Dodge Charger

The Charger is a performance sedan, or muscle car, first marketed by Dodge in the sixties and seventies. During that time it competed successfully in stock car racing. A special edition known as the Dodge Super Bee was available. The inspiration was from the Superbird, a Plymouth version of the Dodge Daytona. The Plymouth Roadrunner, an equivalent of the Charger, was the basis for the Superbird while the Charger was the basis for the Daytona. When the Daytona and Charger were revived in the eighties, they were in simple low-performance sports coupes that only competed in IMSA GTU and SCCA. The Charger was again revived in concept form in 1999, but not mass-produced. A few years later the Charger was revived, with the Daytona and Super Bee editions coming later. People criticized the Charger for not being as sporty and the Daytona for not being as aerodynamic. The Charger replaced the Intrepid as Dodge's entry into NASCAR after their return around the turn of the millennium, replacing Pontiac. Dodge withdrew after Toyota was allowed due to some of their cars being built in the US, which was criticized as NASCAR is supposed to be all-American and some American cars are built in Canada.