Filed under: Trends, Sedans/Saloons, Sports/GTs
Dodge to market Charger SRT8 Super Bee for 2007
Bog-standard Dodge Charger SRT8 a little too subtle for yah? You're in luck. The brand continues to adhere to its praxis of raiding the company's decal archives with today's confirmation of the forthcoming Charger SRT8 Super Bee. Available this Fall as a 2007 model, the announcement heralds the availability of 'Detonator Yellow' on the Charger's color palette. In this iteration, the exterior's banana motif is repeated inside, courtesy yellow stitching on the seats, shift knob and wheel.
In other news, the 2006 Dodge Charger Daytona R/T will see a limited-production 'TorRed' paint option, following on the heels of the Go ManGo! and Top Bananas editions. And remember, kids... "Oy!" is just "Yo!" spelled backwards.
[Source: DCX via PR Newswire]
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 3)
rrudorf 9:08PM (1/17/2006)
Just when I thought I had seen the worst that Dodge could offer, out comes this pig.
Who are these cars being marketed towards; guys that wear camouflage all the time?
This is actually worse than the purple Daytona Ram pickup i saw recently.
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MattS 9:25PM (1/17/2006)
OHHHHH, NOT A GOOD IDEA!
Hopefully ZeeGermans will kill this one.
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Chris Meisenzahl 9:28PM (1/17/2006)
Oh dear Lord that is sweet! Reminds me of the '69 RoadRunner I had. Except this would have heat, wouldn't leak exhaust, and would get better than 8mpg. ;-)
Chris
http://amateureconblog.blogspot.com/
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cribbs 9:42PM (1/17/2006)
too bad its still a 4 door...
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Car-la 9:48PM (1/17/2006)
I'd rather have mine without the decals. Thank you.
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slasherx 10:19PM (1/17/2006)
I don't get why they can't just lose some pounds on the car and make it with a manual transmission! I'd love this one in the Mango color if it had a manual transmission option.
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BillG 10:24PM (1/17/2006)
I love Chrysler products but when I saw this beast with it's mis-matched bumblebee(?) stripe, I checked the calendar to see if it was April 1st. Ugh.
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Tim Design Boston 10:35PM (1/17/2006)
As a designer, I like it! Cars are fun, ego machines, and an emotional purchase. What Chrylser built was a conservatively styled, slightly retro-cued, four door. This bumblebee just ratchets the 'fun' factor way, way up! There's just nothing as whimsical as a car that moves like butterfly, and stings like a bee! Awesome move, congrats to the DCX crew. I love looking at all the fun badging in the 70's from Mopar. Too bad they didn't band the black and yellow stripes on the tail, a more BOLD bumblebee. The car would look even better with agressive black stripes around the rear and, a black vinyl roof and, i'm not done, a bunch of chrome around the windows. Take it a few steps further, and I'll buy one. Forget tasteful little cues, go for it!
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Chris 11:27PM (1/17/2006)
I bet that wing provides some crazy downforce.
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Rene Curry 11:49PM (1/17/2006)
The blacked in area between the tail lights looks good,
but the Bumble
Bee decal does not fit the body lines in any way. It's worse than a 78-79
decal clad Mustang Cobra. I would feel embarrassed being seen in it.
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len simpson 11:52PM (1/17/2006)
i detest useless appendages. clean lines speak for themselves. KISS always looks best.
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jm 12:35AM (1/18/2006)
People say they destest the spoiler because it's useless but they don't look at the rest of the car. If cars were styled to maximize aerodynamics and visibility to be functional they would look like crap. It could be said the charger doesn't need any of its body lines and every surface should be rounded and pillers super thin. A giant streched teardrop would produce much less drag but not look nearly as good. It's a matter of preference, some people like the sporty/agressive look of spoilers, big front intakes,wheel well bulges, splitters or diffusers some don't. Don't say you hate it because it's useless because pretty much everything engineered to please asethetics is.
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soundboards 12:49AM (1/18/2006)
Would have liked it with two doors and cut a little shorter, but oh well.
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Matt Toigo 1:11AM (1/18/2006)
And the ugliest car so far of 2006 goes to...
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ermell 3:40PM (11/20/2007)
Ford Mustang?
bm 1:32AM (1/18/2006)
oh man what are the thinking,they are going to ruin another fine muscle car badge.its like they are trying to polish a turd.they should do the challenger and forget about the four door dissapointment and let down they put out. called the charger.
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ziv 1:37AM (1/18/2006)
Aesthically and spiritually this is a fucking insult to the old super bee. This ratchets the "I'm a boring 37 year old who wants a cool car to show off to his corporate friends but doesn't know how to change his own oil" factor way, way up. Congrats th the DCX crew, you've made a watered down rehash of a cool car into a more expensive, dumber looking rehash of a cool car! This retro craze is about as admirable as the pre/sequel craze currently sweeping hollywood.
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ziv 2:13AM (1/18/2006)
"This bumblebee just ratchets the 'fun' factor way, way up! There's just nothing as whimsical as a car that moves like butterfly, and stings like a bee!"
As a designer (sure 'bout that? You sound more like a PR guy to me) you should probably be eaten by a pack of rabid pink marmots. Should make way for designers who are a little less eager to praise such thoroughly boring designs.
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WillDaThrill 2:23AM (1/18/2006)
What the hell are you guys/gals getting all upset about. Y'all should be getting on your knees and thanking DCX for this kick-ass Intrepid.
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Nick 3:12AM (1/18/2006)
What I don't get is why this car, (and the Challenger) are like 4100 pounds. Are they made of lead? Any muscle car that the current GTO has a weight ADVANTADGE on is a real pig.
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