Dodge Charger (1968)
Dodge re-designed the Charger for the 1968 model year to further differentiate it from the less powerful Coronet. Stylists tweaked the roof line, moving away from the outgoing model’s fastback body style, and added round tail lights. The changes made the Charger one of the most contemporary-looking muscle cars of its era.
The base Charger cost $3014 (about $21,000/£18,000 today). Buyers willing to spend an extra $466 (roughly $3300 today) could step up to the high-performance Charger R/T. It built on the base model with a 440-cubic-inch (7.2-litre) V8 rated at 375bhp, a three-speed automatic transmission plus upgraded brake and suspension components. The muscle car segment’s immense popularity helped Dodge sell 96,100 examples of the Charger in 1968, and of course the model is also famous today for being the major car-star of the hit CBS TV show The Dukes of Hazzard in the shape of the General Lee, a 1969 model.