The original Challenger was a "High Priced" car as designated by the "H" as the
second digit of the VIN. All 70-74 Challenger VINs started "JH". The "J" stood
for Challenger.
With the new one, if the do a high volume - low price car, you'll see a lot of
interior changes from the concept and a lot more plastic use in the body,
especially in the front clip and rear bumper areas. I personally would rather
see them do a "High Priced" car as that would make the car much more special in
the long run.
BTW. It's not a done deal just yet. There are still a lot of variable to
contend with before they're actually coming off the assembly line. How many
times did Daimler cancel the Charger before it actually hit the market and when
it did, it didn't look anything like the original concept.
Walt
In article <447D0CD0.6030201@aol.com>, SilverEightynine@aol.com (Terrible Tom)
writes:
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> Breif blip from Allpar.com
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> "The Challenger is now official and should be built at Brampton, pending
> union agreement to a more flexible contract and probably the usual
> government tax exemptions. Chrysler announced production would start in
> 2008 at 50,000 units per year - a more generous number than some had
> expected. The car is expected to cost Chrylser about $145 million, a
> remarkably small amount for a new car, because the factory is already
> flexible and tooling can largely be shared with other LX models.
>
> According to several sources, Chrysler is trying to decide on which
> strategy to follow: a high-price, low-volume run, or a high-volume,
> lower-price run. Also in flux is the question of engines - restricting
> to just the Hemi, or allowing both the Hemi and at least one V6. Then
> there is the question of whether a manual transmission will be used and,
> if so, whether an automatic will also be available. "
>
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>
> Ohhh I SOOOO hope that they don't do a low volume high price car. Thats
> what they have the damned Viper for. If they are going to do this right
> they need to compete with Mustang, which is still affordable.
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