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Dodge, in cooperation with Magneti Marelli, has revealed the new Avenger rally car. The model will make its first public appearance at the New York International Auto Show on April 22–May 1, 2011. "Our Dodge Avenger Rally car showcases Mopar’s new relationship with Magneti Marelli," said Pietro Gorlier, President and CEO of Mopar, Chrysler Group’s service, parts and customer-care brand. "Our companies worked closely together to bring this vehicle to life in a joint build that utilizes proven, quality-tested performance parts and accessories from Mopar and Magneti Marelli. We will gauge reaction to this vehicle and determine which parts will go into production." The new Avenger rally car is based on a stock 2011 Dodge Avenger Heat, but its weight has been reduced by about 200 lbs. The interior has been updated to coincide with rally requirements. It features a full 8-point Mopar roll cage, race seats with 5-point racing harnesses, a steering wheel and diamond-plate foot well from OMP, a purpose-built center stack and console with a compact high-performance 1 GB data logger and an integrated GPS, and inertial platform with real-time calculation of pitch and roll angles. Power for the Avenger Rally will come from a new Dodge Pentastar 3.6-liter V-6 engine that delivers 300 HP. This engine is combined with a new exhaust system, a Mopar cold-air intake, and a high-performance Mopar/Magneti Marelli braking system. Hit the jump for full specifications on the Mopar Dodge Avenger rally car. CHASSIS
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20 comments: Dodge Avenger Rally Car by Mopar One thing that I can say about this one is that it has quite some impressive parts list. Just take a look at that, they have practically taken care of all the essentials here.
 Well, I am not really all that concerned with the looks of this car. What I really wanted to see is how it would handle in that terrain. And I am quite impressed in what the video shows.
 Too bad you beat me on that one, I was also going to say that one over the Avenger’s rear end. But that probably wouldn’t be a problem, since it would not affect the car’s performance.
 Well, this one definitely looks a bit different from what we often think of rally cars. It actually looks like a sedan with the back part slightly chopped off.
 @Spencer , its not a muscle car but a rally car. BTW, I think the figure performance is kind of less powerful , those number is for a regular coupe!
 Wow! reducing up to 200 lbs. is kind of big lose. However, I just wonder if the have change the engine as well so that it will increase its speed.
 Well,200 lbs reduced for the weight is huge though but I think it doesn’t help much to increase the speed of this muscle car.
 Well, I do admit that the Dodge has a great look and it runs faster on the straight line. However, the engine performance is not good. I find that figure similar to those with crossover!
 Wow, Dodge is really churning out a lot of cars this past few days. And their line up are really looking good here, this rally car is especially cool.
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04.19.2011 @ 00:42