Spy Shot: 2006 Dodge Charger:
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RE: Spy Shot: 2006 Dodge Charger:
Chrysler Group says it has no plans to replace 2-door versions of its Chrysler Sebring and Dodge Stratus couples...Design boss Trevor Creed tells reporters that the dramatic up-and-down cycle of the coupe market dictated the decision to cancel the modestly successful Sebring and Stratus coupes
And think, the coupes were MMC platforms - minimal engineering expense from Chrysler. If those can't fly financially, no wonder there's no 2-door Charger.
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RE: Spy Shot: 2006 Dodge Charger:
I still don't buy that crap..... if the coupe market is that stagnant, then the new Mustang should, by all that warped reasoning, not make it. Given the overall reaction by the automotive press and enthusiasts, that looks to be far from the case. Ford will most likely sell all they can build. Which would indicate to me that the right coupe CAN be a success in today's market. Seems to me somebody someplace has their head where the sun isn't shinin'..........
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RE: Spy Shot: 2006 Dodge Charger:
Yes, the right coupe can be a success in today's market, as the Mustang illustrates. People have always thought of the Mustang as a coupe. It pretty much dominates its share of the coupe market, especially since the Camaro has gone away. The Mustang has been very consistent for a long time this way, and the thought of a Mustang sedan after years and years of it being a coupe is just plain wrong.
The original Chargers were coupes. But the primary difference is that the Charger has been gone for so long that the general consumer probably doesn't immediately think "coupe" when they hear its name, or at least not nearly as much as they do with the Mustang. That gives DCX a little more license to re-introduce the Charger as a sedan.
It all boils down to one question though... "can we sell more Charger coupes, or Charger sedans?" And of course the answer is sedan, ding ding ding ding. I do hope they come up with a coupe version of this new car called Charger, preferably with a manual transmission. But until then, I think a lot of people will like the new car as-is.
The original Chargers were coupes. But the primary difference is that the Charger has been gone for so long that the general consumer probably doesn't immediately think "coupe" when they hear its name, or at least not nearly as much as they do with the Mustang. That gives DCX a little more license to re-introduce the Charger as a sedan.
It all boils down to one question though... "can we sell more Charger coupes, or Charger sedans?" And of course the answer is sedan, ding ding ding ding. I do hope they come up with a coupe version of this new car called Charger, preferably with a manual transmission. But until then, I think a lot of people will like the new car as-is.
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RE: Spy Shot: 2006 Dodge Charger:
chazcron, is this another manipulated image, or is this supposed to be the real deal?
Please provide at least some kind of description.... (I assume it's a manipulated image)
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Please provide at least some kind of description.... (I assume it's a manipulated image)
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RE: Spy Shot: 2006 Dodge Charger:
The Chief Engineer of the new Dodge Charger will be taking questions in a live chat on Thursday night 9pm ET/6pm ET. Chat with Burke Brown, Chrysler Group's Chief Engineer of the Rear-wheel-drive Platform Team, about the all-new 2006 Dodge Charger. http://www.edmunds.com/townhall/chat...hat011305.html (no registration needed for the chat)
