What the Charger should have been

[Ronin13]

For all the gear heads (petrol heads as they say across the pond)- I was digging through some old pictures from a few years back and remember seeing (but now can't find it) a company from Colorado had designed and built a Dodge Charger concept car that was more true to the retro styling of the old favorite...
Here's what the Charger should have looked like when they reintroduced it:

Here's what the 2013 Charger looks like:


I'm not saying I don't like the new look of the charger, I actually think the '12 and later looks pretty cool, I'm not terribly wild about the original reintroduced look but don't hate it. I just think that this concept looks more true to form and awesome... And it featured the hide-away headlights! Talk about sticking with the original design! Ultimate, badass villain car!
Your thoughts? And please, all you Ford and Chevy people refrain as much as possible from dogging Mopar... arguably they built the best muscle cars of the late 60's-70's. Charger and Challenger were among some of the most sought after cars of that time.

[blacklabel]

I don't think they could have gone that route because they'd be competing against the Challenger.

[10x]

No performance car should be four door!

I still remember the first 1968 Charger I saw. Black vinyl top over blue with a Hemi.

[blacklabel]

Ohh, and being a Chevy guy, I have to bring up some of the Camaro concepts from before the new generation was released.

This is probably my favorite.

[Ronin13]

I don't think they could have gone that route because they'd be competing against the Challenger.

Remember though, the Charger came out a few years before they had the Challenger concept drafted for approval. This concept (with the true to past retro style grille) was released just a year after the Charger was reintroduced.

No performance car should be four door!

I still remember the first 1968 Charger I saw. Black vinyl top over blue with a Hemi.

I agree, sort of... There's a difference between sedans and muscle cars, performance cars can be four door (Look at Cadillac CTS-V, BMW, Audi, Merc, hell even the new Porsche Panamera), muscle cars should not.

[ray1970]

Being a "Mopar guy", I was excited when I head they were going to bring the Charger back years ago. When I saw it had four doors, I was greatly disappointed. I was pretty excited to see the Challenger reappear with a close resemblance to it's predecessors.

Now, if someone would just market an affordable, good looking, two door car with a V-8 for around $15K I would be happy.

[Tinelement]

Being a jack of all trades master of none in the car world. Shoulda left the Charger/Challanger/ Camero where it belonged..... The 60's.


Waiting on some dillhole to redesign the '32 Ford.

Just my 2 cents!

[HBARleatherneck]

how about a 32 with a 34 grill? is that too much of a redesign?

[sellersm]

Yeah, I agree. Although I owned a later Charger (73 Charger SE), the '68 looked more like the pic you've got. The only thing about that concept that struck me when I first saw it, was the bloated rear.

Here's a '68:


I do like the covered headhlights, black grill, that the concept has! I do wish they'd have gone with that concept instead of what they've got. Imnsho, they all look too similar! I don't recall the Charger, Challenger, Cuda (OK, so it's Plymouth) all looking the same...

[Sawin]

No performance car should be four door!

I still remember the first 1968 Charger I saw. Black vinyl top over blue with a Hemi.

I agree that no "muscle car" should be four door, but my 2007 STi is one hell of a performance (rally) car. 305hp, turbo charged, AWD fun-ness.... Just watch any rally circuit for a little while and you'll see .
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uh_eEOhdKFA