You know I wish I knew. My cousin can be pretty tight lip'ed. He makes these statements but stops short of embellishing. Sometimes he will be more specific the day before or a couple of days before an announcement, but that is the best I can hope for. So I am in the dark as much as many others here. My cousin has worked for Chrylser for some 28 years, and I have been pestering him as long about what Chrysler is doing/thinking. I have come to recognize for my cousin it is "just a job", not much unlike how I view my occupation. For many familiarity breeds contempt or something close - apathy.

I recall many years ago he and I would cruise in my 'Cuda, now, he says the Dodge Challenger is a high stakes gamble, a frivilous attempt at revitalizing Dodge's brand. I think I understand where he is coming from and it makes me a little sad. If (and it may be a big if since I am going way out on a limb to speculate) Chrysler intends to use the Challenger as a means of revitalizing the Dodge brand, THEN it ONLY needs to be as good a car as people "perceive" it to be. That is, they get it real close and allow our imaginations and reminiscence to do the rest. Will it be enough to pull people back to Dodge? Something like, I buy a Challenger and then I get my wife to buy a Caravan - something along those lines. Hey, it may work.

I am sorry, I wish I knew. All I can say is right now I intend to order an 09 as soon as I can - unless my cousin says something like, "shame, oh well, if only you had waited" - but of course he wont say that until after I order it. 8^) - Such is life!

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