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Challenger R/T Concept |
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2006 Dodge
Challenger Concept Introduction -
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| Both the hood and the deck lid of the Challenger concept vehicle are
higher than the 1970 in order to lift and “present” the front and
rear themes. The front end features the signature Dodge crossbar
grille and four headlamps deeply recessed into the iconic car-wide
horizontal cavity. |
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Diagonally staggered
in plan view, the outboard lamps are set forward, the “six-shooter”
inboard lamps slightly rearward. At the rear, the car-wide cavity
motif is repeated, encompassing a full-width neon-lit taillamp. Both the grille and the
front and rear lamps are set into carbon-fiber surrounds. Like the
original, slim rectangular side marker lamps define the ends of the
car. |
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| Bumpers are clean (no guards), body-color and flush with the body.
“This is something we would have loved to do on the original
Challenger,” said Jeff Godshall, who was a young designer in the
Dodge Exterior studio when the first Challenger was created, “but
the technology just wasn’t there. With the Challenger concept,
however, the Pacifica Studio designers are able to realize what we
wanted in our perfect world.” |
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The hood reprises the original Challenger “performance hood” and its
twin diagonal scoops, now with functional butterfly-valve intakes.
Designed to showcase the modern techniques used in fabricating the
car, what look like painted racing stripes are actually the exposed
carbon fiber of the hood material.
The Challenger concept is a genuine four-passenger car. “You can sit
up in the back seat,” said Castiglione. Compared to the original,
the greenhouse is longer, the windshield and backlite faster, and
the side glass narrower. |
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All glass is set flush with the body
without moldings, another touch the original designers could only
wish for. The car is a genuine two-door hardtop — no B-pillar — with
the belt line ramping up assertively at the quarter window just
forward of the wide C-pillar. |
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Source of
information and pictures: DaimlerChrysler |
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