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**lab~rat >:-)** · August 18th 06, 01:04 PM posted to rec.autos.makers.ford.mustang

On 17 Aug 2006 10:06:54 -0700, puked:

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>lab~rat >:-) wrote:
>> On 16 Aug 2006 18:27:51 -0700, puked:
>>
>> >
>> >To set the scene, the Chrysler Group was hosting a media event in front
>> >of Duggan's Irish Pub in Royal Oak. The automaker was showing off its
>> >Dodge Challenger concept muscle car and the 1970 Challenger that
>> >inspired it.
>> >
>> >Without warning, a Chevrolet car hauler embossed with a massive bowtie
>> >logo and carrying two Camaros -- the 2006 concept car and a 1969
>> >classic -- came rolling by, turning the head of media members.
>> >
>> >Jason Vines, Chrysler's top PR official, took the slow-speed Camaro
>> >drive-by as an invitation for a Dream Cruise rumble.
>> >
>> >He (jokingly) called it a "wuss" move to haul the Camaros in a trailer
>> >rather than driving the vehicles by Duggan's.
>>
>> I agree here. Are the concept cars functional or mock ups? They
>> should have driven by and laid a pair of thirty foot strips of
>> rubber...
>
>Considering the Challenger is a rebody of an existing two ton four door
>and the Camaro is an all-new purpose built platform, the fact that the
>Challenger is more street ready than the Camaro as of August '06 is
>pretty meaningless. But you gotta love the silliness of it. Just like
>the old days. Those old muscle cars are goofy-ass things, but back in
>the '60s', before so many got their carrots permanently installed in
>their butts, everyone loved them.
>

A lot of people still do, at least that's what GM and DC are counting
on...
--
lab~rat >:-)
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