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Old 07-13-2008, 12:43 AM
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Saw two new Challengers in the last few days. One at a local cruise night:





And then one tonight at BK on the Pike:



Crappy cell phone pics don't do it justice. This car is gorgeous in person. Really well executed all around. The owners seem to love them too. All you need to own one is about $60k in spare change and you are good to go.
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i finally saw one the other day just like the one in those pics. they really are nice looking cars but theyre too expensive.
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Saw one tonight as well at a weekly cruise night/car show.
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60 grand? the sticker is like 44, where the hell is the 60 coming from?
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People are paying a lot over .. but the paul barberino in wallyworld says he has one coming in not spoken for... if anyone is interested.. also they have a black on in there nisson store..
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Originally Posted by Bajapat
People are paying a lot over .. but the paul barberino in wallyworld says he has one coming in not spoken for... if anyone is interested.. also they have a black on in there nisson store..
i guarentee that one will NOT sell near sticker, i will get mine next year when the prices are not insane
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There is one at the dealer 2 min from my house, the sticker is 41k but they are taking bids on it. i must say though it looks amazing.
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I saw one down in wildwood last weekend. They look okay
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Whats the specs on those things
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Originally Posted by JL ws-6
60 grand? the sticker is like 44, where the hell is the 60 coming from?
One of the guys said he paid close to that. Then a week later someone saw it at a car show and offered to hand him a check for 60 g's right there. This is just a phase, within a year it will be selling for a more realistic price.
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OK..answered my own question....R/t =370 @5800, ~4100 lbs....SRT 8=425 @6100, ~ 4200lbs

It looks very nice....but way to heavy. Should be a decent match up for a stock ls1. (SRT8)
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The owner of the saturn dealer i work for also owns a dodge dealer. they have sold 2 so far, 1 black and 1 orange with black stripes. they both went for $65,000.
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I saw one at Hampton Beach yesterday, looks good.
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damn, for that kind of money you could get a Z06!!
Hell the Z06 could be had for cheaper!!!!
http://forums.corvetteforum.com/show....php?t=2073335
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saw one at kimballs last week as well...apparently there is no shortage of them....brown in greenfield has one on the showroom not spoken for, it is up for silent auction this week i think
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I dont know why people buy the first year, first off the next year or two always comes out with another model that has like 20-40 more hp usually and fixes any issues the previous year had and is not 25 or more grand over msrp. Nice looking car and all if you got money to burn though...
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i saw a silver one on the cape last light leaving the bar. at first i thought it was a silver 09 camaro at first. looks pretty bad *** driving tho
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For that kind of $ you definately can buy a new vette which performance wise, will kill that car all day long.

But to be honest a new vette doesn't do it for me, that car does look the part. The weight is the killer, you couldn't even make that car light if you wanted to LOL


Nice cars, maybe when they've been around for a couple years I'll think about it, because for 65 grand they can keep it
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These things carry a 3K gas guzzler tax. Not sure if the 5.7L hemi will have that too, it's just the 6.1 right now. I know Vettes don't get stuck with the guzzler tax, although I read the ZR1 will.
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there was one at the merchantville carshow this past saturday...it was burghandy with black stripes....didnt take the guy too long to change things up..



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