Dodge Charger

type
muscle car

significance
competitive in the Grand National

decade
sixties

trivia

 * Dodge came up with an aerodynamic Daytona model, named after the famous Daytona 500 race, in order to be more competitive. However, in order to qualify at least 500 units had to be built in order for it to count as a production car. The Plymouth Roadrunner got an equivalent in the Superbird.
 * The Charger was revived in the eighties as a compact car. It wasn't very successful.
 * The Charger was revived after the turn of the millennium. People were disappointed at its boxy design instead of a retro style. This new Charger replaced the Intrepid in NASCAR.
 * The Charger came in a Super Bee version, created as a Dodge answer to the popularity of the Roadrunner mascot. The trim had also been used on the Coronet. The Super Bee was revived with the millennium model. However, the Daytona trim it features uses identical paint as one of its color options, so the Super Bee is rare.
 * The Daytona name was revived on a Dodge compact car in the eighties.
 * A Charger was used famously in The Dukes of Hazzard