ORIGINAL: 73Challenger
I heard from a big shot with Chrysler that there will be NO Challenger convertible.
It is a miracle that Chevy is rolling out a Camaro convertible, they are hurting pretty bad also.
For that matter, it is miracle that the Challenger even exists.
We are all very very fortunate that Chrysler did not pull the plug and cancel this car.
Insofar as bigger engines for the Challenger......that is not the way they are heading.
The 6.1 litre engine in the SRT8 is on life support, and might not be around much longer.
This is what I learned from my long conversation with a Chrysler engineer who shall remain nameless.
I have also heard that the Challenger Convertible was nothing more than a styling exerise...
Would like to see them build it, but find out my wife and I are sunroof people, not convertible types, so I wouldn't but one.
I also saw a source that flatly stated that the bean counters at GM want the Camaro line killed if they don't sell at least 60,000 units in the first year....find it hard to believe, but with their money problems, could be correct
Also read somewhere that the 6.4 Hemi will not happen, and if you think about it....in this day and age, does it make sense. After all how much Housepower do you need? (What a minute, dumb question, forget I asked)
Hadn't heard about the 6.1 perhaps going away......
And, yes we are all very, very lucky that Chrysler went ahead with the Challenger...
I for one will be very surprised if the Challenger is still in production five/six years from now (I just have a feeling that it will be history repeating itself...much the same as the first generation Challenger. And I would rather see the new Challenger go out on top.....unlike the last few years of the first Challenger)