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    Offline 1ownr

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    Re: News Flash - Barracuda Revived???
    « Reply #30 on: November 16, 2010 - 12:10:29 PM »
     :iagree:

    71 all the way and if it were to be a drop top.... it would be the perfect Anniversary gift... :woohoo:

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    Offline brads70

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    Re: News Flash - Barracuda Revived???
    « Reply #31 on: November 16, 2010 - 01:38:40 PM »
    Sheesh people? It could be worse? They could be bringing back the Omni, and K-cars?
     :puke: :smilielol:
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    Offline wunderless

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    Re: News Flash - Barracuda Revived???
    « Reply #32 on: November 16, 2010 - 01:42:08 PM »
    Hey to each their own.  I'm fully aware it's all about money. Just like when they were slapping Super Bee and Daytona stickers on trucks... nothing more than a money grab.

    I'd rather see innovation and a new exiting product with a future, rather than an updated carbon copy of a great classic car. 

    I'll be over here in the corner...
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    Offline inviolet

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    Re: News Flash - Barracuda Revived???
    « Reply #33 on: November 16, 2010 - 01:49:29 PM »
    Quote from: wunderless on November 16, 2010 - 01:42:08 PM
    Hey to each their own.  I'm fully aware it's all about money. Just like when they were slapping Super Bee and Daytona stickers on trucks... nothing more than a money grab.

    I'd rather see innovation and a new exiting product with a future, rather than an updated carbon copy of a great classic car. 

    I'll be over here in the corner...

    I agree, If they choose to remake the Barracuda/Cuda, it should have some heritage from the past BUT NOT A CARBON COPY.....Or a rebadging of the current Challenger.


    « Last Edit: November 17, 2010 - 11:49:41 AM by inviolet »
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    Offline Road_Runner

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    Re: News Flash - Barracuda Revived???
    « Reply #34 on: November 16, 2010 - 08:08:09 PM »
    I'm curious if this is a generational thing.  I was 10 years old when the 70 Cuda came out, when I think of Plymouth its these cars & Roadrunners, 340 Dusters that I think of and identify with.  For them to use the Cuda name on some futuristic view of what it could have grown into over time doesn't interest me nearly as much as much as a visually similar version with modern day performance, handling & comfort.  Although I really like the new Camaro, its the Challenger's closer to original interpretation that charges my batteries.   :2cents:

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    Offline burnt orange

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    Re: News Flash - Barracuda Revived???
    « Reply #35 on: November 16, 2010 - 08:22:25 PM »
    I'd like to see the Challenger  evolve each year, not just change the stripes and present a new colour and call it "new".  Lets see a change to the grill and taillights at least, as in the 70's.  Heck, they could even start changing sheet metal and slowly modernize the look year by year.
       
    A new Cuda could fit into that scheme as well.  Use the same platform and modernize the look, along the lines of the Charger concept that got us all excited a couple of years ago - before the new one actually hit the showrooms. 
    4-door   :puke:

    They HAVE to build it  (in Burnt Orange of course!)
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    Offline Challenger III

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    Re: News Flash - Barracuda Revived???
    « Reply #36 on: November 16, 2010 - 11:27:34 PM »
    I dont know about you folks, but I think the Mr. Norms 'Cuda conversions are downright sharp!!! The E - Body Barracuda and Challenger were basically the same platform.... I think they can pull it off!  :2cents:
    « Last Edit: November 16, 2010 - 11:32:51 PM by Challenger III »
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    Re: News Flash - Barracuda Revived???
    « Reply #37 on: November 16, 2010 - 11:30:45 PM »
    Personally I don't think the market can truly support a new cuda, especially considering the most likely if it were to return it would simply be a rebadged Challenger, which the aftermarket has already hit big time. The other option is a totally new car on a new platform, which would probably result in a car priced between the SRT-8 Challenger and the Viper, which of course will extremely limit the already small market.
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    Offline Road_Runner

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    Re: News Flash - Barracuda Revived???
    « Reply #38 on: November 17, 2010 - 07:45:55 AM »
    Quote from: 72hemi on November 16, 2010 - 11:30:45 PM
    The other option is a totally new car on a new platform, which would probably result in a car priced between the SRT-8 Challenger and the Viper, which of course will extremely limit the already small market.

    Totally agree, unless they want some super low numbers 'limited edition' they need to keep the price no higher than the SRT8 which is already higher than similarly performing Camaro SS & Mustangs.  I'll pay a slight premium to get the car I want, but if the difference starts pushing $10k or more, I'd have to either start looking at the alternatives or just pull the plug on a new car, period.  Chevy started with a blank sheet with the Camaro and you can get a reasonably optioned SS for well less than $40k.  That same level of performance & trim in an SRT8 built on a less than optimal LX platform is $45k plus.  That's the maximum premium this consumer could bear.  :2cents:

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    Re: News Flash - Barracuda Revived???
    « Reply #39 on: November 17, 2010 - 08:06:17 PM »
    Dodge stated that they would only build the Challenger for five years and no longer. That means that they will no longer build them after 2012.  They say that sales are down yet the dealers still aren't giving discounts and other than Accessory dollars, there have been no rebates. Something doesn't add up. Maybe the new Cuda will actually be the replacement for the Challenger.
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    Re: News Flash - Barracuda Revived???
    « Reply #40 on: November 30, 2010 - 01:01:14 AM »
    Quote from: 71chmark on November 04, 2010 - 09:04:13 PM
    The new challenger already looks more like a cuda than a challenger.

    How so?? :dunno:

    The new Challenger potentially has a very limited production run. Where do you go from here, as it is now? A redesign? Meh...I don't know about that. And if it's an absolute abortion like the new Camaros trying to harken back, skip it.

    On the Cuda...there's no Plymouth, so why? Mopar Cuda? Nope. Dodge Cuda? Nope. Chrysler Cuda? Best of the three, but...really?
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    Offline hotrod98

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    Re: News Flash - Barracuda Revived???
    « Reply #41 on: December 01, 2010 - 06:41:55 PM »
    The new Challenger has a header panel like a Barracuda. Change the grille, quarters and taillights and the car will closer resemble an e-body Cuda than an e-body Challenger.
    The header panel was the first thing I noticed when they first released the concept pics.
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    Offline dutch

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    Re: News Flash - Barracuda Revived???
    « Reply #42 on: December 02, 2010 - 05:18:47 PM »
    I think they should build a hi tec cuda complete with 425 hp. electric motor  :burnout:
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    Re: News Flash - Barracuda Revived???
    « Reply #43 on: December 02, 2010 - 11:04:26 PM »
    Trouble with electric motors they develop max torque at just above zero revs, you wouldn't be able to slam the throttle down, shredding the tires would be common.   :burnout:
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    Re: News Flash - Barracuda Revived???
    « Reply #44 on: December 03, 2010 - 12:39:10 AM »
    i hope they make it...and my biggest hope is that they get the body lines right. I know everyone saw the cuda conversion for the new chally, but the side body line is not right.

    and as for the ding dong on the usa today site that said cuda and chally were the same with different name plates, thats like saying the charger and the chrysler 300 are the same car with different name plates, similar layouts, but very different styling.  :swear:
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