1979 Dodge Challenger

1979 Dodge Challenger in Knight Rider, TV Series, 1982-1986 Ep. 2.20

Class: Cars, Coupé — Model origin: — Made for: USA

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Author	Message
Hecubus ◊ 2006-08-27 17:15	The white car is a '80-'82 Ford Thunderbird, and I think the blue car in the foreground is a Dodge Challenger/Mitsubishi Sapporo (the Plymouth model seemed to have an eggcrate grille).
BeanBandit ◊ 2006-08-27 17:15	1978 Dodge Challenger.
antp ◊ 2006-08-28 17:08	From Wikipedia: Quote The Challenger name was revived in 1978 for a version of the early Mitsubishi Galant Lambda Coupe, also sold overseas as the Mitsubishi Sapporo, sold through Dodge dealers as a captive import and identical except in color and minor trim to the Plymouth Sapporo. Although mechanically identical, the Dodge version emphasized sportiness, with bright colors and tape stripes, and the Plymouth on luxury with more subdued trim. Both cars were sold until 1983, until being replaced by the Conquest and Daytona.
dwc43 ◊ 2006-10-22 07:42	These cars also used the 2.6 inline 4. We have two of them built into race cars.
Reg1992 ◊ 2018-12-10 13:53	Uncommon 1980-82 Ford Thunderbird in the background, not listed.
Azhurel ◊ 2022-07-09 06:55	This is a 1979 as shown by the blue & tan two-tone & the lack of the tri-tone stripe that was specific to 1978.
night cub ◊ 2022-07-09 07:27	Brochure is here: Link to "oldcarbrochures.org"