2017 Dodge Barracuda Concept

This car will bring back a lot of nostalgia of the late 70's, early 80's. I used to ride a friend's 440 'Cuda convertible. Super cool car among the likes of 4 cylinder Mustangs and Corollas at the time. It will still be super cool sitting next to today's Corvettes, Z28's, Cobras, ...

The guy was a certified bad boy. By today's standard, he would probably be locked up just for being cool.

Chrysler certainly knows how to design a big, heavy car.
They should name it the Barracuda Barge.

Dodge Barracuda is a bad idea.

On one hand, I would love to see FCA use the Giorgio platform for a new muscle car. I do think calling it a Barracuda is a patently stupid move. It would be as antithetical as doing a Chevy Trans Am.

There is no reason not to keep the Challenger nameplate. There is also no reason why the Challenger has to look like a Challenger. Both the Camaro and Mustang have ditched their heritage lines and gone back to them.

The current Challenger was designed when the wildly successful, retro-aged-forward look of the 2005 Mustang dictated the formula. The 05 Mustang was actually a melange of retro/heritage cues, where as the Challenger was fully retro. When the Camaro returned it too was retro in a sense.

The Mustang and Camaro have moved on and there is no reason a Challenger could likewise adopt a new look.

I'll withhold judgment until I see the actual design but would be disappointed if there isn't a Hellcat horsepower version.

I come from a Mopar family. When growing up the Challenger and 'Cuda were aspirational cars for this teen. Thus, please don't call it a "Dodge" Barracuda. Makes as much sense as a Windows Mac. They can sell it at a Dodge dealer, but just don't put a Dodge emblem anywhere on it.

I agree there is nothing wrong with updating the Challenger into a non-retro style. But if they go with a 'Cuda, then I say go retro a la 1970.

Burt can we really trust Cars Lane? That site seems to have a lot of far-fetched rumor in it.

Agreed the "Dodge" Baracuda would sound very odd.

Automobile Mag current issue has a rendering of the convertible which looks really clean and better proportioned than the Camaro. Without a reference to the '70 Cuda, the rendering is as non-retro as the modern Mustang, and in my opinion looks the best compared to the Mustang and Camaro.

The coupe, on the other hand, does not look as handsome its counterparts. It seems to want to be in the Transformer movies.

Whats the fundamental difference b/t the Challenger & the Barracuda?

Wasn't the Barracuda a Plymouth?

In that sense, don't even bother with the 'Cuda nameplate. Sound like an "old guys' dream car"...and rightfully so, b/c of the history.

I'd rather Dodge/FCA develope a new nameplate...possibly using the Cuda heritage as major inspiration. And if they're just going to make (another) big 2-dr car....then they're wasting their design talent once again.