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Old 12-26-2004, 08:18 PM
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I think I like the Magnum wagon better but hard to tell from just these two photos..

First shots cool..

Second one is weak..
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Anyone besides me thinks that the body is shaped similar to the 05 Mustang?
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Wow....that looks like ****
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Originally Posted by bigMAC
Wow....that looks like ****
Couldn't have said it better myself!

DCX needs to save face and NOT call this ugly monstrosity Charger.

What's wrong with Intrepid (the car that this replaces)?
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I think it looks like the 300c
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One things for sure, it don't look like no Charger to me. From what I've seen, the "Charger" concept has gone from bad, to badder, to baddest.

The PHR Charger concept car looked by far the best. That thing was downright bad ***. I've said it so many times...4 doors do not belong on a "Charger"
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I don't understand where DCX thinks that coupes are dead. This thing just doesn't make me think of the muscle car era. It doesn't even make me think of the 80's Charger either
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I think it's lazy and half-assed to say the least. The logic that's being used in this instance is all to common nowdays. I think Dodge can do a much better job if they make it true to the original of the sixties and early seventies. Maybe base it on the Crossfire SRT6 platform and change it's appearance,and for the sake of decency, don't go with a cheap *** suspension like what Ford did with the new Mustang.
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Originally Posted by do0dfromcali
I think it looks like the 300c
I see that more than the 05 Mustang. IMO I like the Magnum better and this design does not have any telltale signs of the Charger that I recall.
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Not the worst car I've ever seen, but it doesn't have what it takes to intrigue me into buying it.. The 1/4 panel lines give me the feel of a charger. However, being a 4 door.. heavy as hell, and probably an underperformer, I can only imagine Dodge is definately aiming for a different market than what most of us on this board would be interested in.

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Kind of off topic, but I just noticed this is in an issue of Motor Trend. I have the newest issue, and it doesn't have that in it. You work some some printing company?
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Viff,that is fugly......
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Man, this doesn't look good, and FWIW I would think ex-Camaro and Firebird Enthusiasts are the types of people Dodge wants to sell this car too.

As for me I think they would ahve been better off calling the car a "Magnum Sedan". Calling it a "Charger" seams to contrived......and wrong.

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FWIW this is the only Dodge I've been excited about, and they're not building it.



It's a 2-Seat Front engine, RWD coupe with a Neon SRT-4 Turbo motor. The price was planned at $17K and with weight less thana Neon it would have been a 13 second car easy. Anyhow I think something like that would have a been a great (affordable) Autocross track-toy.

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That Charger is so damn ugly. Why even call it the Charger. What a peice of trash, the headlights, the dodge ram grille, the thick borders around the window, the chopped rear window, the fender flare that's intergrated into the door, the ugly *** rear bumper....what a peice of complete garbage. Typical Dodge styling if you ask me.

I hate my computer monitor for showing something that ugly. Where's a broken image link when you need one.
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Originally Posted by sawedoff
I think it's lazy and half-assed to say the least. The logic that's being used in this instance is all to common nowdays. I think Dodge can do a much better job if they make it true to the original of the sixties and early seventies. Maybe base it on the Crossfire SRT6 platform and change it's appearance,and for the sake of decency, don't go with a cheap *** suspension like what Ford did with the new Mustang.
Base if off of the 1st gen Mercedes SLK? A sporty roadster is the last thing I think of when I hear the name Charger.
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If that Razor was 17k, I'd go buy it that day, and order stg 2 the same day.. lol. That would be a fun car.

Peace,
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Dodge: you completely dropped the ball on this one.
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I would have bought one if it had looked like the stunning concept.







Bitterly disappointing.


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