1971 Dodge Challenger 383 - vintage road test

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[2Tech12s]

Ha! Check out 2:27 interior mistake - it is clearly a Ford interior shot spliced into the film! A rim-blow Ford steering wheel in front of what looks like a Torino dashboard. Later shots show correct Challenger dash and metal spoke steering wheel.

[OlegKostoglatov]

@geiner66 Actually the insurance companies killed the musclecar long before the Arab oil embargo, the presenter even mentions that. It wasn't unheard of for an insurance company to charge $4000 a year premiums for a teenage rich kid to drive a Corvette in that era. It was so bad that the car companies sometimes lowballed the horsepower ratings of their engines just so their buyers could get insurance.

[TerminatorFRA]

This makes me just laugh, people that are comparing old school muscles to todays cars. Muscle cars were at this time almost the most performant cars. And the other manufacturers that are building the cars you're talking about made only crapy cars at the time.

What will you think now if I tell you that the future KIA super 3000 (for example comming out in 2040) is faster than your opel astra or you nissan skyline of today???

[TerminatorFRA]

@alpine1600s Going fast is useless nowadays if you don't want to loose the driving licence. The acceleration is the most important thing today.

[electrickbodymachine]

AMERICAN CARS! SINCE WHEN UGLY?

I BET 1979?

[alpine1600s]

@speed150mph It doesn't matter how much horsepower a car has if it can't harness it. All cars since the 80's have plastic body parts. I have 1980 Mini and a 03 MINI S. The 1980 is much more fun, even though you're going slower, but 35 mph feels like 60 mph. The only car that has fiberglass reinforced plastic body panels since day one is the Corvette. An Astra diesel is faster than most 70's American muscle cars.

[speed150mph]

@alpine1600s HA! and please tell me good sir, what exactly do you drive thats so amazing, probly putting out 200hp or less? probly made out of plastic? probly will cost you a fortune if it breaks just so the mechanic can plug the computer into it and fix the computer chip that was causing your problems? yes, please tell me what fantastic car you drive.

[Rickjames214]

Such is vintage American Muscle! The day will never come where I shun American muscle like my Dad before me. The only thing I'll ever drive regularly is an American-made V8!

[suirall]

with money tight the curtain may be falling on the SUPERCAR ERA

[1970ifeelalright]

@alpine1600s LOVE the Skyline series ! Japanese manufactures' build quality has always been top notch even when their materials were less than decent ( I'll gladly take a Toyota Stout , and early Celica and a 240z , please ) . Chrysler's build quality was notoriously horrid , and some plants were even worse ! Most Challengers and Cudas (et al.) were built in the archaic Dodge Brothers Hamtramck plant , with a handful being assembled in the Los Angeles facility (through July '71 when it closed).