2008 Cuda Concept Design Proposition

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Looks like the one-off, custom made 2008 Cuda coupe that made its appearance at last year’s SEMA Show (see video here) has enliven the interest in the Plymouth Barracuda. This computer generated rendering is the work of Rafael Reston, a digital designer from Sao Paulo, Brazil.

According to Reston, the Cuda Concept is based on the platform of the Chrysler 300C, while the proposed power source is a 5.4-litre bio-fuelled HEMI V8 engine. If you ask us, the overall design seems a little bit too “Hot-Wheelish” for our tastes. Feel free to disagree with us -or agree of course, by leaving a comment below. -High res image gallery after the jump
























Images: Rafael Reston ,Via: Seriouswheels


19 comments

  1. LeifMichelsen // January 30, 2008  

    I don't like it. The proportions aren't well. Yeah, and I hate to say but it's the same as with these SUV's: The muscle-car-revival-idea was only a short thing. This is like adapting the same think over and over again. Just boring.

  2. The Deuce // January 30, 2008  

    Yeah, I'd have to agree with your assessment...too hot wheelsish or even transformerish. Leif said it best already, the proportions are out of whack.

  3. Anonymous // January 31, 2008  

    I like this way more than the Challenger; this is at least more contemporary. The new Challenger is practically a direct copy of the original with some minor tidying up. Retro will only take you so far, I'd say five, six years max. Didn't Chrysler learn from the PT loser or from VW's Beetle?

  4. Anonymous // January 31, 2008  

    I think the design leans more to the new Camaro then toward the Challenger. The lines are a bit to square for my taste.

    I like to see one with a shaker hood and billboards.

  5. LeifMichelsen // January 31, 2008  

    I have to reconsider myself! There are a few great ideas, but this one has just a bad taste: It looks fat, lets say ugly (reminds me of the lada concept c and some chinese stuff...), and most of all: has anyone an idea why they made the front wheels be 10 inches smaller than the back wheels? And what about this black stripe? Anybody knows who designed this??

  6. LeifMichelsen // January 31, 2008  

    Great - reading the text BEFORE posting shit might help ;) Sorry, but still an ugly car...

  7. Geoff // February 01, 2008  

    It's hideous! It looks NOTHING like a Barracuda. If I had to guess what it was, I would have said it looks like a bad remake of the revolting 1973 Mustang Mach 1. This is a perfect example of the difference between amateur and professional car designers.

  8. Brett // February 14, 2008  

    If there was anything to be learned from the PT Cruiser or VW Beetle it's that retro sells like hotcakes. This design is kinda ugly if you ask me. If they wanted a sweet 'Cuda concept they should have just taken the Challanger and gave it a new grill and tail lights. I think the Challanger was without a doubt the finest exicution of a retro design ever in the automotive world!

  9. Anonymous // May 03, 2008  

    Just look at it over a few days and it'll grow on you. Personally I like a car that looks like it can float over the pavement, barrell through a brick wall and then drive off needing only a paintjob.

  10. Dennis // May 18, 2008  

    As a Cuda owner I think the car could be caller a avenger, GTX or a Daytona. But it is no Cuda its too square. The strips are hockey sticks from earlier models. But if Chrysler took a new Challenger nocked off the body line and changed the grill the hood and the talelights and offered a convertable it might deserve the Cuda name

  11. Anonymous // September 03, 2008  

    I LOVE the Car. I grew up with all the oldies and miss them. This car is the 21st Century Cuda. It does not look like the old car because it isn't. I'll take the lime green one. Hemi would kill my insurance rates and I am easily tempeted to speed. Need to make one with a normal engine. Please
    Female driver that has personally owned many muscle cars.
    You go Chrysler, Mustang is taking the market.

  12. 40Mitchy // September 16, 2008  

    Well I think dodge is making a smart move by making the challenger like the old one. They ruined the charger with the four door model. I'm not so sure about the cuda though because its basically a copy of the charger. The new roadrunner concept though, is a good idea. I have a '74 model of a roadrunner. And to all the camaro fans that think challenger is copying the camaro, Who came out first with the design?

  13. Anonymous // September 17, 2008  

    not bad, not great, but not bad, i would say it needs a longer hood but i can understand why they wouldn't make a new frame for just one car, they'd just build it on the charger frame like the challenger, so the hood is ok i guess, the grille is disgusting, they need to fix that thing up a bit, it reminds me of a nissan cube and makes me want to cut, but if they made that grille a little shorter and put some more rounded headlights like the classics it'd be a hella nice car, the interior's a little too fancy tho, muscle cars were built for drag strips, i want the interior stripped down, don't ferrari fuck a muscle car, if i pay for a muscle car i want all the money into performance, for the interior just make it kind of a cardboard box setting with a pistol grip hurst and i'd be happy

  14. Anonymous // December 23, 2008  

    i gotta say the new camaro is pretty sick buht this car totaly beats that shitt out. and i love camaros, buht this would only look good black or orange

  15. Todd // January 13, 2009  

    This concept has the right intent, but has a freshman-like execution as far as the proportions go. The DLO is waaay to short compared to the slab sided body. The relation ship of the lower side surface to rocker thickness is another indicator. The front graphic/details could have been resolved a 'lil better too.
    However, in a couple more design study's this guy/girl might have some awesome works ! The 3d modeling ability seems pretty good.

    In the spirit of fairness, I will give you guys something to judge me on.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3HIZWbDxZB0

  16. Todd // January 13, 2009  
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  17. Anonymous // July 08, 2009  

    I AGREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
    I prefer this concept... in the green & black version!!!!!http://images.google.ro/imgres?imgurl=http://img132.imageshack.us/img132/5276/aarsublimefront7zn.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.neowin.net/forum/lofiversion/index.php/t339643.html&usg=__8jvIU7hS9FZZAtBJdyuBNgqpJas=&h=683&w=1024&sz=192&hl=ro&start=9&um=1&tbnid=vDEydKnde51dBM:&tbnh=100&tbnw=150&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dplymouth%2Bcuda%2Bconcept%26hl%3Dro%26rlz%3D1C1CHNH_enRO325RO325%26sa%3DG%26um%3D1

  18. Todd // July 08, 2009  

    Why would a car be on a helicopter pad at sea anyways ???

  19. Todd // July 08, 2009  

    OK Carscoop, its time to take this posting down.
    Why did you gys even post the black renderings anyways ? Black is the worst color to render, because you cant see any surfacing or detailing.

    Its time to put this one away.

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