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2023 Dodge Charger Super Bee brings back a familiar name

2023 Dodge Charger Super Bee brings back a familiar name


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The 2023 Dodge Charger Super Bee is the second of seven so-called "Last Call" editions of the classically American muscle sedan and its Challenger coupe sibling. It was around a week ago that Dodge showed off the first, the Dodge Challenger Shakedown. Keen observers (and those alive during Dodge's wild 1970s heyday) will recognize the Super Bee name that was first seen in 1968 and then again in 2012 and for several years thereafter. This one, though, is probably the wildest of them all.

Dodge says the 2023 edition will be "the highest performance Charger Super Bee model ever produced." Backing up that claim are standard drag radial tires that ought to hook up well at the drag strip (but won't be appropriate for any sort of inclement weather on the street). It also benefits from adaptive damping suspension with something Dodge is calling Drag Mode, plus an SRT hood with a functional scoop, dual heat extractors and SRT black exhaust tips. Naturally, badges and emblems will be strategically placed inside and out,