OK, I'm not a Mopar guy (Chevy's for me) but I do appreciate...and even like some of them.

Anyway, today was one of the local car shows I always go to and even sometimes enter (although my car is broken right now and didn't appear in this show).  Anyway, I was walking through one of the Dodge sections and I happened upon one of my favorite local cars...and 1970 Dodge Challenger T/A 340-6 pack car.  Its pink (and looks really nice-believe it or not) and the owners are super nice people.  Well, right next to that car was a brand new 2009 Dodge Challenger SRT8 which they had just gotten.  One of the first Challenger's on the road in this part of the country.  Well, I took a ton of pics of it and here are some of them:













Its not a new Camaro...but I can't think of many things better.

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That was actually the first thing I thought of when I looked inside.  But, with as limited as these cars are right now...I doubt they had much of a choice.  It was buy it right now with an auto...or wait for a manual (I personally would have waited, but maybe the guy wanted an auto).

Having just come back from holiday in the USA, all I can say is that the 2005 and 2008 Chargers must have had a large dose of ugly pills before they left the production line. This is a real improvement. Some cars when redesigned should still look like what they are supposed to be...........shame about the gearbox though.

Matt

whats the dash made out of?  is it a soft touch plastic?  it does not look like thr usual american effort of hard dull plastic everywhere.

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OK, so I found out a little more about this.  Apparently, since the 2009 model is a limited production...all will be automatic.  Next year they will bring out the optional 6-speed manual, a convertible model, and the full engine lineup.  This year, all the cars are hardtop SRT-8 6.1L 425hp Hemi cars with automatic transmissions.

That is one sexy beast, glad to see it on the road finally, auto gears or not, I'd drive it with a smile on my face, and I'm not even really into cars (I prefer trucks, cars make me feel like Im dragging my butt on the road, however muscle cars do catch my eye)

Our local dealer's son has been driving one for almost a month now.  I saw it when he came out to fly his 152.

TSC. wrote on Jul 22^nd, 2008 at 4:42am:

The (sad) truth is...that most American performance cars come standard with an automatic transmission.  The manual is the option, but typically a no cost upgrade.  The only American performance car I can think of that isn't this way is the Dodge Viper which only comes with a 6-speed.  There might be others, but the majority are auto standard.