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Challenger is a

As we reported yesterday, the Dodge Challenger was officially given a green light for production today. The announcement was made by Chrysler Group President and CEO Tom LaSorda before the Pepsi 400 NASCAR race at Daytona International Speedway. After 35-years off the market, the Dodge Challenger will return in 2008 as a 2008 model.

LaSorda commented that the company hadn't seen this kind of "spontaneous, passionate response to a car," since the Dodge Viper concept debuted back in 1989. No other concrete details about the production Challenger were given, like what engine will find its way under the hood and to what type of transmission it will be mated.

Chrysler's full press release with a nice history of the original Challenger can be found after the jump...

[Source: Chrysler]

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