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#10 of 1087 by tomcat630 Jun 08, 2004 (10:37 pm)
It's not going to be a 4 door that looks liek every other car on the road at least. In order for it to be a coupe and sell huge, one would have to magically transform the US to 1966.
#11 of 1087 tomcat630 by rorr Jun 09, 2004 (4:38 am)
I've no doubt that it won't look like any other 4-doors on the road; that wasn't the issue. One look at the new 300C should tell anyone that DC knows how to style non-conformist cars.   But why name their new sedan after their old coupe? What happens if coupes become popular again and DC wants to enter that market? I just don't care for a manufacturer recycling an old name (in many ways, a name which has nearly achieved icon status) simply for the marketing benefits.   Didn't it irk anyone when Pontiac sold their dinky little Korean import as a "Le Mans"?
#12 of 1087 rorr by stickguy Jun 09, 2004 (4:58 am)
I got over it eventually.
#13 of 1087 stickguy by rorr Jun 09, 2004 (6:57 am)
Sure, but why should you have to?   Why can't Dodge simply call their new 4-door an Intrepid? It'll still be the same car; do they think people will buy it simply because it says "Charger" on the deck lid instead of "Intrepid".   Geez, I guess I should be happy that Toyota didn't release the Prius as a "Supra".... Replies to this message: lordaddy (Mar 15, 2005 2:57 pm) rik4 (Mar 24, 2005 6:17 pm) cfazzari (Mar 30, 2005 9:52 pm)
#14 of 1087 Or why not just call it.... by rorr Jun 09, 2004 (7:08 am)
....the Dodge Magnum sedan. To go with it's stabemate, the Dodge Magnum wagon.   I know, I know....too simplistic....guess I'll never be a marketing genius...
#15 of 1087 by wale_bate1 Jun 09, 2004 (7:47 am)
You'd have to go back and look at the concept as it appeared in '00. It looked very much like a coupe with four doors artfully worked in and had undeniable Charger/Challenger DNA.   If I can locate a link. I'll post it. If they're thinking of something very similar, this could be good news.
#16 of 1087 by wale_bate1 Jun 09, 2004 (7:55 am)
Here ya go: http://www.popularhotrodding.com/features/0404phr_dodge/   Popular Hot Rodding. Of course, they'd be interested! Check out the previous concept and see what we all missed thanks to the "merger".   If their rendering is correct, I'll pass. This current vein of styling seems flash-in-the-pan to me, and I'd much rather see the more concise, flowing style of the '99 (not '00) concept.
#17 of 1087 wale bate1 by rorr Jun 09, 2004 (8:57 am)
Thanks for the link.   Ok, here's where I take a massive step back from my earlier misgivings.   While several of those concepts look a bit ungainly (to put it nicely), they've definitely managed to resurrect many of the orginals lines. (Of course, the original was a bit ungainly too, IMO; sorry Andre). And it is about as 'un-4-door' as I can imagine. Definitely has coupe lines.   Maybe we'll see both 2- and 4-door Chargers running around in the not so distant future....
#18 of 1087 by wale_bate1 Jun 09, 2004 (9:40 am)
Yup RR, they definitely grabbed the retro-cues by the horns. I notice that the newer concept is in fact a two door. Again, I like the older concept a whole lot more. I must've seen it a dozen times in print before I even realized that there were four doors!   Either they're good, or I'm getting ocularly challenged far sooner than I thought I would...
#19 of 1087 by rorr Jun 09, 2004 (9:48 am)
Being ocularly challenged wouldn't be so bad sometimes......makes the sight of an Aztec MUCH less painful...

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