ORIGINAL: BadStratRT
hell, you can get a left over GTO for under 30 grand now..and it has 100 more hp.
You don't understand...
The original Challenger WAS the working mans performance car and was in the same price range as other pony cars of that day and was built and marketted to the average working man to whom it appealed...
I understand making a limitted production SRT8 6.1/6.4 Hemi version with all the bells & whistles...
BUT, WHY price the base model 5.7 V8-Hemi out of the reach of the average blue collar guy @ $8,000+ that of a base model V8 Mustang-GT, completely out of the current market MSRP price range of a basemodel V8 pony/performance coupe??? DODGE WILL LOSE CUSTOMERS THAT CAN"T AFFORD THE EXTRA $8,000+!!!
LORD knows, Many of us out here WANT a Challenger badly & will have to scap & scrape just to even afford the base V8 Mustang GT as it is.
HOW on Gods green earth does Dodge expect the average working guy to come up with 8 more grand???
LOOK, DXC already makes cars for the more "well to do"enthusiast like the VIPER, ChargerSRT8, 300SRT8, RamSRT10, CherokeeSRT8, MagnumSRT8, Crossfire, and the up and coming FirePower, and ChallengerSRT8,
So, why for goodness sake can't they at least pay homage to the original intent of the challenger by offering a base V8 Challenger model to compete price wise with the base V8 Mustang-GT???