That’s actually the 3rd Generation.. The first generation was the 1958-1959 The second generation was the 1970-1974 The Third generation was the 1978-1983 The current Generation was the 4th..
The Third generation was actually a Mitsubishi Galant And the had the 178HP 295Lb ft tq Turbo Intercooled engine in some of them.. Which in a car that weighs in at 2200Lbs, it was actually very fast.. To put that into perspective.. 0-60 = 5.9 seconds 1/4 mile time = 13.58 seconds
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That’s actually the 3rd Generation..
The first generation was the 1958-1959
The second generation was the 1970-1974
The Third generation was the 1978-1983
The current Generation was the 4th..
The Third generation was actually a Mitsubishi Galant
And the had the 178HP 295Lb ft tq Turbo Intercooled engine in some of them..
Which in a car that weighs in at 2200Lbs, it was actually very fast..
To put that into perspective..
0-60 = 5.9 seconds
1/4 mile time = 13.58 seconds
Or..
1970 Challenger = 3559Lbs
375HP (440)
0-60 = 6.3
1/4 mile = 14.33
So it might not have been as cool looking, or make the noise..
But it wasn’t slow..
In Wikipedia it says is the 2nd gen.
The “1st gen” you mentioned is actually the Silver Challenger, which is just a special edition of the Coronet.