The way I take it is that the R/T versions have already been promised to customers that have put their deposit down.

I am glad I am not buying mine until 2009. Maybe they will have an R/T version then as well.
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I have spoken to 2 different dealers in my area. Both have told me they CANNOT take deposits on this car yet. One said they couldn't take a deposit on one even if they wanted to. Both have no literature on the car yet other than posters and all salesmen I have talked to are getting information on this car like we are. There are so many rumors going on .....If anyone says they put a deposit on one I'd like to see a copy of it so I can take it to the sales guys I have been in contact with and show them.

To me putting a deposit on a car where the car's price has not been determined, and where the only pictures seen are of a concept is like giving the dealer your blank check. When I ordered my GTO I made sure I had a refundable deposit. Then again the price of those cars were set. Not every dealer will give refundable deposits. On a car not priced yet with just a concept picture.......I would not risk putting any money down until I have a final contract to look at even if I had in writing the deposit was refundable.

 

I figured as much. An actual `Cuda, even as a trim (simliar to the daytona Charger) did seem like a pipedream as best but a kit seems like the best option.
If Mopar fanatics made a cry over a four charger, imagine the uproar over a Chrysler or Dodge badged `Cuda.

 

I guess I don't follow...why any uproar if they release a Chrysler Cuda? Or a Challenger "Cuda" trim package? Honestly, it boils down to marketing. I would have ZERO issues with either of those options & I actually think they are totally plausible.

Back to the topic...anyone hazard a guess as to where they are driving these? I would love to roll up on one.

 

Ralph Gilles, vice president of Jeep, truck, and component design, stated in the Car and Driver article that : "The hot designer thinks, in many ways, that the Challenger was a better design than the ’Cuda." Does he talk to MOPAR enthusiasts? I will bet that if it was up to us, a 'Cuda model would be preferred over the Challenger.

Also, awsure asked the question of why are we seeing mules on public highways. This is not unusual. There is only so much the engineers can learn from the test track. It is important to log "real life" miles on these cars. Also, it is part of marketing- to build excitment, through "sightings," for the debut of the 2008 model.

 

It is imprtant to log "real life" miles on these cars. Also, it is part of marketing- to build excitment, through "sightings," for the debut of the 2008 model. Well its working

 

i swear ill be so angry if they do not come with a manual transmission

 

It seems they were damned if they do or damned if they dont. Perhaps they feared a backlash from consumers and magazines, or the numbers would not add up. It would not have bothered me having a Chrysler cuda on the market, but Chrysler is more of an entry luxury brand, so it would have been interesting from a marketing standpoint to see how they would market a `cuda. But the aftermarket would be foolish not to make a kit for it.