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A stock 1969 Charger, an authentic Charger Daytona, and a modern Hellcat go through identical wind-tunnel testing to answer a question most muscle car fans get wrong: the Daytona’s towering wing wasn’t primarily about cutting drag, it was about solving a dangerous rear-lift problem at superspeedway speeds. Watch to see smoke trails and pressure data confirm exactly what Chrysler’s engineers were fighting in 1969 — and how differently Dodge’s modern Hellcat was ever meant to be used.
A stock 1969 Dodge Charger, an authentic Charger Daytona with its full nose cone and rear wing, and a modern 2015 Hellcat all go through the same wind tunnel to answer a question muscle car fans have argued for decades: how much did the Daytona’s radical aero package actually do? NASCAR banned the bodywork almost as soon as it proved effective. Watch to see what the real numbers say, fifty years later.
This 1971 Dodge Charger is a first twice over and a last once: the first Hemi Charger of a brand-new body style, and the final year the 426 Hemi was ever offered in one. It was a factory pilot car that was never supposed to be sold at all, yet it escaped and went out the door through one of the most famous Mopar dealerships in America. Read on to find out how small the 1971 Hemi Charger production number really was.
The 1968 Dodge Charger redefined what a Mopar muscle car could look like, but very few left the factory with this exact combination: a 426 Hemi, a four-speed manual, and a paint color believed — though never fully confirmed — to be unique to this single car. Featured as Episode #154 of V8TV’s Muscle Car of the Week series and restored with body and paint work commenters specifically praised, this Charger sits at the intersection of several kinds of rarity at once. Watch to see the details that make collectors call this Hemi car a genuine home run.