Yahoo Autos 2023 Dodge Challenger Black Ghost honors a Detroit legend
Dodge has shown the second-to-last special edition Challenger for the final year of the burly muscle car, and this one is arguably the coolest. It's the 2023 Dodge Challenger Black Ghost. It's designed and named after a single, special 1970 Challenger that became a Detroit legend.
The original Black Ghost was a 1970 Challenger R/T SE owned from new by Godfrey Qualls. It was painted black with a black vinyl "gator skin" roof, white rear stripes and a variety of other high trim options. It also had a 426-cubic-inch Hemi V8 and manual transmission. Qualls then proceeded to regularly trounce other muscle car drivers in street races around Detroit, enough so that he and his car reached mythological status. But it was very real, and it's still around. It also has become part of the National Historic Vehicle Register. You can see the whole documentary about the car below.
