Well, here it is. Kind of ugly compared to the 350z in my opinion. All the details about this ugly beast will be unveiled at the LA Auto Show November 19th. Hopefully it’s got some brute to make up for it’s sheer uglyness. Okay so it’s not that ugly… Hopefully you can actually drive the car without exploding the transmission and voiding your warranty like the GT-R.
The Dodge Challenger Targa is a full-blown competition car that raced and completed the infamous Targa Newfoundland race this year. “Samantha” started life as a Mopar Challenger drag race package car. Many features were borrowed from the Dodge Viper, but the most noticeable is the snakeskin green paint. To keep the front end down, a Mopar chin spoiler “Splats“ developed in a full scale wind tunnel, was added to the front of the car. Mopar gauges keep a close eye on the vital signs. The Mopar hood is equipped with a scoop to make room for the 540-horsepower, 490 lb. ft. of torque, 392 HEMI® V-8 Mopar crate motor. Mated to a Tremec six-speed manual gearbox, the engine blasts power to the rear wheels through a production 2009 modified gear ratio in the rear end. An abundance of fade resistant stopping power comes from Stop-Tech brakes. Up front, the six-piston calipers clamp 380-millimetre rotors, while in the rear, four-pot calipers work with 355-mm rotors. Developed by KW, the race suspension and brake upgrades came from a proven hero — the Dodge Viper ACR, which just broke the production car lap record at the world-renown Nurburgring in Germany. With only a few exceptions, the Dodge Challenger Targa was built using parts available through Mopar.
The Green and Black paint scheme really brings back the classic look of this car. Too bad they failed to give it a retro interior like the Ford Mustang and the new Chevy Camaro.
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Novembers Road & Track briefly mentions the Honda S3000. Details of this car appear to be pretty scarce as I had no idea it was even in the works. There aren’t many details at the moment but they mention the possibility of a V6 3.0 or 3.5 liter engine which should give the car around 280-300 bhp. An inline 6 sounds more practical to me but it’s more likely it will get another high-reving 4cyl which isn’t exactly a bad thing.
The render above shows what the car might look like. It’s certainly hot but I wouldn’t hold my breath on that being the final design. The strange thing is, besides some forum chatter, I can’t find anything else about this car.
[Source: Road & Track]