The folks over at the ChallengerForums have a bit more to show than just the from-the-back shot we showed yesterday taken by a member of the Priddy pride. That's right -- this one's taken from the side. Seriously how much more hawt is that? Gallery of concept shots of the approved-for-production Challenger. – Ray Wert [JALOPNICK.COM]
Apparently there is a flat black viper that was driving down the same freeway also. Think about it....Viper is heading for production for the model year 08, why then keep testing? LOL
A new encounter with a group of JC49 prototypes has yielded our first look at the small crossover's undisguised tailgate, providing some welcome clues to the vehicle's overall design character.
Dodge appears to have recently shifted the development pace of its JC49 crossover into high gear. Within the last month spies have seen several large convoys of JC49 prototypes running the highways of Southeastern Michigan, and have since spotted them traveling the entire country. KGP Photography's latest run-in with JC49 testers occurred in Colorado, where spies caught a string of three JC49s testing with a and a Hyundai Santa Fe–along for the ride as support/benchmarking vehicles.
One-finger-salute
Members of Dodge's test team were surprised, and obviously a little angry when spies snapped some photos of them testing in some desolate Colorado prairie land.
After giving our photographer a not-so-friendly one-finger-salute, the group went on with the business of logging some major miles, driving all throughout Colorado, Utah, Nevada, and California in the course of a few days.
Tail revealed
Spies watched as the group took a rest stop in the California desert, and dutifully covered the prototypes. Unfortunately for them, the covers were stored within the rear cargo hatch, which meant that the rear camouflage had to be unzipped and moved out of the way, giving us our first look at the JC49's rear-end styling, clean and uncamouflaged.
This new view of the JC49 adds to our impression that this new crossover will have some aggressive styling in the usual Dodge tradition. The body panels have a fairly meaty quality, with a sharply chiseled waistline leading back to bold, angular tail-lights. The rear glass kicks up at the edges as it reaches the D-pillar, accentuating the JC's shoulders and bolstering its stance.
Pricing is expected to start around $20,000, with a volume target of 150,000 yearly. A debut at Detroit's next seems most likely.
Apparently there is a flat black viper that was driving down the same freeway also. Think about it....Viper is heading for production for the model year 08, why then keep testing? LOL
Yeah, we know that we're feeling like it's "Maximum Mopar Day" or "Muscle Car War Weekend" or some other such silliness. But what are we to do -- how would we know our one shot yesterday would release such a torrent of photos? We've got a few more camera phone shots from the same forum poster of the first one from earlier today. We've now found out all of them (at least the non-Priddy ones) were taken out on I-75 as the photographer "was coming home from school." The first shot's above and the second one's after the jump. And as always, the concept shots are all-galleried up for your pleasure below. And as always, if you've got spy shots or a tip of any sort -- send it our way at tips@jalopnik.com! – Ray Wert
A new encounter with a group of JC49 prototypes has yielded our first look at the small crossover's undisguised tailgate, providing some welcome clues to the vehicle's overall design character.
Dodge appears to have recently shifted the development pace of its JC49 crossover into high gear. Within the last month spies have seen several large convoys of JC49 prototypes running the highways of Southeastern Michigan, and have since spotted them traveling the entire country. KGP Photography's latest run-in with JC49 testers occurred in Colorado, where spies caught a string of three JC49s testing with a and a Hyundai Santa Fe–along for the ride as support/benchmarking vehicles.
One-finger-salute
Members of Dodge's test team were surprised, and obviously a little angry when spies snapped some photos of them testing in some desolate Colorado prairie land.
After giving our photographer a not-so-friendly one-finger-salute, the group went on with the business of logging some major miles, driving all throughout Colorado, Utah, Nevada, and California in the course of a few days.
Tail revealed
Spies watched as the group took a rest stop in the California desert, and dutifully covered the prototypes. Unfortunately for them, the covers were stored within the rear cargo hatch, which meant that the rear camouflage had to be unzipped and moved out of the way, giving us our first look at the JC49's rear-end styling, clean and uncamouflaged.
This new view of the JC49 adds to our impression that this new crossover will have some aggressive styling in the usual Dodge tradition. The body panels have a fairly meaty quality, with a sharply chiseled waistline leading back to bold, angular tail-lights. The rear glass kicks up at the edges as it reaches the D-pillar, accentuating the JC's shoulders and bolstering its stance.
Pricing is expected to start around $20,000, with a volume target of 150,000 yearly. A debut at Detroit's next seems most likely.
June 26, 2007
January 25, 2007
the picture of the lady flipping off the photographer is priceless!! i wonder if she will be chosen to do testing the next time around?
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