GTP Cool Wall: 1971 Dodge Charger Super Bee 426 Hemi

[Wiegert]

1971 Dodge Charger Super Bee 426 Hemi nominated by @All Your Base

Body Style: 2-door coupe
Engine: 7.0L (426 ci) Hemi V8
Power: 425 hp
Torque: 490 lb-ft
Weight: 1805 kg
Transmission: 4-speed manual, 3-speed automatic
Drivetrain: Front-engine, rear wheel drive
Additional Information: The 1971 Coronet line were built in four-door sedan and station wagon body versions, so the Super Bee model was moved to the platform used by the Charger. Since an R/T muscle car version of the Charger already existed, the Super Bee was promoted as the low-priced model in the line, selling at USD$3,271. Production numbers of the Super Bee reached 5,054, including 22 with the Hemi engine. The moniker was discontinued until the 2007 Super Bee, a Charger SRT-8.​

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[Beeblebrox237]

I wasn't sure if it was cool or not until I considered whether I'd ever take a girl for a date using this car. Uncool.

 

[Sage Ages]

Seriously Uncool because Hemi.

 

[Tornado]

The fuselage cars in general are pretty hopeless. The Charger going from "allegedly sporty Coronet" like the first two generations to just be "two door Coronet" doesn't help; and some fifty-something white guys getting all hot and bothered over terms like "numbers matching" doesn't help their case.

 

[Adamgp]

Hemi + pistol grip + operational hood scoop + concealed headlamps with available washer/scrubbers.

SZ.

 

[Switcher]

The fuselage cars in general were pretty hopeless. Just because a bunch of fifty-something white guys will throw hundreds of thousands at one of these doesn't help them any.

The fuselage cars in general are pretty hopeless. The Charger going from "allegedly sporty Coronet" like the first two generations to just be "two door Coronet" doesn't help; and some fifty-something white guys getting all hot and bothered over terms like "numbers matching" doesn't help their case.

Tornado.exe has stopped working?

 

[Obelisk]

Overshadowed by the Daytona, despite being a year newer. It isn't a bad car, but it suffered an unfortunate fate.

I'll give it a Cool.

 

[Cano]

I don't like that generation Charger that much, but the Super Bee name is just too awesome.

 

[All Your Base]

426 Hemi. Super Bee. Need I say more?

Sub Zero.

 

[edawg456]

Sub zero because I remember as kid my grandpa use to take me out in his charger. And I thought it was the best car in the world. It's still one of my favorites to this day.

 

[Fastcarguy]

Sub Zero because 426 Hemi

 

[cjr3559]

Historically speaking, it gets a cool. Would I ever own one? No.

 

[LivingWithGames]

Not my favourite charger, but it's one mean son of a gun. Packing a damned 426 Hemi at it too. Youch.

Since I'm nice, high cool.

 

[Razor440]

A big bad muscle car with one hell of an engine.

Sub-Zero.

 

[SlipZtrEm]

There are a bunch of much cooler muscle cars. This isn't half as good-looking as any of them, either.

Oh yeah, and with only 22 Hemis produced, this is most assuredly one of those cars where owners will ramble on about matching numbers and how much the last one sold for at an auction.

Uncool.

 

[MoLiEG]

Charger. Super Bee.

S.Z.

 

[CodeRedR51]

Was never really a fan of this generation of Charger. I'll take a '69.

Meh.

 

[MisterWaffles]

Uncool because the original is way cooler in my opinion. Also uncool because the Challenger was better looking and smaller.

 

[ThrasherDBS]

Classic muscle car. I like earlier models a lot better, but still, classic muscle car.

Sub-Zero

 

[ScottPuss20]

I am not a fan of the '71 Chargers. Not one bit because it looks horrible. I don't care if it's got a goddamn Hemi with "Super Bee" on it. The '69 is the greatest Charger. Uncool.

 

[Matej]

Sub-Zero. I highly appreciate pretty much all muscle cars from that period for their unique philosophy. This one is a special edition, so it gets even higher points. Challenging to drive as well, dealing with this car in GT could teach you a lot about both driving and tuning.

Oh, and appropriate showroom soundtrack for this breed of bad-ass cars:

 

[Razor440]

...Oh, and appropriate showroom soundtrack for this breed of bad-ass cars:

God I loved that game. The intro for that game is also pretty cool, if you ask me.

 

[CodeRedR51]

God I loved that game.

Old school NFS and Test Drive games were awesome. It's a shame how different they are now.

 

[UltimateYosh]

I like it. I would take a challenger over this any day but I still like the old Super Bee.

A Solid Cool.

 

[TenEightyOne]

Looks like the Charger got fat and old. Uncool.

 

[Wiegert]

Looks like the Charger got fat and old. Uncool.

Or suffered an allergic reaction to a bee sting.

Also uncool.

 

[Turbo]

I think this car is uncool. Only reason why it says I voted was: my mom saw my computer screen and exclaimed. "wow, I really like that car! Vote Sub Zero!".

I would like to add one thing: this car did not make nearly as much horsepower as people thought it did, which unfortunately, adds to its uncoolness. I saw something on Curbside Classic that the 426 Hemi engine made only 350 hp.

 

[Lilium]

I like this more than the 69 Charger, but since i'm not really a fan of muscle cars, its pretty uncool to me. stripless and spoilerless would get a low uncool though

 

[Tornado]

I would like to add one thing: this car did not make nearly as much horsepower as people thought it did, which unfortunately, adds to its uncoolness. I saw something on Curbside Classic that the 426 Hemi engine made only 350 hp.

I'd hope most of the people wouldn't still believe gross horsepower numbers, or really any horsepower numbers in the 1960s on either side of the ocean, but 350 real was still a lot of horsepower in 1971.

None of the GM 454 or 455s had that much by that point (granted GM was already dropping compression by then, but even the LS6 and Stage 1 Buick wouldn't have been in a different ballpark from the Hemi cars), and for damn sure none of Ford's regular production engines did. If you had gotten out your checkbook at a humongous regional Chevrolet dealer you could have gotten them to put an L88 in your Corvette that would have had more power, but it was also basically useless as a road car engine.