You guys are right on. The new Barracuda concepts aren't showing me anything that I can get excited about. There's some stuff in Fiat's past that would be cool to update and improve with US style reliability.
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In all fairness, we haven't seen any concepts yet. Chrysler has been very careful about keeping the car under wraps, with the possible exception of the Raplh Gilles interview on 60 minutes last march where there was a conspicuous red coupe in the background (which they brushed off as a "design exercise") (see attached).
All we know is that it will be a totally new RWD platform which will eventually be applied to numerous models (which is always the case), the Barracuda will likely be sold under the new SRT brand (along side the Viper), will be a bit smaller and lighter than the Challenger, will likely have 6.2L/SC Hemi and other engine options. The styling will not be "retro" but will likely have 'Cuda design elements.
So far, there's nothing to NOT get excited about.
I would much prefer Chrysler to stand alone and not have foreign intervention into a very American brand but so far, Fiat is proving to only help where they actually do a good job- like interiors...I have hope that Chrysler can put out a new Barracuda that's worthy of the name.
