HXC Performance

I really hope we dont see a 400hp LS2 Camaro for $26k and a 350hp 5.7 Challenger for $31k.

Then what.. an SRT 6.1 425hp Challenger for $39-41k, to compete with a $30-33k 430hp LS3 Camaro? 6-8k more for the same power? no chance Dodge lets that happen.

The $40-45k SRT Challenger is going to need the 6.4 Hemi if it plans to compete with a future Camaro SS (LS7 / Supercharged LS2/3)

The big thing that will screw up the Camaro, is how far GM veers from the Concept, and I'm sure they'll screw it up.

Cuda340

What makes you think that Chevy will sell a new 400 hp Camaro for only $26K?

They will see the prices the competition is getting and will adust their selling price accordingly (slightly lower).

1 Bad Mirada

lets keep in mind how much the 400hp LS2 GTO was...

georgejetson

"Single piece of evidence" in the sense of an official announcement from Chrysler? No, of course not. Evidence in the sense of leaks from multiple insiders with long, solid track records? You bet. I'm comfortable saying it's a done deal.

Oh, and: it's not a "theory", it's a summary of leaked info. Plans can change, of course, but it's not something I made up.

You just don't read the right boards, I guess.

HXC Performance

To add to that.. Dodge did not spend all that money promoting the Super Stock just to sell some Crate Motors.

the 6.4 is 100% happening eventually.

1 Bad Mirada

you mean, i dont read the boards that spread rumors as fact...you are correct. lets not forget that the "srt engineers" who chat at one of those other sites said to watch out for big news for the challenger at the WDC..and i havent spoken to a single person who saw any big news.

so, HXC, you expect to see a production model with a 727 trans, and a dana rearend? maybe leaf springs? i mean, why else would they put them on the production model if they werent going to use them in production?

another thing, what do you drive?

i understand that MANY sites are packed full of ridiculous "leaked info"..like "my best friends wife is a waitress who works at a place where the owners husband works as a janitor at sterling stamping and he heard a floor worker talking about how he saw a shredded document that looked like it said that the production challenger would have a 6.4L hemi and only cost 30,000!!!"



the problem is that way too many people believe everything that they read...ill believe it when it hits the showroom floors. i wouldnt be surprised to see a 6.4L challenger, but its sure as hell not going to be a bargain, much in the same way that the other current "hemi cars" are no bargain.

Jeremiah 29:11

LIke my Dad used to say when I was a kid. Believe half of what you read and nothing of what you hear.

I think there is a lesson for us in there somewheres.

We are always getting garbage from allpar and wikipedia and people post it as gospel.

Again, I say, there is just too much speculation and rumors floating around. We need credible sources not garbage information.

RoswellGrey

Actually, I wonder what people on Camaro boards talk about, considering that GM has announced virtually everything about the car (except maybe the price -- I don't know). Maybe they speculate on where they'll park their new Camaros, what type of wax they'll use, etc.

You know, to end all this speculation, what we really needs is some sort of electronic storehouse of knowledge that could be accessed by computer -- an "inter-net," if you will. That way, we could get answers to all our questions about the Challenger.

lear4406

I'll be parking my Challenger in the garage, except when I park it in the driveway for the neighbors to see. And I will be using maguires deep polishing wax. And the neighbors will just have to wear sun glasses to protect their eyes. I'll also.... Oh yeah, you meant the GM guys. I knew that, I knew that. I believe we will just have to wait and see what engines are offered. My guess and its only a guess, is just what is offered in the Chargers today. But with SRT, can a 426 HEMI be far behind? But they will need to be fast, because the window of opportunity is sliding shut. New gas regulations on the horizon and tougher emissions. It will be hard no doubt! But... it would be an awsome ride and quite a feat.

Axel

As I was posting on the other topic that is pretty similar to this one, Dodge has a reputation. They put out overpriced cars, that's what they do. Unless this new company comes in and changes things, it's going to remain that way. You have an Avenger that's cheaper then the Stratus, but the engines are underpowered. You have an SRT-8 that's in the $40,000 price range, that's more then my 2003 Dodge Ram 2500 5.7L SLT Sport Quad Cab was. A base Neon SRT-4 was $4,000-$5,000 more then the R/T, why are things going to change now?

The SRT would be on the same level, or near, as the Shelby line and the Shelby line took a sharp jump compared to the GT line. I can see the R/T being on the same line as the GT line, especially being that it already has more HP then the GT, so I can see it being just a little more priced as Dodge does. But when we start jumping up to the higher HP cars, we are definitely going to be paying more for them. Until I hear differently from a credible souce or see the pricing on Dodge, I'm going to go by their current reputation, which I do hope does change.