SEMA 2009 Worst of Show: This car stinks...
Worst of Show - Click above image for hi-res gallery
Stinks. You might think that we're talking about the overall design of this shockingly orange scissor-door/scissor-trunk Dodge Charger R/T. Or the build quality, what with panel gaps that you can insert your index finger into, wheels so large the tie-rods can't hold them and the world's saddest piece of vinyl covering the trunk's goofy hinge. You might even be under the impression that we're referring to the poor Charger's taillights, which set a new SEMA low. But you'd be mistaken. While this poor, 26-inch dubbed Charger has no doubt been beaten to death with the SEMA stick, we're actually talking about its odor. Quite literally, it smells like synthetic cat urine.
The why and the how of this particular example of aftermarket hubris and wretched, mindless – and let's not forget pointless – excess don't really matter now, as the poor thing will spend the next 15 years quietly rotting in the side yard of some shop in Joliet, Illinois waiting to either shrug off this mortal coil or get turned into a fine LeMons car right around 2025 – whichever comes first. Despite the poor design and execution, the pointy end of our query-arrow is pointed straight at the heart of where the offending aroma came from. Did they finish off the interior with a nice shellacking of formaldehyde? Or, is this rough, slouching-towards-Bethlehem beast already sleeping outside, doors scissored up with cats as tenants? Who knows. But it's easily the Worst of Show; a sad, unfortunate offering at an otherwise entertaining and action-packed event.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 6)
stealthebeatles 8:08PM (11/08/2009)
Joliet isn't THAT bad... Well, I see what you mean...
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Jared 12:06AM (11/09/2009)
Most of the people in the hood know where to stop as well...
In this case, they just kept digging their hole deeper.
Taglane 1:13AM (11/09/2009)
Gruv:
WHAT THE HELL?
Charger06RT 9:04AM (11/09/2009)
I love my charger, but I have to agree, that one stinks.
Gavin S. 8:11PM (11/08/2009)
Jebus wept. The scary thing about is that someone thinks this is the coolest car they ever laid eyes on.
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Monica Dickey 10:24PM (11/08/2009)
It's got suicide doors man! And look at those rims! Baller! hahahah
sdemo 11:11PM (11/08/2009)
LOL. Not just someone, a lot of people. That thing would be 5-starred on CarDomain in a day.
John 12:32AM (11/09/2009)
Yeah, it's bad, but sheesh. I've been to SEMA several times and I've seen much more horrific examples of car modification on the convention center floor. This thing, if anything, is generic - at least at SEMA.
Sean 1:22AM (11/09/2009)
Suicide doors? Look like gullwings....
mtbiker124 2:55AM (11/09/2009)
those are scissor doors, or "lambo"... for gullwing doors, think DMC DeLorean, benz 300sl...
GML 8:34AM (11/09/2009)
I've always found that the vast majority of SEMA displays were over-the-top ugly. With the exception of a few sleek Camaros, I haven't been impressed this year. I guess I'm just not into chrome, neon, and vinyl--then again, I'm probably not their target audience (which is fine with me).
DiRF 8:17PM (11/08/2009)
I'd call it an atrocity from the darkest-depths of the vinyl aisle in Pep Boys... but that would be an insult to Pep Boys.
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Robert Kamanzi 10:43PM (11/08/2009)
Atrocity is about the right word and I was thinking about using that word to describe this .. huh atrocity of a car. I've never read such a harsh description of a vehicle from AB before, but after I read the article, I looked at the pictures and I was just as discussed. This thing went overboard. especially the taillights.
Robert Kamanzi 10:45PM (11/08/2009)
disgusted not discussed, sorry
787B 8:19PM (11/09/2009)
There is no automotive bling-bling atrocity that would be beneath Pep Boys. Have you tried to buy auto parts there lately? They don't carry any...
Casper 8:20PM (11/08/2009)
Here in the north chicago burbs, we rhyme Joliet with toilet
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redsnakehead 3:56AM (11/09/2009)
Really? Toilet and Joliet, If you are, then you're doing it wrong.
Casper 9:38AM (11/09/2009)
It was a joke bud, lighten up.
Scooter 12:44PM (11/09/2009)
You don't even need to be in the north burbs... we do the same down here in the southwest suburbs too!
cqdeed 9:10PM (11/09/2009)
redsnakehead...Casper is from Chicago...I think that was his point.