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The five-spoke chrome wheels 20-inch
on the front and 21-inch on the rear — are
set flush with the bodyside, giving the car the powerful muscular
stance of a prizefighter eager to challenge the world. Wheel
openings are drawn tightly against the tires, with the rearward
edges trailing off. To emphasize the iconic muscularity, the
designers added plan view “hip” to the rear quarters.
Left: 2006 Dodge
Challenger concept vehicle. The five-spoke chrome wheels
20-inch, front; 21-inch, rear. |
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One of the key characteristics of the original car the designers
wanted to retain was the exceptionally wide look of both the front
and back ends. To achieve this the designers increased both the
front and rear tracks to 64 and 65 inches respectively, wider than
the LX, wider even than the 1970 model. To realize the long
horizontal hood the designers deemed essential, the front overhang
was also increased. |
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Both the hood and the deck lid of the Challenger concept vehicle are
higher than the 1970 in order to lift and “present” the front and
rear themes. The front end features the signature Dodge crossbar
grille and four headlamps deeply recessed into the iconic car-wide
horizontal cavity. Diagonally staggered in plan view, the outboard
lamps are set forward, the “six-shooter” inboard lamps slightly
rearward. At the rear, the car-wide cavity motif is repeated,
encompassing a full-width neon-lit taillamp. Both the grille and the
front and rear lamps are set into carbon-fiber surrounds. Like the
original, slim rectangular side marker lamps define the ends of the
car.
Bumpers are clean (no guards), body-color and flush with the body.
“This is something we would have loved to do on the original
Challenger,” said Jeff Godshall, who was a young designer in the
Dodge Exterior studio when the first Challenger was created, “but
the technology just wasn’t there. With the Challenger concept,
however, the Pacifica Studio designers are able to realize what we
wanted in our perfect world.” |
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