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This Modern Take On The Super Bee, Is The Bee’s Knees!

This Modern Take On The Super Bee, Is The Bee’s Knees!​

Modern Take On The Legendary Coronet Super Bee, Makes Us Want More.​


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The Dodge Coronet is was one of the longest-running nameplates in the history of the Dodge brand. The Coronet name originated in 1949 and became the brand’s most premium model. In 1955, the nameplate was restructured to be the entry-level trim for the brand. It was soon after, the name was introduced to its midsized models. It was then, the Coronet took on a new life as a muscle car, by offering the 7.2-liter (440 cubic-inch) V8 in 1965, a year later the Coronet could be optioned with the legendary 7.0-liter (426 cubic-inch) HEMI V8.

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This Modern Take On The Super Bee, Is The Bee's Knees!

The Dodge Coronet is was one of the longest-running nameplates in the history of the Dodge brand. The Coronet name originated in 1949 and became the brand's most premium model. In 1955, the nameplate was restructured to be the entry-level trim for the brand. It was soon after, the name was...
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Living the muscle car era as a Mopar muscle car driving gear head makes me one special, lucky guy and gives me some insight as well. There has to be more than stripes and a bee to make a Super Bee. Going to its roots, you need a Roadrunner philosophy to get the Bee, a stripped down affordable entry level muscle car. My latest Mopar muscle car, a Dodge Challenger R/T Plus goes a long way in capturing the basics in driving dynamics, performance and cool culture of the originals in a modern package, it is amazing. One must concentrate all our efforts to this muscle segment on Dodge and Challenger and Charger. We can have a Super Bee model, but it should be true to its roots as a stripped down, entry level R/T, with big power and of course all the Bee styling cues that made this model so outrageous and “Super Cool”. The 1320 comes closest, but ditch that name, add the nasty Bee and cut the price. Pricing it right fulfills the original formula that drew muscle wanna be’s to the Super Bee. It can do it again.
 
Sooo, while nice, I despised the 70 super bee facelift, even when I was too young to know what I was looking at. I think the new challenger lends well to the 70 up charger/roadrunner though
 
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Sooo, while nice, I despised the 70 super bee facelift, even when I was too young to know what I was looking at. I think the new challenger lends well to the 70 up charger/roadrunner though
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The ‘70 bold update could offend some, but it did stand out in a crowded muscle car field. Although interesting, this particular rendition so nicely done here, is just a speculative look at a new Super Bee. My point is the Challenger is the only car that can be used for a new SB. The Charger has it’s Daytona, so it is not considered. The Challenger though could use the Scat Pack motor with just the minimum required standered equipment, priced below the R/T Scat Pack with all the Super Bee stripes and signature Bee as a special addition model. Remember the original was priced below the R/T. The more I think about it, the more I like it.
 
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