!!! Very Very Good Inside Sources Say We Will See The New Dodge Charger At The New York Auto Show !!! Charger will be built on the LX platform along w/ the Magnum and 300 Series... however the Charger will be a sedan... two things have been said about it... one: four door sedan and two: two full-size doors w/ claim shell sucide doors behind them like the RX-8. We will more than likely see the Charger w/ a 6.1L HEMI V-8 as well producing 400+ horsepower and 400+ ft-lbs of torque! The codename used by Chrysler Group for the 6.1L HEMI V-8 is "440". 440 is not the displacement but the power this engine is said to be running! Not sure if it is 440 horsepower or 440 ft-lbs of torque? Charger has been rumored to be powered by a base 250 horsepower 3.5L V-6, 340 horsepower 5.7L HEMI V-8, and of course the 6.1L HEMI V-8 in SRT-8 models. This is great news... Charger might debut early mid-2005, because of NASCAR rules placed on the Dodge Intrepid. It will not, I REPEAT WILL NOT, look like the 1999 Dodge Charger R/T Concept car. I really wish it did, but insiders and sources I have talked to, said it won't! I'll post more info, later...

redriderbob

This is the actual 6.1L HEMI V-8 by DaimlerChrysler... This is an actual HEMI unlike the 5.7L HEMI "MAGNUM" V-8. Notice the orange block color is back, and look at that intake!!! This is what will be in store for power inside your performance cars and your Heavy Duty Ram pickups in the next year/year and a half!

redriderbob

It won't!!! Motor Trend's info is off on the Charger!!!

redriderbob

What I don't understand is why doesn't Dodge do this...

Keep the Magnum as their "Sport Tourer"!

Make a sexy/sleek non-boxy 4-door sedan, and call it either Intrepid or Coronet (like the good old days)!

And make the Charger the 2-door muscle coupe, like the 2004 Pontiac GTO, or 1999 Dodge Charger R/T Concept, or hell even that 1994 Dodge Venom Concept?

redriderbob

This is one of Chrysler Group's most guarded sources... so basicly everything is in the "rumor" stage!

redriderbob

A post put on http://www.allpar.com has the Dodge Charger as introduced at the New York Auto Show, but also says it could be debut at Daytona during Speed Weeks... which would mean less than 24 days!

redriderbob

I was just thinking, if the Charger is supposely rumored to show up at the Daytona Speedweeks next month. Could these new headlight decals be giving us a hint? There is no need to place new headlight decals on the Intrepid since there is another year left w/ the body style! hmmm, just something to think about!

redriderbob

Notice the similar look of the Stratus Coupe, yet the headlight decals on the Intrepid look more angled and the bulbs drawings are a lot larger.

redriderbob

Chrysler Group insider over at allpar.com, WindsorBoy said this....

Magnum and 300C? SRT-8 versions will be sporting blown 5.7L Hemi's with ~450+HP and not the 6.1L Hemi as expected.

The Dodge C _ _ _ _ _ R is a go, it exists and should debut at the NY autoshow, possibly with another unknown LX.

Small Jeep should make its debut at NY as well.

Just got the officially unofficial official info on these last week... hehehe.

*Sounds like very good information.

redriderbob