You have to come from a good family or simply have a lot of money for driving pleasure if you put an American muscle car in front of the door in the Netherlands. In any case, the owner of this Dodge Challenger was not deterred by the costs of driving in our country.
We can say that we do appreciate his or her action. Then we are referring to the import of this Challenger in 2018, because only then did the then eight-year-old American come our way. AutoWeek forum member JFR recently bumped into him and shot these two photos of it. The Challenger looks like a wonderful outsider next to a Toyota Yaris and opposite a Renault Kangoo and Audi A4 Avant. There is still something to criticize in the way it is parked, but this is not exactly a car with which you have a good citizen appearance.
Incidentally, this is a relatively modest Challenger, although ‘modest’ is very relative with such a thing. This example has the 250 hp strong 3.5 V6 hanging in its thick nose, with which the engine range started at the time. It is certainly not as insane as the Challenger SRT8 spotted six years ago. After all, it had a 6.1-liter Hemi V8 on board, good for 477 hp power. So something different. But hey, blame the owner of this blue Challenger. With petrol prices of around €2 per liter, it saves a sip on a drink and you are still on the road quickly. In just 8 seconds you have reached a speed of 100 km/h from standstill, with a nice rumble behind you.
Striking about this Dodge are the large square license plates. You regularly see Challengers with so-called ‘18.2’ plates, also known as American license plates. However, the rules for this have been tightened up somewhat over the years. If such a square plate also just fits in the recess at the back, then those kinds of plates must be on the car. Whether a car qualifies for 18.2 plates depends on the space in the back. That is sufficient in this case and, moreover, the bottom of the license plate is also more than 30 cm above the road surface. Only when that is less do the small number plates come into play again.
– Thanks for information from Autoweek.nl