DCX Mulling Challenger-based Chrysler Cuda?

Could DaimlerChrysler be planning a Chrysler Cuda partner for the Dodge Challenger? The Detroit News seems to think it’s a possibility, after talking with custom-car icon Chip Foose, of all people.

We’re not exactly sure what connection Foose would have with DCX on this product, especially after his recently announced partnership with Ford for a high-performance F-150 variant, but he has been working to bring his own DCX-based Hemisfear hot rod to market, as well as consulting for the virtually everyone in Detroit.

Keen historians will note that the original Cuda was a Plymouth, but that nameplate went off to the Great Crusher In The Sky some years ago. These days, the Chrysler moniker isn’t exactly synonymous with high-performance (the sales failure of the Crossfire coupe being the company’s most recent foray into the world of enthusiast vehicles), though the 300C SRT-8 appears to have done quite well. All of which begs the question: Do you think Chrysler needs a performance-minded coupe?

Brenda Priddy’s people have worked up a Challenger-based CG rendering of a modern-day Cuda, which is available by clicking on the link below. Check it out, and then come back and leave a ‘Comment’ about the viability of this mooted musclecar.