Inside Line pits Challenger against Challenger in Vanishing Point-inspired road trip
Click either image for exclusive pics of Inside Line’s road trip
Seems like you can’t revive a modern day muscle car these days without having a classic movie tie-in. The Ford Mustang has got Steve McQueen’s classic Bullitt, and the Dodge Challenger has got Vanishing Point. In fact, we’ve already seen one Vanishing Point-inspired Challenger meet its maker on Turn 2 at Road America. Inside Line recently had its first turn behind the wheel of a 2008 Dodge Challenger SRT8 and also decided to pay its respects to Kowalski’s opus. They took the brand new Challenger on a little road trip following the fateful path of Kowalski in the movie from Denver, Colorado to San Francisco, California. Just for kicks, they brought along a vintage 1970 Dodge Challenger that’s a near perfect copy of the one used in Vanishing Point. The classic iron was, however, packing a slightly modified motor putting out 607 horsepower, but details, details… The article is definitely worth a read if only to vicariously absorb what it feels like to go 170 mph in a new Challenger, and the Inside Line team was also kind enough to supply us with a few of their spare high-res images for an Autoblog exclusive gallery below.
Gallery: Inside Line Challenger SRT8 road trip
[Source: Inside Line]
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