2009 HURST/HEMI Dodge Challenger to be Unveiled at SEMA with 500+ HP

well if your crazy enough to get one you might as well splurge for the Hurst edition. It will most certainly be worth something down the road if you keep stowed away or use it as a weekend driver.

Dodge still makes low quality cars. My recommendation, spend your hard earned money elsewhere and buy something nicer. The Challenger may be a nice looking ride but that's where it ends. I've looked at new Dodge's and I think they make some of the worst shifting transmissions in the business along with poor body panel fitting and just all around crappiness. If one wanted a rear wheel drive American car, one would be better off buying a Mustang with a proven record for quality or possibly the new Camaro or Cadilllac CTS or CTS-V. I'd take a bicycle over a Dodge any day of the week.

This is a plastic piece of junk with a 500hp engine. I'm sorry to all you Challenger lovers out there but this is nothing like the ones back in the day. Sure it looks like the old Challenger, but that's it. The inside is very cheap and it's not going to have a unquie ride to it what so ever, because it's based on the 300c platform, which isn't bad if you like a luxury car feel!

This is a plastic piece of junk with a 500hp engine. I'm sorry to all you Challenger lovers out there but this is nothing like the ones back in the day. Sure it looks like the old Challenger, but that's it. The inside is very cheap and it's not going to have a unquie ride to it what so ever, because it's based on the 300c platform, which isn't bad if you like a luxury car feel!

Of course I don't think any modern version of a classic is going to have any resemblance to the original in terms of fit, finish, feel, ect...

We used to use something called steel, and lots of it. That's why everything had a V8. Of course you also had 3 on the tree, 4 in the floor, and other out-dated technology like split rim wheels....

If you want to relive your younger days I'd suggest going and finding an original in decent shape and either drive it, or fix it up to your liking.

Personally I love the 69 Camaro SS, but I'd take just about anything with a decent V8.

who are these idiots that are stuck in the 70-ties...

Awesome! As if the standard Challenger SRT8 wasn't expensive enough, you can now tack on at least an extra $10k.

Uhhh, no thanks.

now they need to make a plymoth nash bridges special edition cuda.

I grew up with 69 Road runners, 454 trans-ams, 440 super bee's, a rare 440 6-pack 71 road-runner trans-am (500 built), old's 442's with 455CI, dodge chargers, challengers, ford mustangs, chevy corvettes, and so many more great classics. All the asian cars back then were absolute rust junk piles and pathetic (some still are). But of all of the true american classics, I remember the dodge mopars to be extremely strong performers with great looking designs. But I don't ever remember the dodge/plymouth body to be that well built, and let's not try to stop or turn. Regardless, they cannot compare to today's build quality, plastic included.

I have no doubt why there is a retro-rising of automobiles - just look at 90% of all the forgettable me-too cars made today. Some people will choose power, style, personality and (if not rough) performance than overpriced 4 cyl turbo-lag egg shaped cars with blue-tooth options and electronic zipper sensors.

Every time I start my *new* V8 GT and hear it roar to life, I smile..

No one os saying to go back to the 60's or 70's or even wanting them to do that, the fact is you got a car that isn't well built. I mean the inside a lone just shows you where Dodge has cut corners, it's cheap looking. The Front and back of the car looks cheap looking as well.

Ford has done a very good job with the retro mustang and so has GM with the new camero, dodge on the other hand not so much.

Why bother, all mopar junk will be history by the end of Obama's first term. Maybe in a lifetime they may come back as museum artifacts. Viper is the first to go. Toyota will buy jeep. The rest will go "Plymouth/Eagle/DeSoto/Packard/Studebaker/Mercury etc etc" RIP

The build quality of the worst modern car vastly exceeds any from those days. Anyone that believe otherwise is a revisionist. The average mid size cars of today will destroy them in performance, handling and reliability. I love the classics but lets not get delusional here.

@oldlegodad:
Obama hasn't won yet and it's far from a shoe in. I would like to see a black president but he's far left of the America mainstreem. If elected and he got 25% done of he says he wants to do you destroy this country.

It needs:

1. A hand brake

2. A decent price tag.

3. At least 23mpg hw.

4. To be at most 3,700lb.

5. A 600+hp 426Hemi under the hood

Oh...

6. and a better suspention and transmission

I second all the 426 Hemi's suggestions, including the engine but mostly the suspension and transmission. The Challenger actually has a decent suspension I think, but for the price there is so much more that handles so much better.

And honestly, with the weight the V8 Challenger brings and the cost of this upgrade package, I can't think of a reason not to buy a CTS-V instead. It will be a little more powerful, not much heavier (maybe even lighter looking at this) and have a better suspension.

Oh and then we have the interior and styling, which aren't all out of ideas unlike the Challenger.

Still, we know people will buy it.

you guys can suck my balls it is great and your a plastic piece of shit bitchs

Well, I actually own one of these alleged POS Challengers. It will outrun, out perform, out handle the originals with the tunes cranked up and the A/C on. The build quality is quite good, the hwy mileage on mine is 25 plus, the looks alone will get even most of you pimple faced boys laid. The only other "muscle car" of today I would own is the Mustang, forget the Camaro, it looks like a Cadillac CTS screwed a Nissan. I don't care if it's the fastest of the 3, give it a few years and the door hinges will fail just like the previous generations. Oh, the good news is every Camaro comes with a coupon for a mullet haircut!

You might want to educate yourself before you start listing the things that the Challenger needs. As I quote:

"It needs:

1. A hand brake

2. A decent price tag.

3. At least 23mpg hw.

4. To be at most 3,700lb.

5. A 600+hp 426Hemi under the hood"
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1. Im sure we can deal with a pedal one instead

2. The Challenger does have a decent price tag. You can get them at about $26,000. Yeah, you pay close to $50,000 for the SRT 8, but as with every car, you pay more to get more.

3. The Dodge Viper is capable of over 30mpg hw with a 8.4L V10. Im sure a 6.1L V8 can get over 23mpg hw.

4. The Challenger weighs as much as it does because of the things added to it. Alot of safety features went into the Challenger to ensure that if you lost control of the power it has, you would walk away.

5. This one is the most rediculous. A 600hp, 426 Hemi? Its called a 426 Hemi, because it has 426 hp. you cant have a 600hp, 426hp Hemi. The 6.1L engine that is available in the SRT 8 has a claimed 425HP (actual HP is more) If you want more power, your going to have to put in a 8.4L Viper engine. Oh wait, they already did that, called the Challenger SRT 10.

Realisticly guys it doesnt really matter to me whether the challengers overrated , I could find away to break any car if had to put it to the test there all money munches at the end of the day .Personally id rather this tough muscle car over anything else ive seen , a car like this is statement of the art. I love it and like anything in life if you love it treat it with a certain amount of respect.