Leno takes delivery of first Challenger; Celebrities test drive for photo op
06/04/2008, 2:26 PM
By Drew Johnson
After more than two years of development from concept to road car, Dodge has officially delivered the first of its 2008 Challenger SRT8s. The lucky owner? None other than the Tonight Show’s Jay Leno. Leno picked up the car on Tuesday from a Dodge dealer in Van Nuys, California.
In true muscle car and Leno style, the comedian arrived at the dealership in his own vintage Challenger, complete with a 426 Hemi underhood. After a quick walk around and some publicity shots, Leno drove the black Challenger right off the dealer showroom floor and on into the sunset. As with all 2008 Challengers, Leno’s is powered by a 425 horsepower 6.1L Hemi V8.
Despite being the first to take delivery, Leno’s car was not Challenger #1. That vehicle was sold at auction for more than $400,000.
In keeping with the celebrity theme, Dodge also hosted a celebrity test drive of the new Challenger in Southern California. Attendees included Snoop Dogg, Carmen Electra, Audrina Patridge, Luke Wilson, Rob Lowe, David Spade and Macy Gray. While we’ve become accustomed to seeing Dodge’s newest muscle car doing obligatory burnouts, we have to say we quite like the sight of Snoop Dogg lighting up the back tires — not to mention Carmen Electra at the starting line.



06/04, 2:47 PM
posted by:
HemiRoadRunner
I never thought I’d say this being a Mopar guy, but I hope the one’s with snoop dog and carmen electra crash and blow up while they’re driving.
06/04, 2:48 PM
posted by:
Madcapp
As if Leno needs any automotive favors.
06/04, 3:13 PM
posted by:
Need4SSpeed
lol HRR hey blame Dodge, the only reason why Carmen Electra and Snoop Dog can drive the Challenger is because the first ones that came out were only automatics…. It’d be a different story if they were sticks.
06/04, 3:20 PM
posted by:
JoshyLofty
Leno is a lucky lucky man. I’d kill for his car collection. which is a given statement for most.
The black paint used on the Challenger is awesome, as well.
06/04, 3:24 PM
posted by:
HemiRoadRunner
LOL Need4SSpeed. I didn’t even think about that.
06/04, 3:55 PM
posted by:
F451
I’m disappointed that David Spade did not come dressed in his Joe Dirt character, mullet and all…only fitting.
06/04, 3:55 PM
posted by:
C6Racer
Forget the Challenger, I’ll take Audrina.
06/04, 4:31 PM
posted by:
SR
+1 C6Racer. She’s a hot piece of ass.
06/04, 4:49 PM
posted by:
mayer_ray_nagin
I’d like to infizzile mah spujizzle into Carmen’s vagizzle, fo’ shizzle.
06/04, 5:07 PM
posted by:
Jordan
i lol’d ray nagin.
the challengers look pretty damn hot in this set. better than usual.
06/04, 5:49 PM
posted by:
jumpoffit
audrina? are you serious? girl has NO chin, she’s about as round as the hood of the Challenger, even though Carmen is old- i’d STILL take Carmen- and come to think of it, these aren’t Celebrities anymore, more like B-listers , way to go Dodge- even though this isn’t the Charger, should have at least recruited the Duke boys
06/04, 6:25 PM
posted by:
LaCaLover
At least Leno wasnt dumb enough to pay $400k
06/04, 7:03 PM
posted by:
RotaxKart
Jumpoffit? What the hell are you talking about no chin? How big is your chin?
06/04, 8:47 PM
posted by:
Need4SSpeed
jumpoffit prefers the Leno chin… j/k
06/04, 10:16 PM
posted by:
DialM4Speed
For that bath tub on wheels they were lucky these D-listers showed up!!!! Well they did have one A-lister Snoop. F-bomb the rest!
06/05, 12:10 AM
posted by:
murderedout
Now all the Hollywood assholes are jumping on the Detroit bandwagon after they been buying ****ing toyota prius’s. Californian’s are ****ing pathetic. These came out months ago in Michigan. OH AND DETROIT REDWINGS JUST WON THE STANLEY CUP!!!!!!!! DETROITS COMING BACK!!!!
DETROIT REDWINGS=2008 STANLEY CUP CHAMPIONS!!!!!!! GO WINGS!
06/05, 12:43 AM
posted by:
Need4SSpeed
Yeeeeaaahhh RED WINGS!!!
06/05, 9:44 AM
posted by:
Payton Byrd
What, no Dana Carvy? It would have been awesome to see him show up in Joe Dirt character. They could have even dressed up one of the Challengers with a fake Daytona wing and fake Daytona nose cap. Yes, I know it was a Charger, not a Challenger, but that thing they call the Charger right now is about as much a Charger as the ‘88 Thunderbird belonged in the same Lineage as the ‘57.
06/05, 10:01 AM
posted by:
Buhbye
I’m with murderout on this one. The same people will be screaming ‘global warming’ and ’save the planet’ tomorrow. Hippocrates.
06/05, 11:56 AM
posted by:
Supermann1
Hmmm a few rich celebrities pick up the Challenger and that equates to people switching from priuses to muscle cars? Only a blind idiot from some craphole would make statements like that. Oh I know who that idiot is, its murderedout, who got raped but kept coming back for more in another post. There are over a milliion priuses sold already, I wonder where the bandwagon is. What a douchebag. Oh and Detroit sucks ass and everyone knows it. Murderedout is speaking from the grave after being shot in some dark alley in detroit by a pissed off layed off plant worker. Even people living in detroit agree it sucks hard.
06/05, 1:07 PM
posted by:
Need4SSpeed
Supermann1, your first sentence was the only thing that actually had any truth to it. You’re right. Celebrities like Jay Leno, and Snoop Dog that are car enthusiasts probably aren’t going to drive Priuses, or care enough about them. But there are alot of celebrities out there that are stupid to believe that in driving a Prius they are helping the environment. Sorry it’s going to take a lot more than that.
And I’m sure some of those celebrities were promoting saving the environment and are buying gas guzzling domestic cars, so call if hypocritical if you wan’t or don’t.
“Detroit sucks ass and everyone knows it.” Los Angeles sucks ass and everyone knows it. I can say blatent things too. I’ve never been to Los Angeles so I really can’t say that. But I was born in Detroit, live in the suburbs outside it, and am in Detroit very often. Detroit is not as prominent as it used to be but it’s got history and if it wasn’t for Detroit there would be no automotive industry at all for the United States. They are facing tough times, much of it we can blame them for. I’d be the last one to say that Detroit is greatest because it’s not, times have changed, hopefully they can change for the better. But before you go and say **** about some place, actually think before you type because to not only me but a lot of people on here your statements are just as ingorant if not more than what you say about murderedout’s comments.
06/05, 2:07 PM
posted by:
Dodge_fanatic9
N4S- well put. I hate when people come on here bein all arrogant, but then, this is there way of making up 4 all the beatings they got in school. lol
06/05, 2:16 PM
posted by:
HemiRoadRunner
My God I’ve never agreed more than the 2 guys comments above me. Detroit kicks LA’s @$$ any day, and that’s coming from a “redneck” in FL.
06/05, 2:25 PM
posted by:
jimothy
Need4SSpeed: I don’t know about that. I hear Carmen Electra is quite adept at driving the stick.
06/05, 2:59 PM
posted by:
Supermann1
Need4Speed dont get butthurt about detroit, thats for muderedout’s and now hemi’s (whose opinion doesnt really count cuz he’ll pick and say whatever bill o’reilly tells him to) sorry ass to do….murder got murdered in another post for talking **** about how there is no place better to live in than detroit and based it on having kid rock coming from detroit, what a pathetic example. and then he told some lies about how cali’s unemployment level is higher than dt AND weather is better in detroit than cali yr around??, on which i educated his ass with facts.
As for LA vs. Detroit, lets see how many people will pick going to la compared to detroit. If your connection to detroit hampers your judgement, its noone else’s fault that u get ignored.
06/05, 3:04 PM
posted by:
HemiRoadRunner
^^^^ What a dumb@$$, you act like this message board is your life and ours. “Oooooooh so and so got BURNED on another post” Who cares, it’s online BS, not real life dickwad. Nobody cares about geeky, stupid opinions on here, we just come on to give ours and then watch how you nerds make such a big deal about it and try to act cooler than you really are. Superman sucks anyway, you comic book homo.
06/05, 3:04 PM
posted by:
Supermann1
dodge_fanatic, did ur husband hemi not teach u to not speak before him. you only open ur mouth for one thing, and thats to swallow.
06/05, 3:13 PM
posted by:
Supermann1
hahahah hemi gets his ass burned so hard in every post that hes frustrated. aye isnt it time for u to go **** ur shemale sister redneck? get off the free computer in the library homo. ur wife dodge_fanatic is busy blowing me today so u`ll have to go back to ur old routine. later slodge lovers. talking to dumass filthy rednecks makes me feel dirty lmao.
06/05, 4:56 PM
posted by:
Need4SSpeed
Supermann1, whatever beaf you have with murderedout is your personal business. I could care less. I also just made an example about LA, in retrospect of what you said about Detroit. One fact I can give you about LA vs Detroit and that is that LA took the #1 city with the highest crime rate away from detroit. But I still don’t let that hamper my judgement of L.A. I’d still like to visit it one day.
Also I have no beaf with you as well, and I respect that you have your own opinions but check the comment you made on the mustang post I left a rebuttal to that. Just to say people like you that attack others’ comments generally don’t last long on here. I’ve commented on here for almost a year and I can tell you what happenned to the LP640/LargePenis640mm, Ironhide, they don’t last here very long after everyone eventually just ignores them.
06/05, 5:07 PM
posted by:
Need4SSpeed
beaf… wtf? Beef*
06/05, 7:17 PM
posted by:
SR
Snoop caption: “Intermittent wipers–for drizzle, my nizzle!”
06/05, 11:17 PM
posted by:
murderedout
Hemi, I would have to say I would pick Florida over California to live anyday. California has the highest gas prices, highest home foreclosures, earthquakes, Frequent blackouts, mudslides, wildfires, droughts, smog, highest homosexual population in the world. I can go on and on. Superfag1 probally still lives with his parents, has no girlfriend and has no friends. Everyone here knows Michigan has more history in the auto industry than any state. Do you realize how wealthy Michigan would be if all the auto plants were in MI? It would be also very polluted too. Superfag is just mad because he aint gettin laid, and the Detroit Pistons beat his overrated LA Lakers in the 2004 NBA championship. He’s mad cause the Detroit Red Wings won the Stanley Cup NHL chamionship last night, and the cup came from Cali. Get a ****ing job already superfag1.
06/05, 11:19 PM
posted by:
murderedout
I’m the Michael Jordan of comebacks!!!!
06/06, 12:15 AM
posted by:
Supermann1
You’re the one begging for a job fagget cuz ur city cant provide u ****…..We got high tech industry, entertainment, stars, everything ur jealous ass wishes he had but wont admit to it, pretty pathetic u defend ur ****hole but hey i aint complanin cuz i aint livin in it.
By the way, i got only one thing for u cum-covered slut. Look up home prices in states and the most expensive average home price in ur ****hole cant even beat the least expensive home’s value in cali. Translation for ur faggety ass —– people wanna live in cali, and not in some nutfreezing cold hellhole like detroit…..SUCK ON THAT LIKE UR USED TO, envious biatch….i ripped ur asshole again hahaha
06/06, 12:52 AM
posted by:
murderedout
Oh and you’re LA Lakers got OWNED by the Boston Celtics tonight! You should just kill yourself now superfaggot1. Cali is going to crack off from a huge earthquake and sink into the pacific, going along with you in it.SUCKER!
06/06, 1:15 AM
posted by:
murderedout
Wait…wait….. California does beat Michigan at something, they have a bigger homosexual population. You win in the homo category.
06/06, 1:37 AM
posted by:
Supermann1
SuperSlut (SS) they dont leave, they just cum all over ur face and move on, while sluts like u and murdermefag stick around waiting for em to come back so they can bend u over n **** u some more lol
06/06, 1:40 AM
posted by:
Supermann1
murdermebitch, ford is cutting off another 15% of their workforce so u and ur mom will be gettin on ur knees and sucking those homosexuals’ dick pretty soon looking for a job, how sad is that hahahahaha
06/06, 1:42 AM
posted by:
Supermann1
keep coming back for more hoe, i got more cum for ur face
06/06, 2:01 AM
posted by:
murderedout
superfaggot, The gropernator your govenor cut 30,000 Cali jobs in the month of May alone. Cali is fags and treehuggers like you. Cali is a gold-plated Hell, there are more taxes and fees on cigarretes, booze, food, gas, magazines, you name it they tax it , on the state income tax form you are even supposed to pay taxes on your can recycling earnings!(It’s on the long form if you dont believe me). The biennial auto smog pain in the ass gets more expensive and tougher every year. Most of the people are a bunch of assholes who will drop a dime on you for tapping an ash out your car window, and the women are beautiful but completely unf%ckable(diseased infested). The rents are almost twice what they are in other states, the gas costs 10 to 25% more because of all the taxes, they have more cops than Nazi Germany who have the exact same attitude towards you as well. They will pull you over for the tint on your windows or for smoking with your own kids in your own car (a new law that went into effect).
06/06, 2:04 AM
posted by:
murderedout
It’s not California anymore, it’s Mexifornia. Cali is dirty, polluted and infested with diseases and parasites.
06/06, 2:05 AM
posted by:
murderedout
You keep avoiding my questions, because you are losing the debate badly.
06/06, 2:07 AM
posted by:
Supermann1
oh and now u wana run to sports to save ur cowardly ass huh? u can run but u cant hide bitch..
how many championship titles do the pistons have? 3? Lakers have 3 times as many just in cali. SO GET ON UR KNEES AND START SUCKING
how many titles do the ur detroit lions have? 4? my oakland raiders match that. and my 49ers spank that with league leading 5 tied with the cowboys…..SUCK IT AGAIN
whats ur baseball team? detroit tigers? pathetic losers won back in 84 the last time…they got 4 titles, i up one with sf giants, and i spank ur ass again with oakland athetics at 9 titles….KEEP SUCKING
those r the american sports people care abt. we could care less abt ice hockey.
so when it comes to sports, Cali spanks detroit left and right and tears it up…SO **** OFF CUZ U CANT COMPETE IN SPORTS EITHER…..KEEP RUNNING PUSSY
06/06, 2:15 AM
posted by:
murderedout
Lakers=Magic Johnson from Michigan.
Pistons 2-1 all time Vs lakers in the Finals
Lions 82% winning average against Cali Pro Football teams
Tigers 62% winning average against Cali pro teams
Red Wings 11 stanley titles, most titles for any American Ice hockey pro team. 2008 CHAMPS!
Hockey=real mans sport and roughest pro sport there is.
Detroit=hockeytown/ Pistons own the Lakers!
CHOKE ON THAT FOR A WHILE FAGGOT!
06/06, 2:18 AM
posted by:
Supermann1
cuz unlike ur ****ty states’ dwellers, my state’s got more than just a GED education….theres educated ppl with high payin jobs in the high tech industry not some polluting manufacturing plants paying union retards to screw on bolts. its why ppl from around the world come live here and not in detroit. and our laws are stricter to keep the air cleaner, unlike ur dumbed out ****hole where ppl still believe global warming is a myth. and at least we got beautiful women, ur fat ugly bitches walk around wearin torn up sweats to cover their freezing assholes. nobody says ooo id visit some freezing ****hole in usa and get buried under 10 ft of snow, they visit places that are world reknowned for tourism and great weather. u aint got **** to compare…..keep cherrypicking
06/06, 2:22 AM
posted by:
Supermann1
ur hella pathetic…..lakers = magic johnson, no bitch lakers = kobe bryant, who owns ur ass. hockey = real mans sport? its hardly sporting…more just ****fighting. u can go see that in a ghetto anyday. swallow the fact that Football rules and my teams own ur **** each n every day. ITS ABOUT WINNING AND CALI IS ON TOP. keep living in the past and sucking dick. suits a slut like u.
06/06, 2:23 AM
posted by:
Supermann1
keep talkin slut…n ima keep dickslappin u back to ur ****hole
06/06, 8:31 AM
posted by:
HemiRoadRunner
I can’t believe this $H!T. Supermann has absolutely no life, your posting comments at ALL hours of the night/early morning. Was your LA boyfriend not around last night or something? God I can’t wait until the earthquake hits that sends CA into the Pacific. And Detroit is a MUCH better city than Detroit, people there aren’t fake, they’re actually turning the city around, it’s the Motor-City which Mo-Town music is short for, the Lions, Mopar, etc. What is in LA, plastic surgeons, MTV, Beverly Hills and everything else I hate. The part of FL I live in is NOTHIING like LA/Miami etc. But I know if your metrosexual @$$ came here with your liberal “I’m such a bad@$$” views you’d get your @$$ beat in a hurry by a bunch of “rednecks” like me. Have fun reading this just as soon as your done with your Superman comics, don’t get the pages with Lois Lane on them too sticky.
06/06, 8:33 AM
posted by:
HemiRoadRunner
^^^^^^ “Detroit is a MUCH better city than Detroit”, woops, don’t want the grammar police on my @$$. Detroit is a much better city than LA, it’s early, and Friday.
06/06, 9:50 AM
posted by:
Supermann1
cant come up with ur own **** hameroidrimmer so gotta plagiarise to sound bad enuf huh? loser. im the one that gave u ur husband but y not go ahead n copy me lil fag. now run along and go **** ur transexual sister rural florida redneck….cali owns detroit. wana see how?
lions get smoked by sf niners, oakland raiders, and san diego chargers
pistons get down get circle jerked on by sacramento kings, la lakers, and golden state warriors
tigers? pleease….they get dickslapped by oakland A’s, sf giants, and la dodgers
and we got mexicans, yes. they work hard and bring hot women and hot food to this diverse country. keep talkin racist **** n expose ur true colors. ima go party at the beach for the weekend while u bitches sit there in ur mom’s basement and fantasize abt each other….oh and what u dont hava beach in detroit? i thot so dickwads. ill be bak to dickslap u later
06/06, 9:59 AM
posted by:
HemiRoadRunner
Who gives a $H!T about football? Did you even play football? I did. And I played baseball, raced motocross, demolition derby every year, drag raced, have a 2nd degree blackbelt in Kempo, and still don’t give a $H!T about “professional” sports. Why would I need to “plagiarise” (plagiarize dumb@$$) a retard like you. Mexican’s work hard while the other 15 of them shop at your walmarts all day and eat up tax dollars, didn’t know what about illegals did ya. LA is a dump and will always be because of pompus pricks like you that live there.
06/06, 10:15 AM
posted by:
Need4SSpeed
“oh and what u dont hava beach in detroit?” Right because Detroit is in the state of Michigan and Michigan is a peninsula… Do you know what a peninsula is??? It’s a body of land that is surrounded by three bodies of water…. Of course we have beaches near Detroit… wow…
06/06, 12:52 PM
posted by:
jumpoffit
what the hell happen in this place lol- crazy, and LA is weak, that is all…. my 2 pesos – and Jay Leno’s chin is a peninsula in itself
06/06, 10:41 PM
posted by:
RotaxKart
Bounce bounce bounce bounce.
06/07, 12:21 AM
posted by:
murderedout
No beaches in Detroit eh?? LMFAO, Lake Erie, Lake St Clair, Lake Huron. Michigan has More coastline than California, and more registered boats,(the most of any state). Lake Michigan views beat any Cali Pacific coast views anyday. Like Hemi said Cali is a bunch of Fake assholes. I guess all that LA smog/heat is microwaving your pea brain. Stick a fork in yourself cause you’re DONE!!! Detroit and Miami both own LA! Lots of Michiganders own a second home in Florida. It’s like a second home for us. Floridas weather is way nicer than Californias. Northern Cali gets just as cold if not colder than Michigan. Lake Tahoe is always colder than MI in the winters. But guess what superfag1, Michigans weather is nicer than calis weather as we speak. Do you not realize it’s almost Summer which means every state is warm right now. Your a ****ing idiot.
06/07, 12:37 AM
posted by:
murderedout
Hemi, he wants to talk about football. Does superfag1 realize his Oakland Raiders got there asses kicked by Floridas Tampa Bay Buccaneers 48-21 in super bowl 37. Last time I checked the Miami Dolphins are the only undefeated football team to win a Superbowl. And guess where the Raiders lost in superbowl 37? in San Deigo California on there own turf. Hahahahah ****ing OWNED!!!!!!!!!
06/07, 12:50 AM
posted by:
murderedout
All calis beautiful women are infested with diseases like HIV and AIDS, unlike Michigan women. As for pollution cali is the most polluted state in the U.S LA SMOG!, Cali has the worst drinking water of any state, there are more hightech jobs in Mich than Cali.
The Michigan economy leads in information technology, life sciences, and advanced manufacturing. Michigan is commonly known for its auto industry. Michigan ranks first nationally in high-tech employment with 568,000 high-tech workers, including 70,000 in the automotive industry. Michigan typically ranks second or third in overall research and development expenditures in the United States. Its research and development, which includes automotive, comprises a higher percentage of the state’s overall gross domestic product than for any other U.S. state.The state is an important source of engineering job opportunities. The domestic auto industry accounts directly and indirectly for one of every six jobs in the U.S. Some of the major industries/products/services include automobiles, cereal products, information technology, aerospace, military equipment, copper, iron, and furniture. Michigan is the third leading grower of Christmas trees with 60,520 acres of land dedicated to Christmas tree farming. The beverage Vernors was invented in Michigan in 1866, sharing the title of oldest soft drink with Hires Root Beer. Faygo was founded in Detroit on November 4, 1907.
The American auto companies are proving to be more resilient than other affected industries as each company implements its respective turnaround plans (In 2007, General Motors reported a $9.6 billion surplus in its pension fund). Despite problems, Michigan ranked second nationally in new corporate facilities and expansions in 2004. From 1997 to 2004, Michigan was listed as the only state to top the 10,000 mark for the number of major new developments, led by Metro Detroit. Manufacturing in Michigan grew 6.6% from 2001 to 2006. In 2007, General Motors, Ford, and Chrysler reached agreements with the United Auto Workers Union to transfer the liabilities for their respective health care and benefit funds to a 501 Voluntary Employee Beneficiary Association raising prospects for corporate turnaround plans.
Even though Michigan is known as the birthplace of the automobile industry, its diverse economy leads in many other areas. Michigan has a booming biotechnology industry and the Michigan Life Sciences Corridor is a $1 billion biotechnology initiative in the state of Michigan.] As leading research institutions, the University of Michigan, Michigan State University, and Wayne State University are important partners in the state’s economy. Michigan’s workforce is well-educated and highly skilled, making it attractive to companies. Michigan’s infrastructure gives it a competitive edge; Michigan has 38 deep water ports.[34]
Detroit Metropolitan Airport is one of the nation’s most recently expanded and modernized airports with six major runways, and large aircraft maintenance facilities capable of servicing and repairing a Boeing 747. Michigan’s schools and colleges rank among the nation’s best. The state has maintained its early commitment to public education.
06/07, 1:16 AM
posted by:
The Stig
Snoop was smoking more than just the tires…
06/07, 5:19 PM
posted by:
RotaxKart
Hey Murder our Aids infested sluts are still hotter than yours. They are all sluts in the long run dude.
06/08, 12:11 AM
posted by:
murderedout
RotaxKart all Cali women are fake!! Mich women are real. How can you say yours are hotter when you never even been to Mich? Ive been to Van Nuys Cali, and by far Mich women are way more beautiful than Cali women. Cali women are toothpicks and skeletons/w a little bit of skin coveing them.
06/09, 9:12 AM
posted by:
HemiRoadRunner
The problem with LA women is when you bone them the plastic parts fall off.