Throughout the process of waiting for the challenger there have been many twists and turns both positive and negative. The announcement that they would build it was great. Then there were rumors that it would only be available as a 50k+ short run and I was dissapointed. Then they announced they'd be making many models. Then we saw the production interior and it wasn't as good as the concept. But the exterior was nearly as good. When I saw the list of colors it was dissapointing not to see a lot of the cool high impact colors. We are simply waiting through the process that every manufacturer goes through in readying a car for market. There isn't this much anticipation for most cars though and we never get a grasp of all the twists and turns and ups and downs that a company goes through before the car comes out. We just see the finished product. Had dodge unveiled what they did without ever showing the concept or letting 2 years of hype build, and not taking preorders but only selling what was on lots, there would be little to no complaining.

You can not get upset over an unfinished product. Don't complain about the wait or this or that, putting down money on a car on december 3rd was your choice and any speculation about when that car would be finished, or how many would be produced, or how special your car will be as a collectors item in 30 years is just that, speculation, made by the consumer. Dodge went ahead and allowed these orders to be taken because people were demanding they do so!

I won't sit here and defend a multi billion dollar company because very few deserve to be defended. But in the automotive industry it's really the only way it can be done unless you want to pay $70 grand for a hand built aveo clone from mom and pop's car co. Because with out a giant company with million dollar assembly lines that's what you'd be paying. But within that company there's people who are passionate about the same things you are and they do everything within their resources to make the best product they can. Unfortunately you get stuck with middlemen micromanagers and budget police and market research idiots etc. who bridge the gap between you and your car. So if you want to complain about colors, or how long the wait is, or if you want to sue or sell your car as soon as you get it because you're mad at dodge, be my guest.

More challengers for the rest of us