joeyr

Really, do you live an very sunny climate like Arizona?

RoswellGrey

Yes. Sunny South Texas. Also, where I live is under the area where jets taking off from the San Antonio airport are making their turns while climbing. I've always had the feeling that there's a lot of unburned fuel making its way down to the ground.

JB71RT

So, I just got a different response from Chrysler a few minutes ago.

Dear John:

Thank you for contacting the Chrysler Customer Assistance Center
regarding the 2008-9 Challenger Paint Colors.

We appreciate that you took the time to write and share your thoughts
with us. Customers ideas are always an important way of understanding
the needs and expectations of our customers. In response to your email,
we are more than happy to learn about your interest in our products.

Due to contractual agreements between the Chrysler and our creative
agencies which preclude our consideration of the kind of material you
are proposing to send, outside suggestions of this nature cannot be
reviewed or forwarded for evaluation.

While we appreciate your consideration, we cannot evaluate suggestions
which relate, among other things, to advertising/sales promotional ideas
or programs, slogans, new vehicle name proposals, or new vehicle styling
art, sketches or colors. Were it not for these binding agreements, we
would be pleased to review and evaluate suggestions like this one.

To best capture your thoughts we suggest that you log on to
www.chryslerllc.com. On the Chrysler LLC home page, click the link to
Chrysler Listens located in the upper right corner or go directly to
www.ChryslerListens.com. A page opens titled "Tell Us What You Think,"
where the customer can provide their thoughts about product
improvements. Submissions are forwarded to the appropriate departments.

It is always a pleasure to listen from loyal customers like you.

Should you have any further questions, please contact us at
1-800-992-1997, between 8:00 a.m. & 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday.

Thanks again for your thoughtful support of Chrysler. We appreciate you
and your business.

Sincerely,

Neil Brown
Customer Service Representative
Chrysler Customer Assistance Center

I guess this is their way of saying "Thanks but no thanks"

RoswellGrey

Oh...here's my response. A BIT more tactful:

Thank you for contacting the Chrysler Customer Assistance Center
regarding the 2009 Dodge Challenger.

We regret to read of your dissatisfaction and appreciate the time and
effort you took to write to us. In response to your email regarding
color options for Dodge Challenger, we would like to inform that
customer ideas are always an important way of understanding the needs
and expectations of our customers.

To best capture your thoughts, please visit our www.ChryslerListens.com

website and click on the "Tell Us What You Think" ribbon. You'll be
taken to a page specifically meant for this type of customer input that

will be forwarded to the departments most interested in hearing from
you.

We do our best to be sensitive to the needs and expectations of
consumers and continuously look for ways to improve our product
offerings. We mainly rely on our worldwide employees, affiliate
suppliers, and creative agencies to devise and develop innovations.

Furthermore, we suggest you to contact any local authorized dealer as
they are the best source of information.

If we can be of any further assistance to you in the future, please
contact us.

Thanks again for your email.

Sincerely,

Robert Bates
Customer Service Representative
Chrysler Customer Assistance Center

Chris

Well, we all know this is a cost thing for Dodge. I don't see why Dodge couldn't have a 'premium' or 'traditional' color package or something where you could pay extra (say $1000) and get SubLime, Plum Crazy, B5, etc. I know the car is expensive enough as is but it beats having nothing at all.

Jeremiah 29:11

With this color rebellion we should be able to squeeze out at least 1 more color out of them.

Good luck guys.

kramtrah

I have posted my thoughts on the Chrysler site and await my reply. We can only ask and hope ultimately that it sways some decisions and options more to our liking, besides that we love the car of course.

RRUNNER

I understand paint choice is a personal thing but it is just not practical to have a large selection of paint colors. While people like yourself would think that $1000 for different paint is a great bargin, others would scream bloody murder and say it is a big ripoff. I think it would turn off more people than would be happy about it.

jtramo

He he. No such luck, even if they dumped excess raw fuel out for an emergency landing it atomizes into thin air....

Justinec101

We're really not asking for a very large selection of colors, just a selection comparable in size to other cars and that the selection is interesting and fits the car.

Examples, look at volvo's custom build concept for their c30. There's something like 16 color choices. Look at the mustang, 10 choices. I'd imagine if you checked out every company's car builder page you'd find at least 8 color choices. The SE only has 6 choices, and the R/T 7. The SRT a pathetic 3 (this to the people paying more for the car than anyone). We're also asking that the (8-10) color choices be colors that would fit the retro theme of the car. Black, Silver, White, Red, Blue, Green, Yellow, Purple, Orange, gold/bronze. That looks like a damn good color lineup to me! And it's only 10 colors. I'm sure anyone could find something they like from that. And if they're extremely worried that the green, yellow, and purple won't sell as well as the silver and black ones, just produce less. Look at grabber orange on the mustangs, it's probably the less popular than red but they still make it, they just make less of it. You'll see 3 red ones on the lot and 1 orange. I recall reading somewhere they only produced around 5,000 of the lime ones.

So make 5,000 black ones and 1,000 sublime and charge an extra $250 for it. They do this with torred already.