Chrysler finally came to play again and in a big way.

 

http://t.autos.msn.com/news/dodge-challenger-hellcat-gets-707-hp

 

http://editorial.autos.msn.com/blogs/post--dodge-challenger-hellcat-gets-707-hp

 

I was  10 years old   when  I heard my  older brother  talking about the new  1971 hemi cudas!    We  couldn't  wait  until  WE  were  old enough to  buy a new one,  and  the  way the  horsepower  was going up  in the  late 60's and  early  70's...    who  could  say  what the horsepower was going to be   by   the  time  we  got our  drivers license!  ~  1976     and   1978    respectively..

 

 

Then   1972   came.

For  the next  20 years,   the  only  'quick or fast'  was  stupid  decals or  spoilers   that  made  a  car look  'fast'.

...........remember the  Cordoba/Charger.......  uggg.

Shoot,    "THE"   quickest  vehicle  in  1979  coming out of  Detroit was the  Lil Red Wagon!   Vette  owners  were  PISSED!

 

These are  exciting times  for  Dodge  again...   I just  hope  another  1972  isn't  around the corner!

I remember well 1973 an 1974 , our 1st gas shortage had come about ,the dealer lots were filled with muscle cars and highway cruisers(rolling sofa cars) 7-9 passenger station wagons.

So why did people panic over 50 cent a gallon gas , oh yeah they bought "small" cars Pinto , Vega , some Japanese cars a few German cars

and for what 22 or 23 mpg.

I had a full size 1968 Plymouth Fury III 318 2bbl carb. a/c p/s at 70 mph it got 16 mpg when the 55 speed limit was imposed it jumped to a 21 mpg car.

Like myself I grew up with a 1973 Dodge Charger SE with a 400 CID rebuilt a 383 CID and then beefed up the trans and drove that car for over 300,000 miles when I sold it. I'm just waiting for something to come along and kill off the whole muscle car thing again it happen back with the oil embargo I'm sure it will happen again.

I personally never owned a mopar car but a lot of my high school classmates did and we had fun with them. I had a 1970 chevy Monte Carlo with factory 402 Big Block with 4bbl and 400th tranny and 3.30 rear gear ratio and that car was a lot of fun, rode beautiful and did 18 mpg running 65-70 down the interstate, It would break the tires loose when asked to even rolling at 50+ mph.