Era Ends as Final Dodge Challenger Comes Off The Line
We've slowly been saying goodbye to the Dodge Charger, Chrysler 300, and Dodge Challenger -- now we can officially wave goodbye to the platform, including the Hemi.
Following the final Chrysler 300, which rolled off the line earlier this month, and its rival, the Chevrolet Camaro, the Challenger heads to the junkyard in the sky. The send-off at the Brampton, Ontario plant involved a Scat Pack Widebody Charger and, befitting Dodge's muscle-car image, a black Challenger SRT Demon 170. Yes, the 1,025 horsepower Demon 170.
Both cars came off the line on Friday. You can see the Challenger on Facebook.
We know some version of the Charger, likely electrified to some extent, will return. But the days of the L platform hosting Hemi-powered V8s are over. We'll miss the grunt, if not the gas bills and gas-guzzler taxes.
Fare thee well, Challenger, Charger, and 300.
[Image: Dodge/SRT/Stellantis]
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Tim Healey grew up around the auto-parts business and has always had a love for cars — his parents joke his first word was “‘Vette”. Despite this, he wanted to pursue a career in sports writing but he ended up falling semi-accidentally into the automotive-journalism industry, first at Consumer Guide Automotive and later at Web2Carz.com. He also worked as an industry analyst at Mintel Group and freelanced for About.com, CarFax, Vehix.com, High Gear Media, Torque News, FutureCar.com, Cars.com, among others, and of course Vertical Scope sites such as AutoGuide.com, Off-Road.com, and HybridCars.com. He’s an urbanite and as such, doesn’t need a daily driver, but if he had one, it would be compact, sporty, and have a manual transmission.
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Another domestic product that should have had two redesigns by now. Some of these cars make GMs 14 year A Body epoch look not so bad. And what will Chrysler/Dodge have to sell soon?
Farewell Dodge and what remained of Chrysler Motors, its been a trip.
Happy Trails
Chrysler - one of the worse domestic brands (if it's even a domestic brand now) you could still buy in NA, only problem was most of their cars style wise aimed at older muscle-heads who are dying out right now - no kid wants that look anymore.
Never even considered looking that way when i was looking for a new car - if it weren't for the Pacifica I'd not even know they existed anymore.
Good riddance, get these idiots off the road!