2 Challenger Concepts- Targa and SRT/10

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The Challenger Targa is a full-blown competition car that raced and completed the infamous Targa Newfoundland race this year. “Samantha” started life as a Mopar Challenger drag race package car. Many features were borrowed from the Dodge Viper, but the most noticeable is the snakeskin green paint. To keep the front end down, a Mopar chin spoiler "Splats“ developed in a full scale wind tunnel, was added to the front of the car. Mopar gauges keep a close eye on the vital signs. The Mopar hood is equipped with a scoop to make room for the 540-horsepower, 490 lb. ft. of torque, 392 HEMI® V-8 Mopar crate motor. Mated to a Tremec six-speed manual gearbox, the engine blasts power to the rear wheels through a production 2009 modified gear ratio in the rear end. An abundance of fade resistant stopping power comes from Stop-Tech brakes. Up front, the six-piston calipers clamp 380-millimetre rotors, while in the rear, four-pot calipers work with 355-mm rotors. Developed by KW, the race suspension and brake upgrades came from a proven hero — the Dodge Viper ACR, which just broke the production car lap record at the world-renown Nurburgring in Germany. With only a few exceptions, the Dodge Challenger Targa was built using parts available through Mopar.

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The opportunity for SRT engineering to “one-up” itself comes to fruition with the 2009 Challenger SRT10 Concept. Power for the 2009 Dodge Challenger SRT10 Concept comes from the Dodge Viper 8.4-liter, all-aluminum V-10 engine with 600 horsepower and 560 lb. ft. of torque. This new halo concept delivers the well-known SRT credo of benchmark performance. The Dodge Challenger SRT10 Concept includes a fresh coat of Tornado Red paint with a carbon-fiber deck lid and hood. The “shaker hood” is a nostalgic representation of the 1970 HEMI Cuda, giving the 600-hp Viper V-10 engine room to breathe. Brakes have been upgraded and BILSTEIN® shocks at all four corners improve handling balance. The interior boasts sport seats and carbon-fiber accents throughout and, of course, true to the Viper-powered vehicle lineage, a red engine start push-button in the dash.
 
I think they should have called the Targa the Challenger T/A, since the matte black hood, scoop, and side stripe all resemble what was offered on the T/A. Course the original had side-exit exhaust and a 340, but it was offered basically as a street-racer.
 
Well, it was basically a Trans-Am Homologation package, right? That's kinda why I like the Targa.
 
There are actually three more concepts based on the challenger. One is supposed to look like an AAR Cuda (I saw the drawing and it was sweet), another one with 900 supercharged horsepower, and another one that was more for show, it was black, had 22 inch black and red viper wheels, had a few performance mods, it looked nice. There are also 4 or 5 Dodge Ram concepts for SEMA.
 
Shouldn't they be calling the "Targa" the T/A package, and just for the hell of it, produce it? I mean, we'd love to have a ringer to go up against the SS or Z/28, as well as the GT500.
 
I think they should have called the Targa the Challenger T/A, since the matte black hood, scoop, and side stripe all resemble what was offered on the T/A. Course the original had side-exit exhaust and a 340, but it was offered basically as a street-racer.

Seconded on the name, but whatever they call it, I have to say that Chrysler is finally doing some really interesting stuff now that they're in danger of being sold -- AGAIN. From the 300C through the Challenger, Chrysler/Dodge has some good stuff out there. If they could have put just half the effort into small cars as they did with the muscle cars, Cerebus would be sitting on a goldmine instead of a parts sale.

The Targa and SRT-10 Challenger just rock. 👍
 
Seconded on the name, but whatever they call it, I have to say that Chrysler is finally doing some really interesting stuff now that they're in danger of being sold -- AGAIN. From the 300C through the Challenger, Chrysler/Dodge has some good stuff out there. If they could have put just half the effort into small cars as they did with the muscle cars, Cerebus would be sitting on a goldmine instead of a parts sale.

The Targa and SRT-10 Challenger just rock. 👍

They put work into those? Putting a gangsta body, cheap interior and HEMI V-8 into an old E class can't be too difficult...

Other than that, looks good! 👍
 
I couldn't care less about the performance, but these cars are something else. 👍 I wasn't overly excited about the concept model photos I've been seeing, but I had no idea the car had this much potential...... cosmetically. Awesome.
 
Oh my god, this is brilliant. I don't really care if it performs shabbily, I like that just for the menacing looks.
 
The new Dodge Challenger- old school done right. These two new concepts- old school done right while teaching this old dog a few new tricks. Maybe since I'm a Trans-Am fan, I tend to like a little flash. So the SRT/10 would appeal to me a little more than the Targa package. But really, can you go wrong with either one? Only thing that would probably make the SRT/10 one a little better is if it was painted up like Sam Posey's #77 Challenger back in the day.
 
They put work into those? Putting a gangsta body, cheap interior and HEMI V-8 into an old E class can't be too difficult...

Other than that, looks good! 👍

It's the final result, not just the paper napkin sketch. While it seems like a simplistic idea, ask Ford why the Marauder failed.

As for why their small cars didn't succeed...well, they kind of don't have any. If their idea of a Neon successor is a mini-SUV wanna-be, then they just don't do small cars. Whether gas is $1/gal or $5/gal, you need small cars to survive in the mass market. Period. Just ask Toyota.
 
Shouldn't they be calling the "Targa" the T/A package, and just for the hell of it, produce it? I mean, we'd love to have a ringer to go up against the SS or Z/28, as well as the GT500.

Isn't that the whole point of the SRT8 Challenge? I've already read run review of it against a GT500, and it did pretty well if my memory serves me correct.
 
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Isn't that the whole point of the SRT8 Challenge? I've already read run review of it against a GT500, and it did pretty well if my memory serves me correct.

I would imagine that both of these are a step above the SRT8.
 
These cars will be nowhere but in a Chrysler/Dodge parts bin in 5 years. Just large scale engineering developments in publicity stunt packaging...Pretty ugly packaging, too.
 
Its a design direction that, assuming Chrysler sticks around long enough, could bear some fruit. I'm still crossing my fingers for some kind of "lightweight" (ha!) T/A model, but I don't think it'll happen any time soon.
 
Those challengers look crazy, but I bet the interior still sucks. Hope I'm wrong!
 
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