fiatdale

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Couldnt have put it better myself. Chrysler owners will buy whats trendy and after that, not buy another because of their experience with them. Look at the PT cruiser, when that thing came out everyone and their brother bought one, realized they paid over $20 grand for a damn rebuilt neon and said wtf did I just do. Dodge owners generally trade in their vehicles in a year or two, then buy another brand. Their brand loyalty isnt half as strong as Honda.

Definitley a cool car though, but with these retro designs, like the mustang, you cant help but wonder what even the next gen will look like? Will it be like going thru the 70s and 80s all over again? Then they are back where they started. Seems a little too weird to me.

thegent

GM and friends are trying to appeal to the baby boomers who, most of them anyways, are well-established. It's simply a genuis move, given that the cost of converting all of their factories to build smaller-displacement engines is definetly not easy on the wallet. Yeah, they do have their ecotecs, but if they can take advantage of the existing infrastructure to serve the same clientele they served 30 years ago, why not do it?

Raw power + retro design should be just the answer to what boomers look for in their mid-life crisis.

It's moreso a smart move, since they can't beat the Japanese in quality, at least not in 2006, and GM has admitted that openly. Don't forget that there's a lot of smart people behind the wheel of a behemoth such as GM. They may f*ck up, but I say that's unlikely.

Their next move should be a shift of focus toward fuel economy, using newly-developed hybrid technologies and alternative fuels, but until then, they're most definetly milking the retro cash-cow. Who wouldn't ?

CivicsRdBest

Thats what I'm saying! The design isn't new. You would think after 30 years or so, they would have modified it just a little bit for tweaks here and there like the Mustang.

I'm saying it would be great if they freshened it up or something, continued the styling, not just slappped the same sheetmetal from back in the day on a new platform.

manthatguysfast

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i feel exactly opposite!!! i think that keeping the same design is awesome. ive always wanted an old muscle car...but since i don't have much knowledge of fixing cars, and fact is old cars always need work, it wouldn't really be wise for me to get one. with them bringing back the same style you can drive the car you always wanted without having the hassle of it being 40+ years old! i mean, i know its not going to be the same...but i love the styling of a lot of older cars and would love a chance to drive one around - WITH all the features of todays cars and knowing that the car is warrented i dunno what the problem is with bringing back classic design.

diskreet

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Just wait till very late 06 when the next GTR is out and 99% of civic owners who want this challenger will forget about it.

me, i just want the new GTR and will have nothing to do with american cars.

CivicsRdBest

Thats the thing though. Back in the day, cars changed with every year! 2-3 years would be the most a specific model would run with NO changes whatsoever. I'm saying just a tweak here and there, not a straight up 70's throw back. I want to see something similar to the Charger, except even more muscular (which is possible becuase the B pillars ruin the lines). I have always liked muscle car designs too, but I live in 2005. I'm saying don't make it as bland as the GTO, but more along the lines of the Mustang, which pays homage to the past, but also looks different. Like the Mini Cooper and less like the VW Beetle.

aki

American cars back in the day were much simpler and easier to tinker with. They moved away from that after Japanese econocars started stripping US automakers of their marketshare.

ragingSPAM

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omg that is freakin sweet...i would get that over the GTO

03civic1

hey guys i work at a dodge dealership detailing all the new cars that come threw the dealership, i got to be the lucky one and get the first charger that came to our dealership and the first SRT-8 Charger, and altought the ineterior is the same as the magnum, and its a 4 door, its an awsome car, very fast with the hemi, and the srt-8, got to beat a roush mustang with no problem, there have been rumors that there will be a 2dr charger coming around, but people think they are untrue, but well see .................. and as for the challenger, its gonna be awsome, just wait folks.......

05_ CivicJDM

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I think it looks sweet. Wait til GM resurrects the Camaro...

PennyKnotOff

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I second that, the new GTO just doesn't seem right to me


Camaro's dead just let it be........

PennyKnotOff

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Now that's sexy

02boostlessCIV

i have a tingling feeling that chevy is going to bring the Camaro back

02boostlessCIV

if you are so sure then read thishttp://www.popularhotrodding.com/fea...409phr_camaro/

CivicsRdBest

interesting. So it will be based off the zeta platform? not bad... I hope they go with something similar to what was shown for the Camaro. I dont' want to see something too retro like the SSR and HHR.

PennyKnotOff

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Read it all before, GM just can't do it right now. Camaro's gone, for good? Doubtful but we won't see it anytime soon. Hell i'd love to see the mustang, camaro, challenger and charger all go at it again but it's just not gonna be happening. I really don't consider the new gto true to what it used to be so i'll leave that out of the mix. I say let the camaro be

mugenman

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im waiting for the next bad *** f body 2 come out. the last gen camaro's and trans ams were sick. ive often pondered gettin rid of the 7thgen for a ws6 trans am

booba5185

yea, then you think about the gas and insurance prices right?

mugenman

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yup.