WTF? Dodge Cancels Challenger Convertible

No wonder American auto makers are losing market share..its self fulfilling!! The same thing happened with the PT cruiser..they waited what.. 3 or four YEARS before they did a rag top..by then consumers were cooling to the design..they should also have done a PT mini pickup like the old Rampage…these people are just plain lazy!! they design ONE body style and then go home….I remember the Marauder convt. at the car show….wonderful car..plus memo to the idiots at Chrysler…more body styles means more sales ..more trips to the dealer..for service etc etc…while we are on the subject…do these guys even go to auctions..Cuda’s sell for double that of Challengers…they really should have made the Cuda or Both lines!!
I remember going to the NYC show when they introduced the Mustang Mach 1 with the Shaker hood. A Ford exec. was standing there and I said ..nice car they should make a topless version..she turned to me and said…”they didn’t make a Mach 1 convt. back in the sixties!!! Ford actually pays someone to think this way…how about this… build proto-types and get some feedback from the public..u know the people who BUY the Friggen CARS!!!

Appearently none of you people are old enough to remember that the 1970 Challenger (which the current car car is modeled after) could be had in both a hard top AND a convertible.
I too think that the new Challenger should be built from the factory as a convertible along with the hardtop!
Nothing could be better than a brand new big V8 powered rear wheel drive sexy Challenger driven with the top down on a nice sunny summer day! Ahh.

i dont understand, i saw some guy near my house taking pictures of a orange new challenger convertible with big aftermarket wheels. is it possible that guy had his challenger custom made? i didnt think anything of it at the time because i thought they were selling them already along side the coupe

build the convertible please

NOT BAD, WHY DIDNT CHRYSLER THINK OF A REMOVEABLETOP? IT MIGHT WORK.

Actually it doesn’t look bad.

DAMN IT IM MAKING MY OWN

Dude, it already weighs like 4000 pounds. Why throw the top down with this big ass car? I agree w/ the no Convo decision. Still wouldn’t buy it either way.

garbage

im not much for verts but i wanted to see this out

Great Car! Can’t speak for the SE model however. I dont believe a convertable would be good on the Challenger to begin with. The hard top keeps the car stable, on the other hand the convertable make the car look like crap. Keep it the way it is!

MM must be thinking of his sister

That is the dumbest idea that Chrysler would do….I’ll Message them to do the idea next year. Keep the classic muscle cars the same way.

My cock is so hard this morning fuckin wont go down

oh shut the fuck up all of you
stop seeing things as stupidy
like all of u

That’s sad news.

First, no hardtop coupe like the prototype, now no convertible… That leaves only the post coupe. I don’t like cars with center posts.

And this makes no sense:
“We considered a convertible when we were developing Challenger, but the extra weight needed to beef up the car when the top was removed was too much of a penalty,” said Mike Accavitti, director of Dodge brand marketing. He added, “We didn’t see a huge market for a convertible that would justify the vehicle.”

This car should have replaced the Sebring which I think is ugly.

looks ugly as shit anyways. Converts r not for guys. Save the money for the engine. Buy a ford too

good now all they have to do is kill the challenger altogether and they will have done something right.

I hope these Mopar fucks are juss jerkin’ our chain cuz that car would signal a HUGE turnaround in the American car market

this idea wuz WACK!!!! it dont look right without a top…i say leave the top on…i dont think that many people wud choose topless…weight wouldnt b a problem if ur intrested in buyin a convertible…who’s gonna race a convertible??? leave it hard top…im out… ~1~…JuNeBuGG
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RECESSION IS THE REASON FOR HALT PODUCTION ON MANY THINGS

Dammit. I want a modern big body convertible. There was the Mercury Marauder convertible concept, the 300 convertible and now this. I’m disappointed.

WHY???? IT LOOKS AWESOME

The vert looks raw, But hey I still want one topless or not

i not a vert man but thats a lame excuse

all i have to say is: HAHA!!!

If you’re in the market, you have to take the risk!

Go for it!

Someone needs their head calibrated!!!

Let me also say…

“No Market?”

This coming from the same company a few years ago that said there was “No Market” for a two door! This is rediculous and I can’t believe they think Dodge doesn’t need a convertible. This guy, Mike Accavitti, needs to be fired!

Build the damn vert!!!!!!

f*** convertibles……..they suck

It didn’t look that nice anyways plus if you’re getting one the last of your concerns is if you can get a convertible or not!

I don’t think it’s really the lack of a market per se…I think it has more to do with the fact that Mopar doesn’t have two cents to rub together.

whof this sucks ballz

I think it looks ugly topless, but to each his own. Stupid decision on Chrysler’s part though.

You already stated this, but to reinforce it:

No Market?

mustang vert
camaro vert
350Z roadster

yeah, what were those companies thinking, no consumer would buy a CONVERTIBLE? They weigh so much!

I’m a hardtop guy, but the average convertible buyer’s last concern is how much the car weighs or how it performs…

Good Job Chrysler!

FAIL.
I prefer hardtops, but this is dissappointing.