The Charger has never been a pony car. The Challenger/Cuda were the Pony
cars. And no, no Charger was 4 door until now (so what?).
He keeps talking about a Stang fighter which the Charger never was, that
was the express duty of the Challenger.
-Ryan
99 DA RC R/T
Had they named this new car Challenger a LOT of the BS thrown at the new
car would be justified.
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-dakota-truck@bent.twistedbits.net
[mailto:owner-dakota-truck@bent.twistedbits.net] On Behalf Of Josh
Battles
Sent: Friday, January 14, 2005 12:01 PM
To: dakota-truck-moderator@bent.twistedbits.net
Subject: Re: DML: OT Dodge Charger
""Ryan Stewart"" <dapurplert@dakota-durango.com> wrote in message
>
> Second, are you thinking of the right car? A Charger was a 5
passenger,
> 4000lb behemoth of a car. The car YOU keep describing sounds like the
> pony car Challenger to me? Is that what you're thinking of? Because
> aside from a door or two, this new Charger is an EXACT reiteration of
> the old Charger, but not even close to a Challenger pony car.....
>
> -Ryan
> 99 DA RC R/T
Maybe I'm reading your message incorrectly, but it sounds to me that you
are
mistaken about the Charger's history. Granted the Charger we're all
thinking of (late 1960's - early 1970's models) was a decently heavy car
capable of seating 5 people, the Challenger wasn't much smaller and
could
also seat 5. To my knowledge, the Charger has NEVER been a 4 door
vehicle
before the current iteration (even in the poor re-incarnations in the
80's
it was still a 2-door). Charger was dodge and Challenger was Plymouth,
they
were sort of the same, but the Challenger shared the same [smaller]
platform
as the 'Cuda, whereas the Charger/Roadrunner shared [the larger]
platform.
None of these cars were lax in the performance department as a general
rule,
and I think all of them were available with a hemi in them at some
point.
(not sure about the Challenger)
-- - Josh Lowered 2000 Dakota CC 3.9L I put on my robe and wizard hat.... www.omg-stfu.com
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