No Challenger convertible to be offered
From Autoblog.com
"In a recent post about the 2009 Dodge Challenger SE, KickingTires
quotes director of Dodge brand marketing, Mike Accavitti, saying that
there will be no convertible version of the reborn muscle car in Dodge
showrooms. Apparently the platform would require too much additional
hardware to handle the extra flex from cutting the roof off, and the
added weight would push the car too far into the Sumo class. And that
would be with just a simple manual soft-top, not one of them there
new-fangled retractable hardtops that are the top du jour for
convertible buyers. There's also the issue of cost and the fact that
Dodge's market analysis seems to indicate there isn't a huge market for
them. We understand the reasoning and know that even the coupes are
going to be low-volume, but we would humbly like to suggest a limited
run of SRT-8 convertibles at double the coupe's asking price. Say 20 or
so. Buyers will pay twice the sticker price at least and mothball them
immediately so they can be exhumed in 2050 and be the '71 Hemi 'Cuda
convertible equivalents of their day."
Looks like if you want a Challenger convertible, you better get the hacksaw out!