Feb 9 2010Dodge Throws In The Towel, Makes Challenger In 'Furious Fuscia' For Men

Because when you know you're going down you might as well do it in a big pile of flaming pink shit, Dodge has decided to make 'Furious Fuscia' Challengers and market them to men.
Chrysler Group is trying to better define its various brands and products as it attempts to claw back lost market share following years of slumping sales and financial cutbacks that ultimately ended in bankruptcy.
Photographs don't really do justice to Furious Fuchsia, Chrysler spokesman Dan Ried insisted, while acknowledging that fuchsia might seem an odd color choice for a male-oriented car."I saw it in person and it actually looks pretty cool," he said. "It's tough to capture how it looks in the daylight."
No, it's not hard to capture. It looks pinkish-purple. Now listen, Dodge, I'm not one to tell somebody how to run their business, but you're doing it wrong. You want to succeed in auto making I've got two words for you: Lean manufacturing HOVER CARS. Trust me, put all your eggs in that basket.
Dodge's new tough-guy color: Furious Fuchsia [cnn]
Thanks to JOeyKy, who tells women he rides his bike everywhere because he cares about the environment even though I saw him on Operation Repo.

Reader Comments
1. wes - February 9, 2010 11:44 AM
ehh
2. catch22 - February 9, 2010 11:45 AM
id drive it if it was given to me
...but i'd have to have my sweedish wife with me
3. PonyBoy - February 9, 2010 11:46 AM
Mustangs are better anyway...
4. Closet Nerd - February 9, 2010 11:47 AM
I heard they are going to use these in the 5th installment of the "The Fast & The Furious" series..... "The Fast & The Sodomized"...... just sayin
5. Timbo - February 9, 2010 11:53 AM
effing gay
6. Jtwo - February 9, 2010 12:00 PM
real men drive 69's
7. Richard McBeef - February 9, 2010 12:05 PM
At first glance I would say big time ghey, but i bet you could fill that thing up with high school girls so fast you wouldn't even have time pull a boner.
8. naas - February 9, 2010 12:07 PM
pink purplish ghey
9. donkeydigger - February 9, 2010 12:07 PM
The Challenger survived the 70's i fuscia, so I can't se why not. Nice muscle Fiat...
10. Steal This Webcomic - February 9, 2010 12:08 PM
This is *EXACTLY* what I expected the Italians would do to Dodge.
File Dodge under "R" for R-rrivederci!
11. Ickorus - February 9, 2010 12:10 PM
Damn it GW, i don't think i'll ever be able to forgive you for those typos.
It even has the proper spelling in the link AND the quote.
You better not screw up like this when you're leading the anti-robot resistance or we're all doomed.
12. Richard - February 9, 2010 12:18 PM
Um, you do (of course you don't) realize that this is a revival of a vintage 70's color that was very popular with the original muscle car (a day-glo lime green was also available then)?
The men that are buying these cars are much older than the typical Geekologie reader (think empty nester, 40-60 years old) and have both the cash and the memory of these cars in their youth.
And trust me: a lot of these guys who would buy these? You'd never question their sexuality to their face.
13. PonyBoy Sucks me - February 9, 2010 12:20 PM
First off mustangs blow. Challengers are better than mustangs any day!!! Ford is nothing compared to Dodge!! I dont care what color it is, ill still drive it!
14. GiNa - February 9, 2010 12:26 PM
I like it, and if a dude stepped out of this car id think nothing of it. The car is just awsome.
15. Asperflux - February 9, 2010 12:31 PM
Long live the robots.
16. Dagens24 - February 9, 2010 12:33 PM
Wow, what a pussy magnet. I'm telling you, this car is a straight up peacock. While everyone else is driving around in their boring blue or gastly green cars, bros ridin' round it this bitch'll get noticed. When my brosuff pulls up to some ladies in this thing, flashes em' a wink, they be all '*swoon* Look at that guy, he's so confident in his heterosexuality he's driving a gay pink muscle car' and then bam, bullet train to pussyville, population: you.
17. George - February 9, 2010 12:42 PM
I am shocked to shit, that our Geekologie writer made a reference to a relatively high level corporate concept like "Lean Manufacturing".
That would be like your pole dancer bending over backward, staring you in the eye, and asking for her tips to be in Euros because of inflation and the world banks subtle move away from the U.S. dollar.
18. Christina - February 9, 2010 12:42 PM
I'll take 1, KTHNKSBAI.
19. Otto - February 9, 2010 12:48 PM
Hey, there's no reason that the gays can't have muscle cars too, you know.
You go, fast gay brother!
20. atheistgirl - February 9, 2010 12:52 PM
Yay! Back to the 70's!
The decade that style forgot.
21. G - February 9, 2010 1:08 PM
Okay, I may not be a typical chick, but I can not stand hot pink. And those? Those are hot pink.
That is not a chick magnet, that is headache inducing.
22. r k - February 9, 2010 1:11 PM
It is nice to see that the idiot executives that put the company into bankruptcy are still at the wheel making decisions like this one.
23. Pat - February 9, 2010 1:13 PM
That sucks because the Challenger is a really nice looking car otherwise.
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24. JADE - February 9, 2010 1:39 PM
@19 I was thinking the same thing lmao.
Only a butt burgler would want one of these.......just sayin..
25. GiNa - February 9, 2010 1:57 PM
It's funny! you all hate on the color, but if it was free under the condition that you couldn't paint it, you would sport it all around. Yud sit in the car and feel like a douche man or woman, dont lie bitches you would. HATERS!!!
26. Polly pureheart - February 9, 2010 2:02 PM
Oh yeah, American auto makes will be back in no time. Yup. I'm just gonna hold my breath 'cause it's going to happen any second now...
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27. PonyBoy - February 9, 2010 2:03 PM
@ 13
Ok, whatever you say. The Mustang is the ONLY production muscle car that has never ceased production in OVER 40 YEARS! Ford is the only American car company not to receive bail out money. They are going strong, Dodge is in the toilet! The only thing Dodge ever had IMO is the 69 Charger (Duke boys for life!) So yeah, enjoy your pink car...
28. Richard McBeef - February 9, 2010 3:20 PM
@ ponyboy and his BFF - you two should go buy a muscle car magazine and jack each other off to it, then you can settle this cock length argument once and for all.
29. Durand - February 9, 2010 3:24 PM
@21: No, THIS is hot pink: http://cityrentsparty.com/images/linen-hot-pink.jpg
The "hot" denotes a very light color, whereas these are quite deep. There's a reason they called this "Furious Fuschia" and not "Hot Pink."
I feel so unmasculine differentiating colors to a woman. Maybe I oughta pick one of these babies up for myself then.
30. WhatThe...? - February 9, 2010 3:42 PM
@28. Dude! Bring it down a notch!!
31. Beastman AIDS - February 9, 2010 5:09 PM
They look like a pair of dog cocks on wheels.
32. Bert - February 9, 2010 6:10 PM
I still think the car has a mean look to it no matter what color. One of the better done retro autos lately. They should bring back the purple color from the 70's called plum crazy!! This pink color is still a bit gay though, and this is coming from a gay guy.
33. Graf Zeppelin - February 9, 2010 6:52 PM
@2 I ain't your wife boy! you keep yo hands on the steering wheel!
34. Ktar - February 9, 2010 6:53 PM
I just think its sad that pink is considered a girly or gay color. People should get over this old stereotype. Im a girl and my favorite color is blue. Just because I wear blue doesn't mean Im a boy. It sucks that the moment your born the doctor will put either a blue or pink cap on your head... Guys can wear pink too.
35. Graf Zeppelin - February 9, 2010 7:08 PM
of course it's completely random according to year and culture. 100 years ago most people in the western world would gladly beat little sissyboys up for wearing anything so gay as light blue instead of manly and fervent pink which was for it's part of course completely taboo for weak girls and would probably just give them strange ideas. gender is a social construction. pink? whatever.
36. _me - February 9, 2010 10:35 PM
Being a original Dodge Challenger fan, I know I've seen the 1970 AAR 'Cuda in this color before, I think it was originally named Panther Pink (made sense back then).
At least they grouped it with the Fast and Furriest movies instead of going and calling it "Fierce Fuchsia"
37. Mbt trainers - February 10, 2010 1:20 AM
people are crazy about Mbt shoes, Mbt Sport and Mbt walking shoes are hot now
38. Jaded Icon - February 10, 2010 8:43 AM
@ 34
Your right. Guys can wear pink as long as they don't mind everyone in the WORLD wondering if they pitch or catch......
39. maize5 - February 10, 2010 3:31 PM
Dodge had a purple colour back in the 70's that they called Statutory Grape. They have a history of shitty colours, and considering what they've done to the Charger and Challenger, they only make one car now.
40. RighteousJoana - February 10, 2010 6:04 PM
i definitely want guys i date driving a car that screams flaming homo.
41. Pony Boy sucks me - February 11, 2010 10:49 AM
I dont care who took the bailout. Im not saying ford is not good. They are smart with their money but dodge just makes better cars. BTW the 69 challenger was better. The only car than ford made that i liked at all was the 69 Fairlane
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