Leadership Challenger: Dodge's legendary pony car will rival Ford's Mustang for the muscle-car crown.
The design is modern,but still tips its hat to the original car.
This isn't meant to be a simple copy of the legendary 1970 Dodge Challenger.
It's meant to be the Dodge Challenger in your mind's eye.
So,yes, it has the kicked-up shoulder line. The echoing kick in the window
line. The high boot, the wide tail lamps. The hood scoops, the quad headlights.
The orange paint. The anvil-like air of blue-collar menace.
However,it doesn't have an awkwardly long front overhang,or tucked-under wheels,or
crooked bumpers,orshutliness you can see from space.
Because in your fond memories,your mind's eye blots them out.
It was unveiled as a concept at the Detroit show,but something like it will almost certainly go on sale in America as a Mustang competitor in three years' time. Steel yourself,though,for the usual let-downs,like smaller wheels and a cheapened cabin.
Power weill be V6 and V8,with top ones having a full-on SRT Hemi. But,for now, we're happy enough just drinking in the show-car's fine retro design