Dodge Charger

When introduced in 1966, the Dodge Charger was a two-door coupe meant to take on rival offering from Ford Ford and General Motors. The vehicle went on to become an iconic figure in the muscle car era, before being discontinued in 1978.

The Charger nameplate was revived in 1983 as a subcompact, front-wheel-drive model powered by inline-four engines, but quickly disappeared after the 1987 model year.

Dodge ultimately revived the Charger for the 2006 model year, creating quite a buzz putting the famous badge on a four-door sedan. The past eight years, the Charger received numerous special edition models paying tribute to the classic model, including the Daytona R/T , the Super Bee , and, more recently, the Scat Pack .The new Charger is definitely a more evolutionary change more than an revolutionary one. The overall design of car is still unchanged despite the new front and rear fascias and reworked interior. The addition of the TorqueFlite eight-speed automatic to the HEMI engine helps move the Charger into this decade and further up the mpg scale, though its disappointing both engines are completely unchanged from last year.

Perhaps the design will grow better with time and familiarity, but at the first few glances, it’s hard not to see the Dart’s skimpy personality tacked onto a once-menacing car. Sure, the new Charger looks mean, but in a different way. It just seems to have lost ‘the look.’ Perhaps this new look with come of age, but right now, the Charger looks like a boated Dart.