Skip to main content

Review: 2009 Dodge Challenger R/T

For all the problems it faces, Chrysler has to be happy with this: the Dodge Challenger rollout has gone about as well as anyone could have hoped. Everyone wanted this car to happen from the moment it appeared as a concept back in 2006. Back then, the S197 Mustang was still new and demonstrating that retro done right can be a very good thing. Flash forward to today and following a brief, SRT8-only 2008 model year run, the Dodge Challenger is now available in three distinct trim levels. We've already reviewed the stylish and value-priced, six-cylinder SE model, and we'll soon give you ... Read More

  • 0
    Dodge Challenger
    Chrysler hates phone cams: 2009 Dodge Challenger revealed
    1192459320

    Click image to see all three phonecam shotsChrysler revealed the production Dodge Challenger to dealers in Vegas last week, and while we're certain it banned all manner of cameras from the event, saying something's banned and enforcing said ban are two entirely different things. Let's just say that they failed on the enforcement part, because ...

  • 0
    Dodge Challenger
    Spy Shots: '09 Dodge Challenger snagged again
    1191844560

    One of the Jalops was cruising the freeway the other day and spotted yet another 2009 Dodge Challenger prototype on the prowl. With camera in hand, he started snapping away and upon further examination realized that this particular example had an unusual two-tone paint job. In this case, rather than the usual upper-lower color split, it looks like they ...

  • 0
    Dodge Challenger
    Spy Shots: Best yet of 2009 Dodge Challenger
    1186766640

    click above image to see 8 high-res spy shots of the 2009 Dodge ChallengerPreproduction prototypes of the Dodge Challenger have been spotted all over Detroit in the past few months, but most have been captured with camera phones and revealed little detail about the muscle car coming from Chrysler. KGP Photographers ran into one recently and were armed with ...

  • 0
    Dodge Challenger
    Spy Shots: Production Dodge Challenger caught in public again
    1184101080

    While these new spy shots of the production Dodge Challenger show neither more nor less of the car than similar shots taken last week, we still find ourselves interested. This time we see the new Challenger sitting at a stoplight, which afford a view of the big 5-spoke wheels that slightly obscure the car's massive disc brakes. This particular car is ...

  • 0
    Dodge Challenger
    Civilian Espionage! 2009 Challenger caught with cameraphone
    1183122780

    var digg_url = 'http://digg.com/design/Civilian_snags_great_spy_shot_of_2009_Dodge_Challenger_profile'; Hot on the heels of Brenda Priddy & Co's new shot of the Challenger comes this great profile shot of a different mule taken by member "98Formula" at the LS1GTO.com forums. What's so encouraging here is just how faithful the overall shape of the car ...

  • 0
    Dodge Challenger
    Spy Shots: 2008 Dodge Challenger
    1183056960

    Our car-culture obsessive compatriots over at the Jalop snapped up a shot of the new Challenger from Frau Priddy and her merry men, capturing Dodge's newest hotness at speed on the highway.It's not hard to make out the Challenger's distinctive roofline, and the camo-clad rear end doesn't give much away, save the small ducktail spoiler. According to Priddy, ...

  • 0
    Dodge Challenger
    Dodge Challenger preproduction body shells caught on camera
    1177910880

    click above image to view more pics of these Dodge Challenger body shells var digg_url = 'http://digg.com/design/Dodge_Challenger_preproduction_body_shells_caught_on_camera_PICS'; These pics showing multiple preproduction Dodge Challenger body shells are what you might call radioactive. They were originally posted in a thread on the Newhemitech.com forums ...

  • 0
    Dodge Challenger
    SPY SHOTS: Charger/Challenger Chimera
    1176552300

    Nose-grafting with common-platform cars is always fun. You could put an '84 LTD front clip on your Fox-body Mustang if you wanted to. While that would look, ahem, unique - this Charger has had a face transplant in the name of science. The long-lensers at KGP spotted this modified LX running around with a 2009 Challenger's front end, likely to determine ...

Autoblog iPhone App