[Mr.LH]

Judging from past responses, I might be on a lot of people's ingore, but here goes.

The colors are "Off" because they're photoshopped on. It's most noticable in the picture with both cars together, you have to open the full resolution media photos. Check the visible rear fenderwell on the orange car as well as the area around the headlights.

Originally both cars were a shade of gray and the color was added later.

As for being worthy of the Daytona name... well thats up in the air. I think they look great and 350hp is nothing to scoff at. Have you guys been over to blueovalnews? Those guys are furious that the Ford 500 is a measly 3.0 V6 and no options. They think its completely bland too. And go read the Hurricane thread.

We've got it good. Now relax and wait till the *really* good stuff arrives.

[hemi_magnum]

we're in the minority, and they dont listen to us...they listen to the everday people who know nothing about the heritage and can be easily fooled by anything that DCX says. simple as that. also, i wouldnt expect the colors to be exactly the same due to newer technology in paint and etc.

at least they're trying....right?

[fast98dodge]

I'm not relaxed because I know when they drop the 6.1 in it, I'm gonna be a bit lighter in the wallet...

[hemi_magnum]

mr.lh, i agree completely...not sure about the photshop thing though since i have no experience with that...

[EVERRET]

E8502, on Feb 7 2005, 04:26 PM, said:

Dave... Come on, cheer up!  At least they are trying to give us some retro stuff... I mean, it could be a lot worse.

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

I think Dave was pointing out exactly how how "worse", or better? it can get... What name can DCX come up with next to stick on the side of this car ? How many new cars in the past have come out with special editions before the regular car has even hit the showrooms? I see a Flat Black 550hp Supercharged 6.1 Charger R/T 117-Nighthawk version right around the corner.... ;) To me, he is calling a spade a spade (DCX's creative badging of a 4 door family sedan) and doing it so the average person can understand it... "If you like the car" this can be a posative, because it looks like DCX will do allmost anything to it to sell it... If you dont like the car it's a negative because they are wasting good retro names on it...

[mikelauw]

Thunder, on Feb 7 2005, 03:56 PM, said:

One last thing

The Daytona is -not- the 475HP SRT-8

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Did I miss something? Where did 475 come from. Was this supposed to be 425?

[D0C]

hemiman876, on Feb 8 2005, 01:03 AM, said:

The colors are definatly not matches. GoMango was a richer orange and Top Banana was alot brighter as jwhitehead said. Once again, here we have a case of DCX throwing something totally new out there and pinning a heritage name on it to try and win us over to their warped sense of what modern mopar should be. They are basically trying to re-write mopar history, while ignoring as much of real mopar history as they can!

The colors don't match the names, but we are supposed to accept them and love them anyway. Why? Because DCX tells us they are GoMango and TopBanana, thats why. They think Mopar enthusiasts will love anything with a heritage name because we are all supposed to be a bunch of dumb yokels driving around in old Dusters saying "sweeeet" like in the commercials. I swear, the more I see the "that thing got a Hemi" commercials with Ron Jeep, the more I realize what the top brass at DCX thinks of enthusiasts like us. The next time you see the "Best Friends" commercial, think of the Hemi truck guy as Dieter, and the two yokels in the Duster representing Allparians. This is DCX propaganda talking directly to us, their way of making us conform to their vision for the company!

Think about it.

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

I would have thought that you would know better. Lets say Mr LH's idea of them being photoshopped is wrong. What is left to work with?

We are judging the color of pictures of pre-production cars that may have been scanned into a PC in order to post.
OK - first is the pre-production... who knows if they have the colors down pat just yet
now the photos - How many photos have you taken that the colors have come off looking a little different than what they really are.. seems like most all of them to me. It could be intentional or unintentional. It could be too sunny or too cloudy. There are many things that can affect the coloring of a picture. How close did that picture of th enew SRT4 in "orange" look to its actual color - not very close.

Then you scan them in - maybe do a little color enhancing, hue change, contrast this or that.

[eaglecars]

DaveAdmin, on Feb 7 2005, 01:22 PM, said:

And you get another warning for that little bit.

OK, so make a case for calling it a Charger Daytona, remembering what the ORIGINAL was, rather than, say, a Charger R/T.

(Charger Daytona R/T?

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

lol. I have to say, though, that I agree with you...I mean, come on...10 extra hp doesn't make a Charger Daytona.

[eaglecars]

mikelauw, on Feb 8 2005, 05:19 AM, said:

Did I miss something?  Where did 475 come from.  Was this supposed to be 425?

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

ditto. actually, I think rumours suggested it'll be more than 425 for the charger...maybe 440.

[mark...hp48]

Mr.LH, on Feb 8 2005, 01:10 AM, said:

Judging from past responses, I might be on a lot of people's ingore, but here goes.

The colors are "Off" because they're photoshopped on. It's most noticable in the picture with both cars together, you have to open the full resolution media photos. Check the visible rear fenderwell on the orange car as well as the area around the headlights.

Originally both cars were a shade of gray and the color was added later.

As for being worthy of the Daytona name... well thats up in the air. I think they look great and 350hp is nothing to scoff at. Have you guys been over to blueovalnews? Those guys are furious that the Ford 500 is a measly 3.0 V6 and no options. They think its completely bland too. And go read the Hurricane thread.

We've got it good. Now relax and wait till the *really* good stuff arrives.

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Yes the basics are in place; the DC hardware has been developed & it is quite promising, the best ever I'll venture. Ford on the other hand has a fairly nice big platform with no engine to compliment it & other muscle related cancellations due to financial concerns, so that ole Mustang is all they have to cheer about. With the hot LX setups, the costly developments are in place so the variations will come no doubt.

Be happy, the hard part is done, we just need some sheet metal tuning. :)

This post has been edited by mark...hp48: 08 February 2005 - 09:28 AM

[fleshwound_NPG]

The Top Banana one looks kinda badass....I'm hopin for a Charger Super Bee option.

[Rymanrph]

That's funny Mr. LH because I know only a little about photoshop, but when i was looking at the front bumper of the yellow one near the foglight, I thought, "that yellow looks photoshopped." Maybe it is and maybe it isn't.

[chemtech]

For those who do not know and may care. Top banana ( code Y1) was not a Dodge color. The correct name for Dodges ( Y1 ) was Lemon Twist. Looks like they went the the Plymouth name storeroom again. Whats next a Dodge Duster? Oh by the way that is a little too dark of a shade of yellow to be Y1 / Top Banana. I have that one sitting in my garage. ;)

[Hersbird]

The orange is way wrong, but at least it's something. They went with a more modern metallic orange, and I bet it's the same as the "Orange Blast" on the Neons, which looks really similar to a copper color used on Dakotas in 2001. I really don't care, at least it's a real color, I was getting pretty sick of 5 different shades of gray on the LX with a blue so dark it might as well be black. Pretty much dark red was the only color. There were quite a few different yellows back in the day. I'd say this yellow looks like my "solar yellow" Dakota, which also looked the same as the viper yellow.

Go Mango was code EK2 which was aslo called Vitamin C depending weather on a Dodge or a Plymouth.

Top Banana was FY1 and called Lemon Twist on the Plymouth.

I have seen an original unfaded Curious Yellow (GY3 also called Citron Yella) 71 Sebring and it looked just like the Solar yellow on my Dakota, which looks just like this Charger.

I think they got the yellow about right for the 71 only GY3 color they just called it the wrong name. I'm not sure where that Orange came from, and I would personally prefer a true go-mango which looks more like a caltrans color! Even Hemi Orange would be better, but after already owning a Yellow Dakota, I think I'd take the metallic orange in this case anyway.

[Hersbird]

Are you sure about that being a Plymouth color? The little book I have from Galen Govier says different, he is usually right about such things. It is a first printing for 1990 so they could have updated it.

[mikelauw]

eaglecars, on Feb 8 2005, 09:16 AM, said:

ditto.  actually, I think rumours suggested it'll be more than 425 for the charger...maybe 440.

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Right. I would not be surprised if they figurted out a way to get 475 out of the 6.1, but I would be surprised if they released something only 25 horsepower away from the Viper motor.

[georgejetson]

mikelauw, on Feb 8 2005, 12:39 PM, said:

Right.  I would not be surprised if they figurted out a way to get 475 out of the 6.1, but I would be surprised if they released something only 25 horsepower away from the Viper motor.

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

And I'll be stunned if the Viper doesn't get a heavy-duty power boost sometime very soon.

[chemtech]

You may be right! I thought for sure I read top banana was plymouth but upon farther research it is a Dodge color. I hate being wrong :angry: .

This post has been edited by chemtech: 08 February 2005 - 01:29 PM

[Mr.LH]

http://www.evoke24.com/fifth/Group2.jpg

http://www.evoke24.com/fifth/Group3.jpg

If that yellow is actually the car then it's probably still a little "wet". The first image is the back wheel on the yellow car in the group shot. Notice how in the corner of the wheel well the yellow comes to a point and bleeds onto the tire. The second is the Hemi logo which looks like the yellow paint ran all over it.

[69superbee383]

I thought DC wasnt doing retro. Yet they take some old fleet R/T emblems and some Daytona decals from a pick up truck use some stickers on the hood and try to pass it off as muscle....yeah right...if that slug is muscle then my 70 Newport is too! :lol:

Hey DC stick with land barges and pick up trucks....if you cant do muscle right dont do it at all....

What a joke!