New Dodge COT (Leaked Early)

**call_me_andrew** · 21st Feb 12, 02:55

It does have a few differences from the Ford, but I want to know if I can tell the difference with the decals off.

**Lee Roy** · 22nd Feb 12, 15:13

I used to use the b pillars to tell the difference. I recall being at a Busch race in Richmond in the early 90's and that's how I identified the few Fords in the race.

**call_me_andrew** · 23rd Feb 12, 02:43

That's not so impressive as the manufacturer's name was written on the B pillars.

**slorydn1** · 23rd Feb 12, 04:24

Yeah, read that live at the track as they whizz by ya

I see what Lee Roy is saying though(and for me it was more the front end back then) the Chevy and Pontiac has different noses from each other, and the Ford was even more different from those 2. Also look at the size and shape of the quarter windows, too. They were obviously different cars. On today's COT's I would not be able to tell the difference between a Chevy or a Ford on the track without any decals. And if some one wanted to play a joke on me and throw a set of 29 decals on a primerd up version of Shrubs Toyota I'd probably fall for it and wouldn't know the difference until I saw the driver get out of the car.

**call_me_andrew** · 14th Mar 12, 01:37

Better view

Some pictures are just too big for hot linking.

Car and Driver Blog » 2013 Dodge Charger NASCAR Sprint Cup Car Unveiled

**Sparky1329** · 14th Mar 12, 05:10

I like it. It really looks like a Charger.

**tstran17_88** · 17th Mar 12, 20:25

When NASCAR gets a hold of it, it's going to look a hell of a lot different. The version of the Intrepid that Evernham Motorsports and Dodge first showed us looked nothing like the Intrepid that hit the track at Daytona in 2001.

**tstran17_88** · 17th Mar 12, 20:30

Originally Posted by slorydn1

Yeah, read that live at the track as they whizz by ya

I see what Lee Roy is saying though(and for me it was more the front end back then) the Chevy and Pontiac has different noses from each other, and the Ford was even more different from those 2. Also look at the size and shape of the quarter windows, too. They were obviously different cars. On today's COT's I would not be able to tell the difference between a Chevy or a Ford on the track without any decals. And if some one wanted to play a joke on me and throw a set of 29 decals on a primerd up version of Shrubs Toyota I'd probably fall for it and wouldn't know the difference until I saw the driver get out of the car.

It was easy to pick out the Pontiac Grand Prix in the early 90's. The nose was totally different than the Lumina, Thunderbird and the Buick's.

**speedsville** · 18th Mar 12, 23:06

Originally Posted by tstran17_88

When NASCAR gets a hold of it, it's going to look a hell of a lot different. The version of the Intrepid that Evernham Motorsports and Dodge first showed us looked nothing like the Intrepid that hit the track at Daytona in 2001.

Because they bought the body parts from Ford, it was a Taurus body with Dodge emblems