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<blockquote data-quote="HISSMAN" data-source="post: 16698452" data-attributes="member: 9703"><p>The platform is indeed heavy, but a damn good one at the time, and still pretty solid. </p><p>In order to break this down, let’s start with the introduction of the LX platform that underpinned the newly reintroduced Charger and Challenger. The LX platform isn’t exactly a carryover from a Mercedes E-class, however that is not to say that the Germans didn’t help in redesigning the LH platform from which the LX is derived. In shifting the LH platform to a rear-wheel drive application, <a href="https://www.allpar.com/history/interviews/burke-brown-lx.html" target="_blank">Dodge sent a team of engineers to Germany</a> to study the upcoming Mercedes E-class for help with engineering suspension and chassis components. This was around the time that the Mercedes-Benz W211 E-class was coming to the market, which is the reason why the rear driven Dodge muscle cars utilized a “minimal” amount of Mercedes parts. These parts include things like W211 E-class 5-link rear suspension with the addition of a Dodge supplied sway bar, control arm front suspension off of the W220 S-class and the rear differential from the E-class. This suspension set-up can trace its roots back to the W210, which is where the commonly discussed link between the two-decade old Benz and the Dodge Challenger and Charger comes from. class. This suspension set-up can trace its roots back to the W210, which is where the commonly discussed link between the two-decade old Benz and the Dodge Challenger and Charger comes from. </p><p>Despite the Charger going though this platform update in 2011, the Dodge Challenger still rides on a shortened version of the LX platform internally known as the LA. Perhaps the most obvious connection linking the current Dodge Challenger to the Mercedes is the fact that suspension components from the early Challengers can still bolt right up to the new models, and are interchangeable with components from that E-class, such as the lower control arms which were borrowed from the E55 AMG.</p><p></p><p>While it is certainly not fair to say that the Dodge Challenger and Dodge Charger ride on the exact same platform as an old Mercedes E-class, the connection is deeply rooted in the American muscle cars. As time has moved on, <a href="https://www.musclecarsandtrucks.com/tag/fca/" target="_blank">FCA</a> has done away with a number of the DaimlerChrysler era parts, but not necessarily the component designs themselves. -Muscle Cars & Trucks.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="HISSMAN, post: 16698452, member: 9703"] The platform is indeed heavy, but a damn good one at the time, and still pretty solid. In order to break this down, let’s start with the introduction of the LX platform that underpinned the newly reintroduced Charger and Challenger. The LX platform isn’t exactly a carryover from a Mercedes E-class, however that is not to say that the Germans didn’t help in redesigning the LH platform from which the LX is derived. In shifting the LH platform to a rear-wheel drive application, [URL='https://www.allpar.com/history/interviews/burke-brown-lx.html']Dodge sent a team of engineers to Germany[/URL] to study the upcoming Mercedes E-class for help with engineering suspension and chassis components. This was around the time that the Mercedes-Benz W211 E-class was coming to the market, which is the reason why the rear driven Dodge muscle cars utilized a “minimal” amount of Mercedes parts. These parts include things like W211 E-class 5-link rear suspension with the addition of a Dodge supplied sway bar, control arm front suspension off of the W220 S-class and the rear differential from the E-class. This suspension set-up can trace its roots back to the W210, which is where the commonly discussed link between the two-decade old Benz and the Dodge Challenger and Charger comes from. class. This suspension set-up can trace its roots back to the W210, which is where the commonly discussed link between the two-decade old Benz and the Dodge Challenger and Charger comes from. Despite the Charger going though this platform update in 2011, the Dodge Challenger still rides on a shortened version of the LX platform internally known as the LA. Perhaps the most obvious connection linking the current Dodge Challenger to the Mercedes is the fact that suspension components from the early Challengers can still bolt right up to the new models, and are interchangeable with components from that E-class, such as the lower control arms which were borrowed from the E55 AMG. While it is certainly not fair to say that the Dodge Challenger and Dodge Charger ride on the exact same platform as an old Mercedes E-class, the connection is deeply rooted in the American muscle cars. As time has moved on, [URL='https://www.musclecarsandtrucks.com/tag/fca/']FCA[/URL] has done away with a number of the DaimlerChrysler era parts, but not necessarily the component designs themselves. -Muscle Cars & Trucks. [/QUOTE]
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