Even at the unvieling at the Chicago show I'm not sure I would be totally convinced all the details of the producion interior will be worked out. After all, there is another 4 months until production of the car is likely to begin...

 

Even at the unvieling at the Chicago show I'm not sure I would be totally convinced all the details of the producion interior will be worked out. After all, there is another 4 months until production of the car is likely to begin...

CAN SOMEONE DELETE THIS DUPLICATE POST... SORRY... [:'(]

 

I for one, am disappointed at the guage cluster. I understand cost control and already engineered Charger set up....but, the concept had the distinctive, like the 1970's, dash guage cluster look.

pooh.

 

I could see parts sharing to cut costs if they were selling you a $20,000 car, but come on DODGE. You're getting top dollar for this Challenger. It should have it's own unique interior. Who will be the first Challenger owner to have some guy (or gal) come up and say, "My Charger has the same interior."?

 

I could see utilizing that dash/steering wheel for the base model (with a $20,000 price) but c'mon-give us a rallye dash similiar to the origional-Chrysler held onto the exterior following as such, why not the dash too??? We will be paying top dollar for this car for the next few years, at least give us a dash that is not shared with a rental sedan![:'(]

 

I have an extra 1970 cluster...hmmm... maybe take out the guages and fit a little here, fit a little there...


hhmmmmm???

 

I have to wonder if this is "camouflage". It would make sense in a way. The layout being the way it's going to be, but use part from the Charger to cover things up. I mean the fact that no one has been able to get an interior shot before this is kind of shocking, but just in case wouldn't they pretty much have the inside covered up just in case someone does get a shot? They don't need to do testing on guages and such, I'm pretty sure they have those down for years now, and seats are the same thing. Why would they need to waste money on having the actual interior on the inside? Obviously they had to do something with the pistol grip shifter since the Charger doesn't have one, but that's about it.

I don't see them putting all this effort into the car, making it look like the concept and the 70s and then turning around and going out of there way to screw it up so bad to make it look like all the other car interiors out there. Let's just wait and see before we jump to conclusions. I did the same thing and then sat and thought on it a bit. I don't think this is the interior that we are going to see on the final, but I do think it's going to be the basic cockpit design in terms of shape.

Lastly, not that I'm doubting, but why do we only see the interior and under the hood? Is there a redesign coming up for the Charger? If you look under the hood, it seems shorter then the Challenger hood and tighter then I would think under the Challenger hood. Is this really the Challenger even and not the Charger? Just an idea, though it may not be right.

 

You may be right in that the spy shots of the interior may not be what we will actually see on the 2008 production model. In the latest, Part 7, Catiglione/Barrington video, Alan Barrington, the interior designer, implies that there have only been minor changes from the concept (except for the angled console). I would think that the replacement of the concept's guages with stock Charger guages would not be "minor." I guess we will all know in 8 days.

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I hate to say this, folks, but I've been comparing the Charger interior to the Challenger spy pics we've seen. The only substantial difference between the interiors is the fact that the Charger gauges protrude from a fairly flat, dark panel with a silver ring around them, while the Challenger's are recessed from what appears to be an angled panel of brushed aluminum.
Other than that, they look awfully close to being the same.
Not sure if this will hold true for all trim levels, but I can't see what they'd do anything radically different between say the SRT8 and the SXT.......doesn't make economic sense to manufacture more than one layout/style.
I'm not thrilled about it either, but kinda relegated to the fact now.
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Yeah I hate to say it but I think everyone saying that this isn't the final interior is just giving themselves false hope. Sure we might see some little accents like added trim etc. but the general design looks to be set in stone.

I wish it were a bit more artistically designed like the concept, but starting with a blank slate just gives you more room to customize it and make it your own.