RE: challenger will have three engine options
One of the things I read about the new Challenger early on was that it's using the next-generation version of the LX platform (apparently called the LY, which is supposed to debut either in 2009 or 2010) specifically because the current LX platform can't accommodate a manual transmission but the next one will. Hence, that's why the current Charger doesn't offer a manual option -- and which also may mean that the Challenger won't be in production till '09 or '10.