Enthusiast bloggers challenge Chrysler’s flying Challenger

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Is the Challenger photo ‘shopped’ or is it really flying? The hoopla around the Chicago Auto Show launch of the Dodge Challenger production model includes some press photos of the new Dodge Challenger in its orange glory taking flight over a small hill on a country road. This was too much to believe for journo’s at Jalopnik, Gawker’s auto enthusiast-flavored blog (their photo above).

Jalopnik’s Matt Hartigree posted a challenge to the auto blogosphere: Find the seven most obvious errors on the photo that reveals the Chrysler-supplied photo is a fake. Guesses range from bad shadow shape to blacked-out window reflections. Chrysler is standing behind the photo’s authenticity and even promising a video for proof.

What do you think? Real or ‘shopped?’ See below for the original photo and more...

Follow up: Chrysler says, Yes, it’s true. The photo was shot by John Coughlin and it took four takes to get it right. Stay tuned... video to follow. jg

--Joni Gray