it something old it should have been a coronet, then a 2 door super bee and R/T, that would have made sense... Then to compete with the pony cars they have the challenger and lastly they should have made the Dart available in a RWD v8, now that would be fun and make a bit of sense...
So if I was designing the line up it would look like this...
Challenger- 300hp v6, a 5.7 with a few trim package in there, and then the fire breathing hell cat...
Coronet- 4 door v6, 4 door v8, 2 door super bee 5.7 and 6.4, then lastly a fire breathing R/T with the hell car driveline.
Dart- Hybrid and current driveline both in FWD, then a 5.7 RWD or maybe all wheel drive model.
Viper- flagship no medium, make a new hemi to turn the world on it sear, 526 super charged 1000HP, super car, charge what ever you have to, make the car mid engine and get it over with...
Sorry charger guys, no room for it
, truth of the matter is the viper should have been called charger..
As far as convertibles go they are getting to be tough sells, how many convertibles do you see anymore? Companies have tried everything from volvos hardtop C's to the new soft seal triple thick tops, issue is people buy cars to drive year round and in the south they are too hot and in the north they are too cold, sure corvettes will always need a vert, BUT the market dictates the production (or it should) so I expect to see less and less convertibles in the future...
The fact of the matter is when you have the best sports cars you sell the most cars, not the most sport cars, but the guy who is at the dealership drooling over a challenger will buy his wifes mini van there and his daughters compact hybrid also...
If anyone from Fiat wants to contact me for more ideas just PM me,
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