Dodge Classic Cars

Built wider than any competitor to fit the HEMI — and it shows.

Introduced two years after the Camaro and Mustang, the Dodge Challenger arrived late to the pony car wars but made up for it with exceptional styling and a wider E-body that accommodated the 426 HEMI without compromise. Despite a five-year production run, it produced some of the rarest and most valuable American muscle cars ever sold.

The most recognizable American muscle car — made famous in Bullitt and The Dukes of Hazzard.

The 1968–70 Dodge Charger is one of the most iconic American cars ever designed — a tunnel-roof hardtop with a recessed grille and hidden headlights that set the standard for muscle car styling. The 426 HEMI option, rated at 425 hp, is one of the most legendary engines in automotive history. The 1969 Charger Daytona with its massive wing is the most extreme production car of the era.

The B-body backbone — parent to the Super Bee and the HEMI R/T that beat everything at the strip.

The Coronet was Dodge's B-body intermediate and the platform from which the Super Bee and Road Runner performance models were developed. The Coronet R/T (Road/Track) with the 440 Magnum or 426 HEMI was a full-on muscle car in a less-glamorous package than the Charger — which made it cheaper to insure and often faster on the street.

The lightweight Mopar compact — what it lacks in glamour it makes up for in performance per dollar.

The Dart was Dodge's compact, and the 1968–76 third generation is beloved by performance enthusiasts for its light weight, strong aftermarket support, and compatibility with the full Mopar engine lineup. The Dart Sport and Swinger 340 represent excellent performance value — fast, affordable, and increasingly collectible.

Full-size Dodge with race-car roots — the Max Wedge cars were the terror of the drag strip.

The Polara was Dodge's full-size performance flagship and the vehicle that carried the Max Wedge 426 engine in 1962–64 — the factory drag racing engine that preceded the street HEMI. The Max Wedge Polaras were purpose-built weapons; street versions with the 440 and HEMI in the late 1960s continued the performance tradition in a more civilized package.

Dodge's budget muscle bomb — same performance as the Charger at a lower sticker price.

The Super Bee was Dodge's stripped-performance answer to Plymouth's Road Runner — maximum engine, minimum frills, low insurance price. The 383 Magnum was standard (not an option), the 440 Six-Pack added three carburetors and 390 hp, and the 426 HEMI transformed it into a quarter-mile weapon. The bumblebee stripe around the rear and the cartoon Super Bee logo made it unmistakable.

American excess distilled into 8 liters and no excuses.

The Viper was conceived by Bob Lutz and Carroll Shelby as a spiritual successor to the Cobra — brutal, analog, and unapologetically extreme. Its 8.0-liter V10 produced 400 hp at launch and grew to 645 hp by the final generation. The ACR (American Club Racer) variants set production car lap records at tracks worldwide. No car captures the raw American performance ethos more directly.