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Sure, we thought about foraging the assorted trashy declarations that followed our Dancing Traffic Girl Hoon of the Day post. We think she'd do pretty well on a USO tour of war-torn regions, and there's a taste of the dragon in there someplace. But not today. After all, we're working a car show. Let's maintain focus. Commenter of the day, then, please? It's the reveal that ate Chicago. We're as guilty as anyone else, covering the Dodge Challenger SRT8 here, here, here, here, here and here. Commenter Udman took note: Ok, enough with the Challenger already..... It's here, it's Orange, It has a Charger Interior, You can get a HEMI. Is there any other cars at this show? Personally, I don't know. I'm handling editorial duties for the J-Lop from L.A. and am not privy to either the show floor or the deep-dish after-hours pizza orgies. However, as Hardigree pointed out in preview, what we got here in Chi-Town is a truck show, mainly. So no. No, Udman, there...
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newVideoPlayer("ChallengerLIVE_jalopnik.flv", 475, 269,""); Here it is! ...again. The 2008 Dodge Challenger . But this time we have video! And mustaches! Hoo, mamma! galleryPost('doanechallengersrt8reveal', 9, '2008 Dodge Challenger SRT8 Live Shots');We'd have to label all this Challenger material we've been posting, Posting! POSTING!!! of late some kind of steady build to this cargasmic moment. Obviously, with previous coverage, you've been forced to ponder, perhaps question some of the performance data, skeptically consider the Challenger's true aerial capabilities, and of course study many, many still pictures. But now you can just kick back and watch as we inaugurate the Challenger Channel.
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What better way to kick off the sales of your new muscle car, the last relevant piece of new product you're going to introduce for a while, than to invite a couple of guys who are best known for selling motorcycles. Paul, Sr. and Paul, Jr. of American Chopper fame were on hand to show off the 2008 Dodge Challenger SRT8 . And what did we learn that you may not have learned from any of the sixteen or seventeen Challenger posts that already ran today? Dodge was smart enough to low-ball the 0-60 mph in the initial press release, as the actual car gets a more respectable 0-60 time of 4.9 seconds with a top speed of 170 mph and a quarter-mile in the 13's. There is also video of it jumping, as seen in this image of questionable authenticity , but it only goes about 8 inches off the ground. Press release below the jump -- in case you missed it the last time. galleryPost('doanechallengersrt8reveal', 9, '2008 Dodge Challenger SRT8 - Revealed Live'); 2008 Dodge Challenger SRT8...
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Given how bad the photoshopping was of the original 2008 Dodge Challenger SRT8 , we thought you'd like some live shots. And while those shots weren't supposed to go up for another few hours, our intrepid photographer managed to catch one de-robed, as it were, during a rehearsal for the big reveal. galleryPost('doanechallengersrt8', 3, 'First Live Shots Of Dodge Challenger');
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Employing the same skill as a 12-year-old grafting his head on Eli Manning's body, Chrysler's media team made the 2008 Dodge Challenger SRT8 fly. There are so many problems with this 6th grade photochop that it would occupy us for the rest of the day trying to make fun of them and we couldn't bring you live pictures of the Ford Transit Connect . We've numbered the seven most obvious errors, bad clones and just outright injustices. You identify them and hopefully add some more. [Source: Chrysler] galleryPost('2008DodgeChallengerSRT8ExtE', 9, '2008 Dodge Challenger SRT8 Official Press Photos');
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Viva la revolution! After years of looking at spy photos , renderings and concept versions &mdash the 2008 Dodge Challenger SRT8 is here, for real. Powered by the 6.1-liter HEMI V8, this HEMI orange muscle car puts out 425 horsepower and 420 lb.-ft. of torque. for a total of 69.8 horsepower per liter. How fast is it? Good question. The performance "targets" were a 0-60 mph time in the low fives, a quarter-mile in less than 14 seconds, at least 0.88 g's on the skidpad and a 60-0 mph stopping time of about 110 feet. However, you -- like us -- are waiting to see the actual performance numbers to see how close they got to the targets. To make the SRT8 trackworthy, engineers employed a multilink short and long arm suspension up front. In the back, the Challenger sports a five-link independent suspension with multiple bushings, allowing it to be tuned for ride or comfort. It's your choice of tires on the forged aluminum 20-inch wheels that will be keeping the 4,140-lb monster...
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A reader at the Allpar forums has gotten his hands on three interior shots of the 2008 Dodge Challenger SRT8 that look to be official. We're supposed to see the new Challenger later this week, so this is a bit of an embargo break. From what we can see it looks to be a mixture of modern needs, automatic transmissions and a gigantic muscle car steering wheel we've been expecting. Oh, and seats with SRT8 logos! Look for many more official photos at the official release date sometime this week. galleryPost('challengerallparint', 3, 'Dodge Challenger Interior Shots'); galleryPost('08DodgeChallengerSRT8P', 3, 'Dodge Challenger SRT8 Production Shots'); [ Allpar ]
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There are those who might think having webcams at the setup of an event like the Chicago Auto Show , which banks on being able to reveal the latest products, might be a bad idea. For obvious reasons, we're not those people. In fact, we've been keeping our eye on the proceedings since the cams went up in the hope of spying something we weren't meant to see. So far the most exciting thing we've seen is them setting up the display for the 2008 Dodge Challenger . galleryPost('08DodgeChallengerSRT8P', 3, '2008 Dodge Challenger Production'); If you're perusing this tonight and notice anything interesting, don't forget to tip your editors: tips at jalopnik dot com. How great would it be for the Chicago Auto Show website to break an embargo? [ Chicago Auto Show Official Website ]
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Yup, more evidence that the Muscle Car Wars are on! After we showed you that single shot of the new 2010 Ford Mustang interior and after we ran the two covers Car & Driver saw slip out way too early, we happened upon the above shot of the interior for the 2009 Dodge Challenger R/T on a few of the forums all about the new muscle car from the Ram-headed brand. So what do we see? Well -- we see a lot of standard instrument panels, radio units and HVAC controls. But check out that silver plastic around the instrument cluster. Most importantly, check out that leather-and-chrome wrapped shifter. Now that we like. Click the jump to see a larger shot and remember, we'll be bringing you coverage of the official reveal live in just two weeks at the Chicago Auto Show . galleryPost('2008ChallengerSRT8Snow', 6, 'Spy Photos - 2008 Dodge Challenger SRT8');
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var digg_url = 'http://digg.com/autos/Production_2008_Dodge_Challenger_SRT_8_fully_uncovered_2'; Apparently anything Chevy can do, Dodge thinks they can do better. Just as quickly as "Maximum" Bob Lutz revealed he'd be revealing the cover off the 2009 Chevy Camaro during testing, Dodge lifted the skirt off the Challengers out testing in the winter wonderland of Metro Detroit. Like this silver and black Dodge Challenger SRT8 caught for the first time completely undisguised before it's official Chicago Auto Show debut at the beginning of next month. Full report from the spy shooters at KGP below the jump. More pictures coming shortly. UPDATE: Full gallery added below. galleryPost('2008ChallengerSRT8Snow', 6, 'Spy Photos - 2008 Dodge Challenger SRT-8'); We just caught the first completely uncamouflaged prototype for the Dodge Challenger running outside of the Chrysler Tech Center. Perhaps with the Media days of the Detroit Auto Show officially behind...
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This official dealer invoice's the closest we'll ever come to owning one of Dodge's new muscular muscle cars, the 2008 Dodge Challenger SRT8, so we're savoring it now. As expected, the invoice shows factory pricing (with MyGig!) at just over $40,000. Full dealer markup doesn't look to be too tough on the wallet -- just less than $2,000 more -- bringing the total price up to $41,985. Now just heap on t he extra $20K for actually getting your name on a list to buy one and you're positively golden. galleryPost('08DodgeChallengerSRT8D', 3, 'Dodge Challenger Detail Shots'); [via Allpar ]
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