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As
with the original car, the instrumental panel pad sits high,
intersected on the driver’s side by a sculpted trapezoidal cluster
containing three circular in-line analog gauge openings.
“We designed the in-your-face gauge holes to appear as if you are
looking down into the engine cylinders with the head off,” relates
Barrington.
Left: 2006 Dodge
Challenger concept's instrumental panel cluster
containing three circular in-line analog gauge openings. |
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These are flanked
outboard by a larger circular “gauge” that is actually a computer,
allowing the driver to determine top overall speed, quarter-mile
time and speed, and top speed for each of the gears.
“We designed the in-your-face gauge holes to appear as if you are
looking down into the engine cylinders with the head off,” relates
Barrington. These are flanked outboard by a larger circular “gauge”
that is actually a computer, allowing the driver to determine top
overall speed, quarter-mile time and speed, and top speed for each
of the gears. |
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With its thick, easy-grip rim, circular hub and pierced silver
spokes, the leather-wrapped steering wheel evokes the original car’s
“Tuff” wheel, as does the steering column “ribbing.” The floor
console, its center surface tipped toward the driver, is fitted with
a proper “pistol grip” shifter shaped just right to master the
quick, crisp shifts possible with the six-speed manual “tranny.”
Inasmuch as the original Challenger was the first car to have
injection-molded door trim panels (now common practice), the doors
received special attention.
“We imagined that the door panel was a billet of aluminum covered
with a dark rubberized material,” Barrington relates. “Then we cut
into it to create a silver trapezoidal cove for the armrest.”
Although the flat-section bucket seats of the original Challenger
didn’t offer much support for aggressive driving, the front seats in
the Challenger concept car boast hefty bolsters much like those
found on Dodge’s famed SRT series cars. The trim covers’ horizontal
pleats or “fales” provide just a hint of that “70’s” look.
Rethought, reworked, reproportioned and redesigned, the Challenger
concept car offers iconic a HEMI-powered performance coupe derived
from a classic American muscle car. |
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