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Dodge unveils Challenger SRT10, Blacktop and Targa for SEMA
 Raring up for the 2008 SEMA show, where a handful of tuners will offer their interpretations of the Challenger, Dodge has let the covers slip from its own 2009 Challenger SRT10 Concept. Rather than taking the supercharging route that most of the tuners have been going with for the Challenger, Dodge decided to leverage its Viper division for a one-of-a-kind vehicle. Powered by an 8.4L all-aluminum V10 engine rated at 600hp (447kW) and 560lb-ft (758Nm) of torque, the Challenger SRT10 Concept also gets a Tornado Red paint job and a carbon fiber trunk lid. Bilstein shocks improve handling while upgraded brakes help bring the big car to rest from speed. Inside, the car gets a sampling of carbon fiber accents and, like the Viper, a red push-button engine starter mounted in the dash. In a nod to the classic 1970 HEMI Cuda, the Dodge Challenger SRT10 Concept wears a 'shaker' style hood, though this modern version is made entirely from carbon fiber to save weight. Two more SEMA Challenger concepts will also be hitting the show floor: the Blacktop and the Targa. While not exactly new, the Challenger Targa is a full-blown race car that took to the twists and turns of the Targa Newfoundland this year. Nicknamed 'Samantha', the green Challenger features a 392 Hemi V8 rated at 540hp (402kW) and 490lb-ft (663Nm) of torque. A Mopar-developed chin-spoiler helps keep the front end planted at speed, while a unique hood feeds air to the big V8. A Tremec six-speed manual, revised rear-end gearing and upgraded Stop-Tech brakes round out the Targa package. The Blacktop is revealed only as a sketch thus far, hinting at a black-on-black race-inspired Challenger that also takes the best from the tuner world to heart. With massive 22" Dodge Viper wheels and a custom Mopar body kit, the car is sure to get noticed on the street. A special cat-back dual exhaust and revised suspension tuning mean the car will sound and steer like it looks as well. The interior has been enhanced with Katzkin leather seating finished in bright red plus a Mopar Kicker audio system for premium sound. |
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ok paul - your car is ready
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Targa, Panamera Turbo
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looks like good ol merican musclke...
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Oh goody. That carbon-fiber hood will get the weight down from 7,000 lbs to 6,950.
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its actually a lot lighter. They couldn't afford steel so the body is all "reinforced" cardboard.
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"Sporty, custom-contoured MDF wheelwells and plush naugahyde seats cradle you in comfort . . . . "
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Great looking car, cool concept but it is a boat!
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How about some real hood fitment quality.
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600 hp and 540 ft pounds of torque just might upset the hood fitment.
a still shot would be the proof in the pudding.
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I'll be damned if I'm going to let them kill those little naugas just so they can turn them into leather!
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Hot Damn! 
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+1 Was this photo released by Dodge? Thats some fine kit car build quality they have going there.
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not a smidgeon of anti-Detroit emotion on these pages-not a smidgeon.
Geeze guys, keep this up enough, and I may buy one...just so I can drive you all nutzo for the next decade with posts on how much better a Challenger is than a '72 911S.
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Look, all we're saying it that the low quality that people have come to expect from Detroit can be seen in this car.....this car.....that.......that we would all frankly give our left nut to drive, but thats besides the point!
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Within 5 years you won't see unpainted carbon fiber anywhere. It will still be used, but it will be painted to match the body panels. Carbon fiber has jumped the shark.
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What? No more $$$$ "carbon fiber" gearshift knobs advertised in EXCELLENCE? 
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