Carroll Shelby himself got his hands on this front-wheel-drive Charger in 1983, reworking it into the Dodge Shelby Charger sold through Dodge dealers.
Median 89 hp across 146 similar cars
Lead trim: Charger 1.6 L Peugeot 6J four (1983) · up to 84 hp
Dodge Charger L-bodyL-body · 1982–1983
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FactCarroll Shelby himself got his hands on this front-wheel-drive Charger in 1983, reworking it into the Dodge Shelby Charger sold through Dodge dealers.
The Dodge Charger (L-body) is a subcompact two-door hatchback / fastback built by Dodge at Belvidere Assembly, Illinois, from 1981 until 1987 on Chrysler's front-wheel-drive L platform. For the 1979 model year Chrysler shortened the L-platform of the Omni/Horizon four-door hatchbacks from 99.2 to 96.5 in to make the sportier two-door sloping-hatchback Dodge Omni 024 and Plymouth Horizon TC3, which shared a 70 hp 1.7 L Volkswagen inline-four as the only engine. In 1981 the Charger nameplate returned as a performance package on the Omni 024: the Charger 2.2 cost $399 extra and came with a hood scoop, quarter-window appliques, special gearing, a rear spoiler and "Charger 2.2" tape graphics, as well as the new 84 hp 2.2 L I4 engine designed and built by Chrysler; a total of 7,306 were built. In 1982 the Charger returned for a second year as the performance option for the 024, unchanged from 1981 except for a Pentastar emblem on the hood and a resonator added to the exhaust (the previous model had no muffler, the catalytic converter being the sole method of engine noise reduction); production was 14,420 in 1982 by the article's table (its text says 15,000). In 1983 the Volkswagen engine went out of production, so a joint Chrysler/Peugeot 1.6 L engine was used instead, the Omni 024 was renamed the Charger and the Plymouth Turismo was introduced as a companion entry, the TC3 designation being discontinued; 10,448 were built in 1983. The wheelbase was 96.5 in, length 174.8 in and width 66.1 in.
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Trims & Figures
2 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 1.6 L Peugeot 6J four (1983) | 1983–1983 | 1.6 L Inline-4 | 62 hp | 85 lb-ft | — | FWD | — | — |
| Charger 2.2 L K four (84 hp, 1982) | 1982–1982 | 2.2 L Inline-4 | 84 hp | — | — | FWD | — | — |
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The electric concept's Fratzonic exhaust pushed sound through an amplifier and a rear tuning chamber at up to 126 dB, as loud as a Hellcat Dodge.
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Under the muscle-car styling sat Mercedes hardware: parts derived from the W211 E-Class and S-Class, down to the 5-speed automatic and the rear differential.
Carroll Shelby's GLHS was so thoroughly his own that Dodge badging was banned from it entirely — the five-door GLH Omni still wore a Dodge nameplate, but the GLHS wore none.
Carroll Shelby's take on the Charger skipped the usual horsepower chase — he went after suspension and styling instead of a bigger engine.
Carroll Shelby himself got his hands on this front-wheel-drive Charger in 1983, reworking it into the Dodge Shelby Charger sold through Dodge dealers.
NASCAR teams judged this Charger's new slab sides so unaerodynamic they raced 1974 bodywork into January 1978 instead.
The 1968 redesign was styled by Richard Sias under Elwood Engel, and its recessed grille and flying-buttress roofline were penned specifically to outperform the Ford Torino and Mercury Cyclone on NASCAR superspeedways.
The 1966 Charger's rear taillights were fed by a single long strip hidden behind the full-width lens, lit by the reversing bulb doubling as backup light only on one side per federal rules of the day.
Rivals
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