| | | quote | Originally posted by Vonov:
And more power to 'em! In a world of cookie cutter imports with little or no soul, and less character, Detroit's salvation may lie in the rich styling heritage they have to draw from. If you want efficiency, buy a Honda; if you want power and beauty, buy a Challenger. It also seems to me that in most of the cases I'm aware of, where a concept car was brought to market, the company involved had a runaway hit on their hands, unless it was too expensive to produce, such as the case with the Plymouth Prowler (everybody wanted one, they just couldn't afford 'em, plus the engine choice was wrong for the type of car, IMHO). Look at GM's experience with the Mako Shark, which GM produced in a modified form as the late 60's thru early 80's Corvette.
EDIT: I really hope Mopar doesn't pull some kind of engineering/production boner (such as gave our cars the rep for being firetraps) that invites unfortunate comparisons to the last "Challenger" that was launched (talking NASA here).
|
|
Hopefully Mopar can make a go of it without jumping back into bed with an overseas company. I'd much rather see GM or Ford buy them, before we haveto suffer through a slew of FWD cars again.
You forgot the Viper....probably the most successful concept to production car.
[This message has been edited by corvettejon (edited 06-25-2007).]
