RE: How bout that Charger???
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RE: How bout that Charger??? - 4/26/2005 4:11:57 PM
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LindaP
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Hi Everyone. My name is LindaP and I'm a Marketing Representative with the Dodge Information Center. I read through this thread and thought maybe I could add some insight. Would that be alright with all of you?
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RE: How bout that Charger??? - 4/26/2005 5:47:50 PM
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Tell us what you know LindaP
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RE: How bout that Charger??? - 4/27/2005 9:48:27 AM
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LindaP
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Thanks Rustypaws, I’ll try my best to clarify what I’ve read so far. First let me say that Chud298 is correct, anything IS possible. Saying that DCX won’t build a 2 door version of the Charger may be premature at this point. The vehicle hasn’t even hit dealerships yet and I have to keep with the position that talking about any future product plans would be premature as well. However, DCX has not came out and said that it’s an impossibility. So there’s always hope, jgralka. The feedback we’ve been getting with the new Dodge Charger is amazing. We appreciate anything our loyal customers and potential customers have to say and the fact that I’m responding to this thread communication is proof that we are listening.
There are 2 schools of thought with the new Dodge Charger. It’s either loved for everything new that it embodies or it’s disappointing to those who cherish the Charger for what it was remembered as being. I’ve said before, the memories this vehicle has instilled, is not lost to us. It is important to note as well that idea of a Dodge sedan was in mind long before the name Charger was mentioned. We want it to be thought of for what it is, innovative, bold and confident. The 2006 Dodge Charger looks aggressive, it’s powerful and functional and it’s priced competitively based on features, NOT the name.
Hopefully, I’ve shed a little more light on this popular topic and I’ll be around. Thanks again for giving me the opportunity to join the discussion. Keep the communication going! 
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RE: How bout that Charger??? - 4/27/2005 3:39:34 PM
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We want it to be thought of for what it is, innovative, bold and confident. The 2006 Dodge Charger looks aggressive, it’s powerful and functional and it’s priced competitively based on features, NOT the name.
Hopefully, I’ve shed a little more light on this popular topic and I’ll be around. Thanks again for giving me the opportunity to join the discussion. Keep the communication going!
exactly, this is 2005, not whenever the hell time frame you people are stuck in. this is 2005 and this is what is the best avaible for 2005. grow up, embrace the present, and look forward to the future, but teh past is done and over wiht it, so deal with it. no matter what the hell it is called, it is a very atractive car, and with MODERN american muscle. i cant wait until i get through college, so i can get one myself. by then they will be 6 speed automatic, and with that trans, it would be the perfect car for me.
Welcome to teh site LindaP. glad to see DCX is listenign to the people.
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RE: How bout that Charger??? - 4/28/2005 2:19:35 AM
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LindaP, as much as I'd love to believe you that a two door is still possible its just not feasible. Remember it was Trevor Creed that told us "coupes don't sell." Also he said besides the viper and crossfire we will not be producing coupes anytime soon. Plus an entire new platform would have to be developed for a coupe which would take quite a while to develop. And Nicko I don't know of anyone who was asking for a 300 with an ugly front end and an intrepid rear end. So I don't know who they are listening to, but they need to stop.
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RE: How bout that Charger??? - 4/28/2005 9:30:18 AM
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ORIGINAL: LindaP
We want it to be thought of for what it is, innovative, bold and confident. The 2006 Dodge Charger looks aggressive, it’s powerful and functional and it’s priced competitively based on features, NOT the name.
Hopefully, I’ve shed a little more light on this popular topic and I’ll be around. Thanks again for giving me the opportunity to join the discussion. Keep the communication going!
exactly, this is 2005, not whenever the hell time frame you people are stuck in. this is 2005 and this is what is the best avaible for 2005. grow up, embrace the present, and look forward to the future, but teh past is done and over wiht it, so deal with it. no matter what the hell it is called, it is a very atractive car, and with MODERN american muscle. i cant wait until i get through college, so i can get one myself. by then they will be 6 speed automatic, and with that trans, it would be the perfect car for me.
Welcome to teh site LindaP. glad to see DCX is listenign to the people.
I'm not saying that there's something wrong with it...I agree it looks good and performs great, I just think they should've called it something else. New muscle is different than old muscle...lets keep it that way.
I always had hope that they would make the SRT-4 2-door but it never happened lol 
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RE: How bout that Charger??? - 4/28/2005 10:21:58 AM
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exactly, this is 2005, not whenever the hell time frame you people are stuck in. this is 2005 and this is what is the best avaible for 2005. grow up, embrace the present, and look forward to the future, but teh past is done and over wiht it, so deal with it. no matter what the hell it is called, it is a very atractive car, and with MODERN american muscle. i cant wait until i get through college, so i can get one myself. by then they will be 6 speed automatic, and with that trans, it would be the perfect car for me.
Listen, dare I say "kid", I am a responsible 35 year old who owns a classic Charger, and was looking for a daily driver modern car with Charger styling. A modern Charger. My preference for such styling has nothing to do with a need to "grow up". Regardless of your notion that you have some magical insight or clue as to what my priorities should be, or in fact are, irrespective of your wonderous realization that the year is, yes, in fact, 2005.
Needless to say, I hardly believe you are going to be hauling around a family (if you get an '06), and will be using it to an end that matches your proclaimation of being so. For me, it's about preference in something with a real history, purpose to design, and the story behind the new product being sold; a meaningful and accurate relation to that history in product and promotion that simply hits the mark as already defined by the label and the expection it is obviously going to inspire. I don't need someone telling me I need to grow up, simply because I have not accepted any new styling which is inaccurately riding a reputation and design of a totally different car. Thanks.
I was *in* college while you were still being wiped off, after birth, so I'm well into the game of growing up.
You can build a school bus and call it a Charger, and you can like it. However, don't try to tell me I should simply like it for some unfounded and irrelevant claim that I need to "grow up". Don't tell me "it's almost" got any kind of styling. And don't tell me, simply because the year is 2005, that I should have any desire for something different. It's a simple preference for a different style car that shares the same badge. That's it, that's where the confusion and disappointment lies. Even better when the past is downright discounted and then cozied up to in the same sentence. It's the best. "Retro is bad....hey look at these hot retro colours."
The best is the "well, it'll outperform your old Charger". Yeah. Thanks. So could have an alternately, Charger-styled vehicle; and possibly more so, given an aerodynamic design.
It's done. I'm done. And who am I to say what DCX will/can produce and what they should call anything. It's up to them. But don't dismiss my negative reponse to the whole '06 fiasco with a remark about my maturity or priorities. It's a real piss off.
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RE: How bout that Charger??? - 4/28/2005 10:31:01 AM
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i dont like it either....we already had this "charger", but in a station wagon...it is called a magnum. thisn should be called the magnum sedan. 
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RE: How bout that Charger??? - 4/28/2005 12:01:09 PM
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DCX could save themselves a lot of grief and shut up all the naysayers with a simple name change. 
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RE: How bout that Charger??? - 4/28/2005 10:01:13 PM
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chud298
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You can build a school bus and call it a Charger, and you can like it. However, don't try to tell me I should simply like it for some unfounded and irrelevant claim that I need to "grow up". Don't tell me "it's almost" got any kind of styling. And don't tell me, simply because the year is 2005, that I should have any desire for something different.
Well said lol
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The best is the "well, it'll outperform your old Charger". Yeah. Thanks. So could have an alternately, Charger-styled vehicle; and possibly more so, given an aerodynamic design.
My opinion, that's highly, HIGHLY imporbable even though I did say anything is possible
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DCX could save themselves a lot of grief and shut up all the naysayers with a simple name change.
YES!!!!! LOL
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RE: How bout that Charger??? - 4/28/2005 11:31:00 PM
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thats very true, but it is to late to do anythign about it now, so resistance is futile
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RE: How bout that Charger??? - 5/2/2005 6:18:12 AM
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The most ingorant thing one can say is that the Charger is just a Magnum without the "Back". Thats like saying all B bodies are the same, IE The 69 Coronet is the same car as a 69 Charger. The new Charger is much farther away from the magnum, than the older B bodies were from each other. THE Charger is, and will be the current flagship of Dodge Cars PERIOD. The Charger, rather you like the looks or not, looks more like a Charger than any car ever because it IS THE CURRENT CHARGER.
The Idea is to sell cars, and make customers happy. Looks like the Charger is gonna do this, If the Charger is half as much a success as the 300LX, then it will be a complete victory proving Dodge right 100%, and everyone trashing it will be proved wrong,
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