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SEMA Preshow: 2011 RedLine Dodge Charger Loves Carbon Fiber

Not to be outdone by Ford and General Motors, the Chrysler Group is readying a parade of specially tuned vehicles for this year's edition of the SEMA Show, which takes place in Las Vegas from November 2 to 5. One of the firm's star attractions will be the RedLine Dodge Charger based on the redesigned 2011 model year version of the saloon.

The Chrysler Group's new Pentastar V6 gasoline engine will either replace current six-cylinder units or be introduced for the first time on a total of 13 vehicles across the Chrysler, Dodge and Jeep range by 2013, the company announced this week.

The 3.6-liter V6 unit will be offered with different levels of output, the most powerful [for now] iteration being the one fitted on the upcoming 2011 Dodge Challenger, which will be rated at 305 bhp at 6,350 rpm and 268 lb.ft. at 4,800 rpm, representing a 55 horsepower increase over the previous 3.5-liter V6.

A new recall announced by the Chrysler Group will affect 26,397 owners of Chrysler and Dodge brand vehicles in the USA. The recall includes certain 2010MY Chrysler 300 and Sebring, and Dodge Charger, Avenger, Challenger and Journey, and some 2011MY Ram pickup trucks, because a power steering pressure hose may leak fluid onto a hot engine and cause a fire.

The Volo Auto Museum in Illinois has put up for sale this matte gray 1970 Dodge Charger RT, which it claims was one of the cars driven by Vin Diesel as Dominic Toretto in the 2009 Fast and Furious movie. The muscle car has all the expected custom touches like a sports steering wheel, stripped and customized interior and massive bonnet scoop.

We've already showed you exterior photos of the 2011 Charger, but now Dodge has released the first official [for the scoop, click here] image of the redesigned sedan's interior. As you can see, there's a newly styled, three-spoke steering wheel with the revised Dodge emblem adorning the center, while the door panels and the dashboard are also new. Fresh design aside, Dodge also promises higher quality materials plus improved fit and finish.

In what could be one of the less exciting reveals of the year after all those scoop and police car pictures / videos hit the web these past few months, the Chrysler Group today officially unleashed the civilian version of its 2011 Dodge Charger. However, the revelation is still not over as we'll have to wait for the interior shots and the complete details on the mechanical upgrades.

For 2011, the redesigned Charger moves a little bit closer design-wise to the Detroit firm's 1999 concept model of the same name - though, not near enough to get us keyed up. At the front end, Dodge modernized the Charger with its new "split crosshair" grille, a restyled bumper and new headlamps. The aluminum hood design is also new and now features dual "scallops", while the windshield is laid at a "faster" angle.

Moving on to the car's profile, we see that the firm's designers took a good look at the 1999 Concept during the restyling phase adding similar body-side scallops. The big news, however, is at the rear as the 2011 Charger adopts a full-width tail lamp design that incorporates no less than 164 illuminating LEDs and is inspired by the late 60's Charger.

Following on from some revealing reader spy photos and an official, single teaser image of the Pursuit car version of the redesigned 2011 (or 2012MY) Dodge Charger, we now have a walk around video of the facelifted model shot during the Police Fleet Expo.

The differences between the civilian and police versions of the 2011 Dodge Charger are limited to the decals and the necessary police car equipment, so what you see here in terms of sheetmetal changes is what you'll get when the sedan arrives in showrooms later this year.

Chrysler is clearly ready to participate in the next round of Cop Car Wars, releasing initial details and a photo of the 2011 Dodge Charger Pursuit. Directly going up against the Chevy Caprice with available V8s and RWD, as well as Ford's Taurus Interceptor and the Carbon Motors E7 (is that still around?), the new Charger will feature all the up-rated bits necessary to work for The Man.

Spied on the set of the next (why, God?) Fast and Furious movie was the 2011 Dodge Charger, all dolled up in a police uniform. Although it's still too soon to critique the final product, these latest pics from Autoblog are revealing enough to hesitantly say that yes, the car's set to get a decent-looking exterior refresh.

A cloaked prototype of the redesigned for 2011, Dodge Charger sports sedan was captured on camera by a forum member of "Cheers And Gears" while driving out of the Detroit airport. The spot lights on either side of the windscreen, right above the exterior mirrors, suggest that the car may be testing a police package.

While the heavy cladding on this Charger makes it difficult to tell the details, previous spy shots have revealed a new snout with a larger and more pushed out cross-hair grille, reshaped head- and tail lights and more chiseled surfaces throughout the body.

Today's recall comes from the Chrysler LLC group that is calling in 40,131 vehicles over a glitch with the ignition switch. The Detroit automaker said that the recall includes certain 2010 model year Chrysler 300, Dodge Challenger and Charger, Jeep Commander and Grand Cherokee, and Dodge Ram vehicles.

While reading the Chrysler Group's five-year product plan (see details here) on the Dodge brand's future model line-up, we found these two photos that appear to be depicting the profile and the instrument panel of the new 2011 Charger rear-wheel drive sedan that will be launched onto the market sometime next year.

We don't yet have confirmation that the picture does indeed show the new Charger, but if it does, then it looks like that the four-door sedan's exterior design was influenced to some extent by the 1999 Charger Concept model that you can check out in our gallery below.

According to the official document, along with the dramatic new styling, the RWD sedan will also get "a class leading interior, class leading features, lifestyle orientated packaging, new engine, vest in class performance and fuel economy."

2011 Dodge Charger

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1999 Dodge Charger Concept Model

Park a Dodge Charger SRT8 Desktop Computer on Your Office

From the "things we don't actually need but wouldn't mind owning" file comes our next post on PCRides kinky new desktop computer that's housed in what the company claims to be a detailed and officially approved replica of the Dodge Charger SRT8 saloon. Instead of a Hemi V8, the 1:10 scale replica of the Charger SRT8 can pack either an Intel Atom 1.6GHz processor with 3GB memory or an Intel Core2Duo processor with 4GB memory with prices set at $1,499.99 and $899.99 respectively.

If the complete systems don't satisfied your needs, then you may also opt for the 'Bare Bone' PCs that are priced at $529.99 and $749.99 for the base and Pro versions respectively.

Interesting details include the hood ornament that serves as the power button, the headlights the brake lights that flash when the PC is on, the DVD disc drive that is mounted below the front grille and the connections to power and peripherals that are integrated into the rear bumper.

For more details head over to PCRide's dedicated page by clicking the link below.

Source: PCRides , Via: Autoblog.com