Here’s how the Dodge Charger was three different cars over its lifetime

In this episode I provide the history of the Dodge Charger. It started in 1966 as a luxury car, but soon evolved into a muscle car, and became famous for its roles in Bullitt and Dukes of Hazzard. But in 1975, with the gas crisis in full effect, the Charger lost its muscle car status and went back to a luxury car. It then sadly became a subcompact with a 4 cylinder from 1981-1987, but was resurrected in 2006 as a rear-drive sedan, and would eventually become the fastest sports sedan on the market, before it finally ended in 2023.

[@rager1969]

Hmm, it never occurred to me that Charger would be a good name for an EV.

[@nabsniper7676]

r.i.p charger and challenger, we will all miss you.

[@davidp2888]

Sure, I'll watch this before I go to bed instead of when I wake up.

[@manthony225]

Ironic that The Dukes of Hazzard immortalized the 69 Charger and at the same time destroyed dozens of them.

[@matrox]

The Dukes of Hazzard in responsible for single handedly destroying of 300 classic 69' Dodge Chargers just so they could line their pockets💵🤑☝😖

[@Fix-it-tony]

The sad part is like usual Dodge will be forced to use their parent company’s chassis. But instead of a solid Mercedes chassis they’ll be using an unreliable trouble ridden Alfa chassis. This chassis sharing has already moved Cherokees to the bottom of Consumer Reports. Dodge will move further down with reliability and lose its core buyer base.

[@90sGasPrices]

This is one of the most GOAT’d channels on RUclips.

[@sfslarson]

The FWD Charger didn’t have the Volkswagen 1.7 liter, it came with a tuned 2.2 liter, with straight exhausts. I owned one of the test mules. The exhaust notes were quite exhilarating and the vehicle , like the Mustang II, probably allowed it to become a powerful vehicle and resume its title.

[@AnthonyParrilloRI]

Can we note it sold more than other muscle cars in the 2010s because it had 4 doors and also had models equipped with AWD. It wasn’t a strict muscle car like the mustang, Camaro, and challenger.

[@bikingD]

It's funny you bash the fwd 80's Chargers but I bet you a An 87 Charger GLHS will out handle, out brake any 60's or 70's Charger and besides the 440 or 426 would out accelerate any 70's Charger. That car had over 170 hp when 16v GTI's has 123 hp and Civic Si's had 106. That Shebly GLHS would keep up to 5.0 fox body Mustangs and F boby GM's maybe learn some facts about cars before you start bashing .

[@fosterfuchs]

1:35

[@johnd8892]

Chrysler Australia also liked the name and used it for the sports coupe version of the 1971 Australian Valiant. The Valiant Charger.

[@TripleKOShorts]

As a 2016 Charger Scatpack owner, this video was a wonderful history lesson! Awesome :D

[@skrt_cobain]

Can we get a video on the Toyota Cressida? It was the halo Toyota sedan before Lexus was created. It also had a ton of different versions around the world

[@jaspal666]

Do the Challenger next. 😮😮

[@AltTechFan]

I had an '05 Magnum RT w/5.7 Hemi. I love it. I put more than 100k miles on it w/no trouble.

[@rtyt2007]

Please do a vid about Australian cars. So many cool brands came and manufactured stuff here. Valiant had a charger which had many cool engine options. Also of course the ford falcon and Holden commodore would make great episodes

[@pdennis93]

6:00

[@Brian-bh2ix]

The Pontiac 6000 needs an episode. Lot of features and options on those through the years

[@chargerdave2046]

You could still get a 440 in the 1972 Charger, detuned 100 horsepower though.