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Old 11-29-2004, 10:08 AM
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Chrysler gets Charger hate mail.

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The Chrysler group's revival of the Charger name on a Dodge sedan is generating "hate mail," says a senior executive. Production of the 2006 model starts in January, but correspondence is voluminous opposing the name on a four-door, says Trevor Creed, Chrysler senior vice president of design.
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Re: Chrysler gets Charger hate mail.

who didnt see this coming....
DCX just put down "well...its getting a hemi!"
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If the exec is saying this publicly, I bet they are seriously thinking about a name change.
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Originally Posted by Darth Xed
If the exec is saying this publicly, I bet they are seriously thinking about a name change.
As well they should.....
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Re: Chrysler gets Charger hate mail.

As if they couldn't see that one coming...

Just call the damn thing Magnum...why does the wagon and the four door need a different name? Call the coupe the Charger if you want...leave the sedan alone...
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Re: Chrysler gets Charger hate mail.

Why call it Charger at all?
I would like to see the Chevy Zeta cars just all be called Chevelle. Have a 4dr Chevelle sedan, 2dr Chevelle coupe, and a 5dr Chevelle wagon.
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Re: Chrysler gets Charger hate mail.

Originally Posted by Darth Xed
If the exec is saying this publicly, I bet they are seriously thinking about a name change.
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Re: Chrysler gets Charger hate mail.

It's good to see that even the Hemi marketing machine can't mask the fact that a Charger does not and should not have 4 doors.
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Re: Chrysler gets Charger hate mail.

Could be worse. They could have put the charger name on an updated FWD V6 Intrepid... like some manufactorers do.
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Re: Chrysler gets Charger hate mail.

Why not call the sedan a Challenger? Leave the Charger name for a coupe.
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Re: Chrysler gets Charger hate mail.

Originally Posted by Sixer-Bird
Could be worse. They could have put the charger name on an updated FWD V6 Intrepid... like some manufactorers do.
Or they could put it on a front wheel drive four...oh, wait, they already did that.
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Re: Chrysler gets Charger hate mail.

Originally Posted by hotrodtodd74
Why not call the sedan a Challenger?
Nobody wants to buy a car named after a spaceship that blew up
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Exclamation Re: Chrysler gets Charger hate mail.

Originally Posted by hotrodtodd74
Why not call the sedan a Challenger? Leave the Charger name for a coupe.
Because the Challenger was a TWO door pony car.....(then a 2 door japanese aborition).....

Call it a MAGNUM sedan because THAT'S WHAT IT IS.
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Re: Chrysler gets Charger hate mail.

Or a Dodge 300 :P Cause it's that too.

Polara? Monaco? What other Dodge Sedans were there? And I'd say it'd be unwise to give it a Plymouth nameplate... cause then we all know where they'd try to go.

I agree. A Magnum sedan. That's what it is.
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Talking Re: Chrysler gets Charger hate mail.

Originally Posted by Eric77TA
Or they could put it on a front wheel drive four...oh, wait, they already did that.
That's what I've been thinking, too.

So, putting the name on a sedan which will have at least an available V8 engine, is not that bad, IMO.

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