The One-Year-Only Green That Made This Hemi Charger Impossible to Ignore

Dodge only offered Sublime green for a single model year, which is one reason a Charger wearing it still stops traffic decades later. Add a 426 Hemi – an option only 112 buyers were willing to pay for in 1970 – and you’ve got one of the rarest, loudest combinations Mopar ever built. This is the story behind the color and the engine that made this Charger impossible to ignore.

A green classic muscle car with smoke behind it on the road.

Some muscle cars get noticed for what’s under the hood. This one gets noticed from the other end of the parking lot, and that’s before you even hear the engine. Sublime green was Dodge’s answer to an era when Detroit briefly lost its mind over paint – a shade so aggressive that Mopar only offered it for a single model year before pulling it from the order sheet. Pair that color with a 426 Hemi doing exactly what a Hemi does best in this shot, and you’ve got a Charger that was never built to blend in.

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A Color Dodge Only Offered Once

Sublime was part of Mopar’s high-impact color program, a lineup of deliberately loud, almost neon paint options rolled out to grab attention on showroom floors packed with muscle cars competing for the same buyers. Plymouth sold essentially the same shade under the name Limelight, but on the Dodge side, Sublime was strictly a 1970-only color – order a Charger in this exact green after that model year and you were out of luck. That one-year window is a big reason cars wearing it still draw a crowd at shows; there’s no confusing a Sublime Charger for anything else built in any other year.

The Engine Only 112 Buyers Were Brave Enough to Order

Every 1970 Charger R/T came standard with a 440-cubic-inch V8 rated at a healthy 375 horsepower, which was plenty of car for most buyers. The 426 Hemi, rated at 425 horsepower with its distinctive twin-carburetor setup, was the option for people who wanted more – and it cost enough extra that only 112 buyers actually checked that box for the entire model year. That kind of rarity is exactly why a genuine Hemi Charger, especially one wearing a color as bold as Sublime, commands the kind of respect – and money – it does today.

Put a rare engine most people couldn’t afford together with a color most people wouldn’t have dared to order, and you get a Charger that was never going to be quiet about what it is – smoke pouring off the rear tires included.

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