ORIGINAL: JB71RT
OK Yankee,
That's interesting. Especially since the Challenger is such an in your face kind of car. So why not an in your face kind of wing? Seems to me you like the whole in your face kind of thing anyway, as witnessed by the Charger Police ride in your post! There's nothing subtle about that is there. However, on the whole I do like the T/A type spoiler functional yet understated. But when it came time to get something for my 72' I chose T/A Chins and an R/T Wing.
Let me rephrase - I don't mind a genuine "in your face" look (in which I think the Challenger definitely qualifies) - I DO, however, mind items on a car that scream "hey, look at me!" (with rare exception - a 69 Charger Daytona or a 70 Superbird, for example, being two of them). By that reference I'm mostly referring to a slammed Honda Civic or a Mitsubishi Evo with decals galore, fart can exhaust and a gymnasium bleacher for a spoiler... I have no use for anything like that.
As far as spoilers are concerned, I realize that on 90% of cars they're on there for looks and serve no real functional value (my 07 Camry SE has one, if that tells you anything). I'm glad Dodge chose to bring the low-style T/A spoiler back on the Challenger instead of the raised go-wing (like the 2nd sublime pic in Jeremiah's post), I just think it's a much classier look, and if it actually helps aerodynamic downforce, that's another bonus.
I personally think a Superbird-style spoiler on anything other than a Superbird looks, well... stupid. It's just too much.