DODGE: NÜRBURGRING "RACETRACK" TAILLIGHTS NOT A BRIGHT IDEA

Dodge Charger "racetrack"
taillight design 

The Dodge Charger's LED "racetrack taillights" became an instant hit when they first appeared on the 2011 model.  

To keep things fresh, Dodge planned to update the taillights every few years with a design that matched a real road racing course, beginning with Germany's famed Nürburgring.  

But the company has since scrapped the plan.  "The Nürburgring taillights looked like an upside-down map of West Virginia," admitted Dodge Chief of Design Ahmed Mantovani. "The only worse race course was Road America in Wisconsin; it appeared to be something from a poster in a urologist's office," said Mantovani.  

Failed "Nürburgring" design