The new Dodge Super 8 Hemi concept car is a melting pot of classic Dodge design with Dodge trucks and sport utility vehicles. It combines the best of both worlds to form the newest execution of Passenger Priority design in the guise of a sedan. But where other sedans sit lower to the ground, the Super8 Hemi stands tall to enhance visibility, comfort, space and ease of entry and exit for both driver and passengers.

Underneath the hood sits the real story of this concept car with roots in the 40s and 50s: the famed Hemi engine that made its name on the early NASCAR tracks. This iteration is a 5.7-liter V8 engine with hemispherical combustion chambers and two spark plugs per cylinder that produces a whopping 353 horsepower and 395 pound-feet of torque with a calculated top speed of 154 mph. Horsepower is delivered to the rear wheels via a four-speed automatic transmission with AutoStick(r) that brings the concept car from zero to 60 in only 5.7 seconds.

As with all concept cars, the Super8 Hemi doesn't fall short on futuristic gadgets:

A 6.4-inch screen is incorporated in the instrument panel

Two 8.4 touch screens are located on articulating arms mounted on front-seat backrests for rear-seat passengers

Infotronic Speech Recognition and Text-to-Speech telematics technology for onboard devices that maintain an instant link between personal space and cyber space

Internet-based off-board navigation system with email access

Home Connection System allows you to activate or disable home appliances, security systems, and entertainment systems from your car through an Internet-based remote interface

A rear-seat entertainment system includes location-based online trivia games, playable either with other passengers, or with a player in another vehicle by way of GPS location technology

Nationwide, digital quality, satellite-based audio via Satellite Radio in the continental U.S. Passengers can choose between 100 unique channels, 50 of which are commercial free

Engine: Prototype 353 cu. in. (5.7-liter) Hemi? V-8

Estimated Power: 353 bhp. (263 kW)

Estimated Torque: 395 lb.-ft. (536 N?m)

Transmission: Four-speed AutoStick? manumatic transmission

Drive: Rear-wheel drive

Structure: Unitized body with B-pillarless bodyside aperture

Suspension - Front: Independent with modified MacPherson struts

Suspension - Rear: Custom independent five-link with coil-over-shock setup

Wheels: 22? x 10?

Tires: Front P255/740R560, Rear P255/770R560







Length: 186 in.

Width: 73.9 in.

Height: 56.2 in.

Wheelbase: 117.4 in.

Track: Front 62.5 in., Rear 62.8 in.

Weight: 3600 lbs.

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redriderbob

 

Also known as the ugliest Chrysler concept in recent memory

 

No way, it gave a modern look to 50's design! It was awesome!

redriderbob

 

I saw it at the Kansas City Auto Show last year and I love it! I hope they produce it. I like the interior the most.

 

Yeah it is...

Freeman Thomas, one of the DaimlerChrysler design engineers... would take this car out on Saturday mornings cruising out in California last summer... and when he would stop and talk to people, they loved it. Reactions were very good on this car!

redriderbob

 

I also like the car. I don't think it suits me, but I think it's really awesome. Tint those windows.... Oooohh... NICE!

~Amanda

 

I'd drive it! I wonder what everybody thought when it pulled up.

 

Oh they thought it was cool. I read it in a DaimlerChrysler inside newspaper... I have the issue around somewhere... Freeman and another designer drove the Super8 HEMI and the Copperhead Concept car around a certain town near the DaimlerChrysler Pacifica Design Studio... I'll see if I can find it and type it word for word.

redriderbob

 

Yea but I wonder what they thought it was. I'd be a little confused if I had never seen or heard of it before.

 

I like it too. It has the really flat 57 chevy style windshield. Now this is an American style car.