Here's something that occured to me, today. It isn't just that the car pays homage to the original. It certainly does but that still doesn't explain all of the GRIN factor this car has. The way I see it is that over time, our brains held on to the best lines and characteristics of the early 70's cars. As time passed, our imaginations smoothed out edges and brought proportions into more complimentary relationships. We were all walking around with romanticized images of the original legend and suddenly, THERE SHE WAS! Perfected. Complete with all the improvements we had added in our imaginations.

It's like remembering the finest girl from your senior year in high school. She had a great figure, smooth skin and a smile to die for. Then you see a picture from your high school days and you realize how really skinny and under-developed she was. And the acne you never really noticed before. Oh yeah, she needed braces, too. Jump to today and you see here 20 year old daughter who is a knock out and looks a lot like her mom. She's everything you thought you remembered her mom being (but actually wasn't). That's the new Challenger: Everything good you remember about the original but better in every detail.