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Old Aug 28, 2007 | 02:46 PM
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RoswellGrey, with all due respect are you sure that is such a good idea? Look at the names they are coming up with on their new models. The Dodge Nitro, what the heck does a midsized, box, Jeep Liberty-based SUV have anything to do with that name. If this was a compact car with some serious performance, I could see the angle. Dodge Caliber, what does Caliber have to do with a compact station wagon? The problem is that picking a name for a modern muscle car in either sedan or coupe version is very difficult. We are in an era where high tech sounding names is the norm for newer models and coming up with a new name simply isn't that easy. The purpose of the Charger sedan was to appeal to the muscle car audience which need the car to fulfill the needs of a family. If you come up with a new name, it may not catch the attention of the muscle car audience even if it sounds tough and powerful because they do not recognize it.

There would be absolutely no insult to the name Coronet as it did have a sedan version and the sales were mostly sedan sales. The formula is very similar. It's RWD, the base engine has 6 fire holes and has more than one powerful V8 option, its a larger muscle sedan, etc.

I do not see what necessarily you are complaining about on the 300 name plate use either. The 300M was a very nice car, okay it didn't have a HEMI V8 and the rating was not 300hp; however, given that the 3.5L produced 250-255 NET hp, it might have matched the 300 GROSS hp that the originals had. The 300M was a modern approach to the market segment that existed in the very late 90s to earily 2000s. Also, if you are going to call it after one of the other LH platform names, please call it a rebadged second generation Eagle Vision as that is exactly what it was. Also what is wrong with the 300C? It does look like the original 300C and many people think it is quite the looker. I agree that it should be a little more exclusive (drop the V6 versions and keep it as a full-luxury car), and they should have called it the 300N to keep in alphabetically order.

I agree that they should not call any rebadged Mitsubishi cars a "Challenger" and the Chargers of the 80s were a poor choice for the naming of those cars, but we can't change history. If we could, we would be able to prevent that stupid merger/buyout from ever happening.
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