The VK dropped Valiant script for Chrysler badges alone, the moment the car quietly stopped being a Valiant at all.
Median 140 hp across 75 similar cars
Lead trim: Charger VK 4.0 six · up to 255 hp
Chrysler Valiant Charger1975–1976
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FactThe VK dropped Valiant script for Chrysler badges alone, the moment the car quietly stopped being a Valiant at all.
The mildly revised VK Charger was released in October 1975 in two variants, the Charger XL (3.5 L / 213.6 cu in with a 3-speed manual; 4 L and 4.3 L options) and the Charger 770 (4 L with a 3-speed manual; 4.3 L, 5.2 L V8 and 5.9 L V8 options), and the Six Pack E48 option package was dropped, leaving only a basic 4.3 L engine. It was now marketed as the Chrysler Charger, with Chrysler script badges replacing Valiant, a "white-out" grille treatment, revised rear light clusters and extended black fibreglass C-pillar panels carrying XL or 770 badges, with wiper and washer controls integrated into the indicator stalk and Boca-Raton cloth seat inserts for the 770. In June 1976 the ADR 27A emissions regulation dropped the 3.5 L and 5.9 L V8 from Chrysler's VK range. The White Knight Special (option A50, from July 1976) was 200 limited-edition Charger XL cars, mostly a cosmetic treatment with a front spoiler, in Arctic White or Amarante Red with matching bumpers and grille, the 4.3 L six with manual or automatic and white vinyl with red accents. The page gives no power figures for the VK.
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Trims & Figures
5 published trims in the catalogue. A blank is a figure not recorded, not zero.
| Trim | Years | Engine | Power | Torque | 0–60 | Drive | Gearbox | MSRP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charger 770 VK 5.2 318 V8 | 1975–1976 | 5.2 L V8 | 230 hp | 340 lb-ft | — | RWD | — | — |
| Charger 770 VK 5.9 360 V8 | 1975–1976 | 5.9 L V8 | 255 hp | 360 lb-ft | — | RWD | — | — |
| Charger VK 4.0 six | 1975–1976 | 4.0 L | 111 hp | — | — | RWD | — | — |
| Charger VK 4.3 six | 1975–1976 | 4.3 L | 203 hp | 262 lb-ft | — | RWD | — | — |
| Charger XL VK 3.5 six | 1975–1976 | 3.5 L | 140 hp | 200 lb-ft | — | RWD | — | — |
Owning one
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Internally slated as the VL, this Charger was renamed CL at the last minute to match Chrysler's new corporate naming across the range.
The VK dropped Valiant script for Chrysler badges alone, the moment the car quietly stopped being a Valiant at all.
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The E49 Charger's straight-six made so much torque off its seven-bearing bottom end that no production six-cylinder matched it again until Porsche's 911 Turbo arrived in 1975.
Chrysler's factory withdrawal from Australian touring car racing at the end of 1972 effectively ended the R/T along with the VH series.
The 340 V8 in this SE only existed because a Bathurst homologation ute test at Mallala went badly and Chrysler had 336 engines to unload.
Chrysler widened the Charger's axle beyond any American A-body, running a 5x114.3mm bolt pattern the US wouldn't adopt until 1973.
Rivals
Same body, same money, other badges — tap any card to flip.
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