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Judging by the rabid interest in any scrap of information related to the upcoming Dodge Challenger until now, you didn't have to be a Mopar Engineer to know that when Chrysler started taking orders for the first batch of 2008 Challengers, all of which will be SRT8 models, that they'd have some takers.

According to Chrysler's Firehouse.biz blog, since orders opened on Monday, more than 4300 prospective buyers plunked down deposits on the first day alone, and some 6000 in total this week, which the automaker calls 'unprecedented.' The car is available for order in black, silver and the car's signature HEMI orange, and, you guessed it, more than half of all orders so far have been for the orange-sprayed car

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Chrysler Poised To Cut Off Orders for 2008 Dodge Challenger SRT8

Graham said as of Monday, Dodge dealers had taken more than 7,000 orders for the retro muscle car in just a single week; Dodge dealers began taking orders for the car on December 3. The automaker also reported that at least 85 percent of Chrysler dealers had taken an order for the Challenger SRT8 in the first week it was available. Graham describes that occurrence as "unusual this early in the order process." She also characterized the second week of ordering as moving into "a steady, normal order process

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Chrysler Poised To Cut Off Orders for 2008 Dodge Challenger SRT8