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Allpar has come up with photos of the new interior. So here it is... Nice...

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Nice.. I was hoping to see how the manual was configured but thats just fine.:D

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Wow, on the bottom picture, I love how the green house roof line trails down...nice lines even from inside. The instrumentation surely can't leave too many unhappy. I think it's a good looking cockpit.

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Looks great!
What a relief!! Now I can sleep at night!

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looks pretty good whats the lever on the right side of the steering wheel colum for can't make out what it says

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I believe that's the cruise control stem/system.

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Are these credible? Where is the pistol grip shifter? You cannot tell me they chinced on that?

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Might be for cruise control, Looks like the same configuration as the wheel on my 300 except the stalk is on the LEFT side instead of the right like the above pics.

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We're not supposed to use other sites pictures but its too late for that now. I'm disappointed to see that the computer gauge that calculates the acceleration time is no longer there. That was something I was looking forward to using. Oh well, I'm glad to see that it isn't interior straight from the LX cars. Some definite shared parts, but looks good. I wish we could have received the concept's steering wheel. I also wish we could lose the shift gate system as I have never liked those weird things. I wish they would have used the pistol grip as well on the automatic like they did on the SEMA Cuda concept. Looks like a nice stereo system. This is certainly a higher model than the ones shown the in the Challenger in the Press section.

Probably why this one was auto fitted was the fact that this is like the ones they have been selling for 2008 which are all automatics.

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Where's the "looking down into a cylinder head" look that the designers went on and on about?

Where's the ultra-cool telemetry meter?

No oil pressure or volt meter gauges?

And that steering wheel looks like one of those you see on amusement park bumper cars (I know it's the same wheel used on the Charger, but it looks like that on a Charger too).

I swear if I ever meet a Chrysler bean counter I'm gonna kick them right in their hairy bean bag for what they did to this. This interior may look fine on an Avenger... but as a "limited-edition" car, color me majorly disappointed.

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LOL!:D That's something I never thought about comparing those steering wheels to. I preferred the concept's one but honestly these are just fine by me. I'll be glad to have something other than that annoying two spoke steering wheel that I currently use. (Come to think of it, why did they use that steering wheel as there is no support for your hands when they are placed in the correct 10 and 2 positions.) Just be glad they are not using the steering wheel from the Neon, that was one weird looking thing. It's funny when you think about it that we get so bent out of shape over something so basic and ulitarian as a steering wheel.

I don't see really any similarities to the Avenger, to the Charger, yes, to the Avenger. no. In the future, please use cleaner references when you talk about wanting to kick the bean counter. If you ever do meet the bean counter punch him for me as wheel over the telemetry meter, and an extra time for using hard plastics on the new cars, and another extra time for not updating the V6 line and keeping the 2.7L and not the 3.2L, and another time for using other companies platforms for all of the car line.

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Ahhhhh SHOOOOOOOOOOOOT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Figures they didnt go with the telemetry gauge.............................but other than that i like it

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Actually I was just using the Avenger as a bit of a metaphor. And funny you should mention a Charger similarity - if you look closely, that dash is really just a Charger dashboard with a nip and tuck here and there. The gauge layout is identical (even the gauges themselves are identical, those are straight out of an SRT8 Charger). The cruise control lever, turn signal stalk, the HVAC controls... all Charger knockoffs. Not that that's necessarily a bad thing... but nothing the least bit distinctive either like we were lead to believe it would be.

Believe me I'd relish the chance to kick/yell/punch/scream at a Chrysler bean counter for lots of things. Their last few offerings have been ALMOST great, with the exception of lame engines like the Caliber (except the SRT4), Avenger and so on. I'd like to know why Chrysler felt the need to horrifically uglify the Sebring - Chrysler, despite opportunites to the contrary, keeps BLOWING IT. And now it looks like the might do it with the Challenger too - which (in my opinion at least) was supposed to be their saving grace.

Dodge could have just put the Charger dashboard in the Challenger concept from the gitgo if that's all it was really going to do in the first place. [:@]

Sorry for the rant and the thread jack. That is all.

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Thanks for the interior pics, mopar2ya! This is what I've been waiting anxiously for. :)

My thoughts compared to the concept...

Pros:

I prefer this center stack.
This gauge layout is less cool, but more practical.
Same for the console.
From what I can see of it, I prefer the production door trim.

Cons:

Where's the telemetry? ( I never really expected that to make production. )
I much prefer the three spoke wheel.
I've never liked the radio controls in the wheel, but my wife will love it.
I really liked the retro-ribbed seats, but the production seats look good, too.


Overall, maybe I had let my fear lower the bar, but I like this interior and it's a relief to finally see it. I just hope the R/T looks this good.

So, where's the iPod dock I'd heard about? I cringed when I read about it. No offense to iPod owners, but I hate to see something so specific in a car that I expect to be a classic and last forever. What if the original Challengers had an indention in the console to hold 8-tracks? How silly would that be now??

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Overall looks good. :) The instrument panel looks great. Hopefully the manual has the pistol grip!

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That isn't too surprising, since they share many things in the platform and throughout the car. It's similar enough to tell they share a lot but different enough to be considered different. I really wish they would go back to the steering wheel mounted cruise control buttons, as I have never been a fan of the confusing crusie control levers.
That's okay, I'm not perfect in that category either. I honestly wouldn't consider this to be "blowing" a great opportunity. It still is a coupe and a good looking one at that. It still is a muscle car. The pistol grip WILL be used on the manual models. They have the formula for success, just not as nice as we were hoping is all. The Sebring was a representation of arrogance. They based it off of the unsuccessful Crossfire's styling. The staff have this stupid idea that "We're always right. Your the one who is wrong. So we're going to keep making it this way until you learn to like it." That explains why they treat an idea that is unsuccessful as though it was a super success and apply it everywhere.

Well its different enough to be considered a different dash in the design and it still fits the car. Looking at the photos of the dash in the Cuda which is exactly the same dash that is in the LX cars, that dash does not fit and looks wrong, this still looks right.

Whiteheat, I think that is supposed to be in the center consol so you probably won't see it. I don't own an iPod or any MP3 player, but the fact of the matter is if they want to compete, they have to have it.

cncpt2prod!, these photo shots show the pistol grip.

http://jalopnik.com/348876/first-200...interior-photo

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I think the criticism that the interior is taking is not because it looks bad. It's due to the fact that Dodge did not give the Challenger its own identity. We all expected that its interior would be unique and not a clone of the Charger.

That being said, I still love the car and will be buying an SRT in 2009! [sm=gears.gif]

(I will be checking it out at the Philadelphia Auto Show this week and will give you my overall impression of the car).

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You nailed it. They stuck a friggin Charger interior in it. Frankly, I amazed after seeing the concept design anyone is happy with this. It's a retread. C'mon. I want the cylinder heads, I want the trapezoidal shapes, I want the telemetry gauges, I want metallic finishes, and DAMMIT I want a pistol grip shifter. How could they leave that out!!

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I'm still in for the r/t so speaking as a fan, why the heck did they can all and i mean all of Barringtons design. Even the trapezoidal whatever was canned. Let me see if i got this straight, the v6 is going to have a pistol grip shifter and the 08 srt8 will have a pleather Ford LTD looking shifter? You know, i would bet there will be some changes before this car goes to production, otherwise there will be some 08 cancelations.

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If anyone neeeds proof that the Challenger's dash and guages were lifted out of a Charger, see:

http://www.edmunds.com/dodge/charger...pictures.html# [:@]

(Click on the photo of the SRT and then click on the "interior" tab at the top).

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And if you want to compare the Avenger, here you go. Second one from the top left.

http://www.dodge.com/en/2008/avenger/gallery/

I agree, I'm disappointed, though not as bad as I originally was. I'm waiting on an R/T so I'm curious as to how that's going to look, but in terms of how it's similar, I'm disappointed. As I said in another post, the concept was unique and so is the Mustang's interior. People who pay MSRP + for this and who have paid over $100,000 + on this car deserve a unique interior. Even the people that don't and pay what they pay, is Chrysler saying that Ford customers mean more to Ford then we do? If the Camaro comes out with the interior I've seen, which I have to say I like, but don't care for the body, is Chrysler saying that Chevy's customers mean more to Chevy then we do? I'm seeing a new company taking over Chrysler, but so far all I've seen is a symbol change back to the ole American symbol that I grew up with and that most of the people on here have lived with. This company is no better then Daimler that once owned them before.

Unfortunately this is going to be a struggle for me as to if I keep my Mustang, very lightly consider the Camaro, or get something totally different. Body and interior matter to me as much as decent power under the hood. I don't need the best, but I would like to look at something closer to concept then something I could see if I squint my eyes, or do the chinese eye things, no offense or racism met, in my wife's car.

As for the telementry, still a possibility, but doubtful. I would think it would take a little more work to go through the button pushing, but I would think they could incorporate it if they wanted to. Again, doubtful, but possible.

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Well, I'm not surprised by this move. If they made the Charger, 300C, and Magnum identical, why would they completely give the Challenger a radically different interior. It isn't competely a drop in of the LX SRTs interior, it is a little different.

Axel, have you ever seen the inside of a Lincoln MKZ? They pretty much took the design of the Mustang's interior and put it into that car going by the same rules. Chances are the Camaro will not have the exact same interior it was shown as having.

Remember that Chrysler is having money flow problems and although I would agree that you could blame some of their problems on the fact that their interior hasn't been the same since the days of Lutz, right now they have to get through with what they have now. Remember they are working on building a new interior studio so perhaps they will improve it as time goes on like they said they are planning to do with the Avenger and Sebring.

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In the Camaro's case, that's a GOOD thing. That was the car's biggest downfall in my book. That dash in my opinion was hideous, especially those dash gauges with those huge numerals that looked like they were lifted intact from a 1950s Buick. And I was never a fan of the console gauges either (yes I know the 1967-69 Camaros had them, but they were a dumb idea back then too). One of the best things the Challenger had (HAD) going for it was its awesome and distinctive interior.

Again, not that the Charger has a bad dashboard, but I think it's a bit of a slap in the face to the Challenger to give it a Charger-knockoff interior. I have no idea what a new Camaro's interior will be like, but I'm sure GM won't insult their Camaro fans and saddle it with an Impala-like dashboard. [:'(]

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Looking closer, looks like the center stack is a carbon fiber type thing

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Yankee, I have to agree with you about the gauges in the Camaro. I absolutely hate those things as well. I agree it would have been nice if they could have stuck with the concept but from the beginning, I anticipated that the dashes would be similar but not exactly the same, which they are not exactly the same, just similar.

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HOLY COW! All the critisism... Guess I am just increadibly thankful that Chrysler decided to actually follow through with the Challenger in the first place. I'm totally stoked just waiting to get my hands on that bad boy!! Not gonna sweat the small stuff. In my opinion a VERY ACCEPTABLE interior! Cheers!:D

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My thoughts exactly. Out of all the fears we had along the way. They could have made it a 6.1L auto only for the ENTIRE run of the car, but they made the right decision to offer the manuals, the 5.7L, and the 3.5L. They could have charged us prices just under the Viper, but they decided to set the base price for the SRTs at about a comparable level for the LX SRT-8s. They could have made the Challenger a sedan, but they followed through with making it a coupe. They could have made it auto only but they will have manuals available for the Hemis. They could have really ruined the styling that would almost make it unrecognizable, but they kept it very similar if not improved it. They could have used the exact same interior from the LX cars with no modifications at all, but they at least made a few differences.

Out of all of these things I listed above, would have been things I would agree that completely messed up the car, but this is the most petty thing to complain about. Be thankful they even made it considering what the company has been through since when the car concept began until now. Think about who is running the company, people who have had zero experience in making performance cars, yet they are building it anyways.

You think the interior is so terrible, take a look at the Viper's. Now that is sad. Count your blessings is my advice that we even have the opportunity to buy it in the first place.

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If I were Alan Barrington, I'd be really upset and ask Dodge why they bothered to have me design a unique interior for such a unique car in the first place.

As a Challenger fan following this from it's origin, I'm disappointed that so little of the concept went into the production interior.

If I were a newly acquired/potential customer, and never saw the interior of the concept car, I'd probably be pretty pleased with everything in the interior - except the steering wheel. Ignorance is bliss.

This is a double edged sword. While most folks will only see the outside of the car (taillights in particular - getting smaller in their windshield), the interior isn't depended on to make a real impression to those I'm passing by.
BUT, since I'll be driving the car, the interior is what I'll see most of the time.

With that said, it's a far cry from the concept car interior and I'm not in love with it, but I can live with it.

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As the tuners have proven, the inside of the car is a fun place to customize too. :D

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They came VERY close to the concept on this car. [8D] I think the gauges are unique. The only part I don't like is the steering wheel.[:'(]

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The interior of the car does not live up to the exterior. That is because the exterior ****ing rocks, where as the interior is just "OK". Nothing super or horrible on the inside. But when you have an exterior that is that phenomenal, it is natural to want an interior that follows suit.

It won't keep me from buying the car, but I may have to take DamnSkippy's advice and seek some aftermarket upgrades. I bet the R/T won't get those nice seats from the SRT. [X(]

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Agreed...but I'll keep the RT interior just as I find it.

I hope the manual has the pistol grip!

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They came close? Huh? No...there are so many differences it's not funny. What they came close to is the Charger interior. Steering wheel, gauge cluster, shifter, seats, door skins, climate controls, radio, dash...ALL different. Are we looking at the same pictures?

PLEASE!! - The pistol grip shifter got left out. WHY? It cost $4 more to put that in or they a bunch in stock from Charger & 300C parts bins? Give me a break.

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Dissapointing but I'll still buy the car. I think it's about the same as the mustang interior. I do wish they had kept the concept steering wheel or at least something besides the charger one.

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Yep, that steering wheel has got to go >_<

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Agreed, the 4 spoke has got to go. I am also disappointed in dodge for not making the challengers interior different than the chargers, well at least they didn't make it 4 doors(charger). Although i do like the seats, but don't get me wrong i will still buy one and be a lifelong Mopar fan!!!:)

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I guess you do not need a pistol shifter for a automatic transmission.

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Exacly, we should be thankful that they didnt make it a freakin 4 door! Then we would of had these things runnin around as cop cars and taxis! (Puke)

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Good point Jereimiah:)

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I feel like I could settle with this interior(nutral).

I mean MSRP is not a lot to pay for a high HP late-model muscle car. It would be nicer to have a totally redesigned dash, but when I'm doing burnouts in front of my neighbor's house. He's not going to come running out of his house to tell me my interior sucks.

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I guess Dodge could sell a dash assy' similar to the concept that would directly replace the production, for those that don't like it. That would help parts/accessories sales. Yea, I know some of you wouldn't really like that, but you can't sell a car for $40,000 if you have $10,000 (or more) just in the interior.