But there are updates, such as the leather and microsuede accents that enrich an interior which nevertheless can’t hide all of its plebian roots.

The inside should be familiar to anyone who’s been in a Challenger during the past decade. The shape might look familiar, but this is a beautiful update for the ol’ boy. A deep front-end spoiler and hood pins add the finishing touch to a vehicle not intended for those in the witness protection program. There’s also a large white stripe wrapping the trunk and rear quarter panels.Ī chrome fuel filler door and letters spelling out the Dodge name on the hood are thoughtful retro touches that contrast beautifully against the black paint. Yes, it’s painted black, as you’d might expect, which menacingly accentuates the dual hood-mounted air-intakes, and plays host to the subtle, yet way-cool, reptile skin-textured roof panel. The 2023 Dodge Challenge Black Ghost features 20-by-11-inch Satin Carbon Warp Speed wheels. One of 300 to be built, it was unveiled in September 2022, it’s basically an SRT Hellcat Widebody with the High-Output 807-horsepower V-8 engine. Of the seven Last Call models, Dodge loaned us a Challenger SRT Hellcat Widebody Black Ghost edition, the sixth of seven models. Given the current version has been around since getting a major refresh in 2014, Dodge has kept interest aroused by turning up the performance wick and a plethora of trim packages.

OverviewĪs you know doubt know by now, the Challenger is offered in regular and Widebody versions, in ascending SXT, GT, R/T, R/T Scat Pack, SRT Hellcat, SRT Hellcat Redeye and SRT Super Stock trim.Īll models come with rear-wheel drive, although V-6-powered SXTs and GTs can be fitted with all-wheel drive. For the Dodge faithful, it’s red meat, one that reaches its raucous crescendo in the Dodge Challenger Last Call Series - seven limited edition models each with its own unique persona that lends insight into this vanishing automotive breed. And at Dodge, which built its modern image around every increasing amounts of horsepower and dressed in menacing dross.

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