2008 Challenger & Camaro (Detroit Auto Show)

The Challenger is magnificent! We'll finally have something worthy of a Hemi! I might just have to move back to the States and get one of those!

The Camaro is OK, but...well, I've always been a Mopar man!

Personnally, I like the Camaro better.  Don't get me wrong, the Challenger is a knock-out, but it looks a little too "retro", more like Mopar took an original one and gave it the Chip Foose treatment than going to the trouble to create an all new car.  The Camaro, to me, looks more modern while still holding many of the styling cues of the original.  I'm a Chevy guy, though, so maybe my bias is showing a little!  Regardless, I hope both make it to production and are wildly successful.

Neither one is a Mustang.... I must admit being a Ford guy and a waiting for delivery of   of my 06 Roush/GT and a proud owner of a slightly "tricked" 02 Lightning, I'm more excited about the new Cobra. The Camero looks like a Japanese design, not at all having the American Muscle car look that most of us "old school" 0-100mph guys like about Detroit Cars. The R/T looks pretty good but it's a Mopar...GM just doesn't get it, their new Vettes and GTOs are real performers but they're both dogs in the sales dept because of uglieness and overpriceing. Mopar has some nice designs but they're stones.  "Got a Hemi" ???? that's why you're reading this "( bumper sticker on my Lightning's rear window). LOL Wow one more post to "500"...

I like the Camaro except for the grille ... ruins the whole car.  Plus, I prefer the 4th Gen. Camaro (I have a '93) and wish they hadn't tried the retro crap with it.  Same with the Challenger ... looks too much like the original except plainer.  Don't like the Miura at all ... didn't like the original.  But I'm fascinated by the new Lambos, especially the little Gallardo ... what wicked little road rocket!  And keep your retro-Stang, too.  Morris Minor ... T-Bird ... blah .....

Some of the new stuff stinks to high heaven, too.  Cross-Fire ... what the hell were they thinking when they pinched off that stinker?  And what's up with the boxes ... Element and Scion and the like?

I think they've run out of ideas and can only come up with retro-clones to try and suck Boomer nostagia money out of the market base.  For my money, throw the folded, origami look out the window and let's get back to curvy fenders and aerodynamic lines that look fast and wicked, not artsy.

Can you say Ferrari?

jamesber wrote:

Love the Challenger!!!!!! I want one like right now! Im not feeling the Camaro, it reminds me of a Chrysler Crossfire(just the front though). Id rather have an actual '69 Camaro SS(hahaha like that would happen!!)

RadMax8 wrote:

Their heart's in the right place... but it just doesnt cut the mustard in my book. So far Ford's the only company to make the retro look work *looks the other way as a 2000 Thunderbird passes by*. The new Mustangs are so beautiful. The charger doent look too good. The challenger is on the right path, but not quite there yet. The camaro is just to angular for my liking. Maybe I'm just reeeeaaallllly picky.

This sums up how I feel about it too.  I think Ford has really pulled off the retro styling on the Mustangs but if you recall they weren't that sharp when they first started the trend.  That Challenger isn't bad.  I can't put my finger on it but it just needs some more ooomphf.  Maybe if it wasn't so low it would show off its muscles more but it looks like it would handle well.  That retro camero is a mess though.  Toss that one back in the oven and let it cook another year or so.

I like retro styling, but the Lambo and the Challenger take it too far. It doesn't look like they put any thought into them at all. It just looks like they got lazy and copied the originals. That, and the Challenger looks and is very overweight.

The Camaro actually looks like it had some thought put into it. There are a few things about it that I am not fond of, but overall, it is a visually pleasing design. It reminds me of the Mustang, in that it invokes the original, but still looks modern enough that it doesn't come off as a caricature of the original.

The important thing to remember here is that these are concept cars. There will be changes and small tweaks to the design before they hit the showrooms.