So, while amanda and I were out and about today, we ran into an old friend at the WPC museum.
While admiring her, i spoke to someone who is "in the know"...now, keep in mind that i am as skeptical as anyone about what people say, but this person has asked that i do not mention who he is for the sake of his employment, but he is far above any dealership worker or parts supplier. He was fairly chatty, until I mentioned that I ran DodgeChallenger.com and DodgeForum.com, and he smiled and said "oh, you run dodge forum", then he was very chatty.
(If he is reading this, thanks for the discussion. Hopefully you dont mind my talking about this, but I had to share with the fellow enthusiasts.)
During the talk, I mentioned the Challenger shown in the car shows in So Cal, and I was asking about how they get away with driving the car on the streets. He told me that it is moved from shows to the trailer, but when it was shipped to california as part of a teaser marketing campaign, they drove the car about 75 miles, and hit a variety of car shows and events. He also said that even though it is not registered in any state, police never stop them or say anything, unless the cops just want to look. He also said that the mgmt is throwing around the idea of having a big debut for the Challenger at the 2006 Woodward Dream Cruise (for those of you not from the detroit area, Dodge always has a huge display at the WDC). He said that this "big debut" at the dream cruise may, and he emphasized "may" include the official announcement for production. We then asked him if he might have any pricing information. He told us that he wasnt sure, and until the car is in full production, its hard to guess at a price as there are alot of little things that alter the pricing from concept to production, but he did say that "they are shooting for a price similar to that of the Charger...you can expect the 3.5L and 5.7L to be roughly the same price as the Charger, and the 6.1L RT should be right around the price of the SRT-8 models".
While we were talking to him, a late model Camaro SS pulled out past us and jumped on it, and he laughed at it...thats when I asked him, how does she run" and his reply with a smile was "its quick...really quick"
