The Dodge Shelby Charger was a high performance version of the front-wheel-drive Dodge Charger hatchback, sold through Dodge dealers from the 1983 model year until 1987. Chrysler chief executive Lee Iacocca asked his old friend Carroll Shelby to develop a performance version of the Omni-based Charger, and Shelby concentrated on handling more than outright speed, with shorter springs, better wheels and tires, stronger brakes, a new nose, racing stripes and ground effect skirts. The 2.2 litre engine was raised to 107 horsepower for the first year, when 8,251 cars were built, and a turbocharged 146 horsepower engine arrived for 1985. In 1987 about a thousand of the last cars were sent to Shelby's own plant in California and converted into the Charger GLHS.
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The result was the Dodge Shelby Charger, which hit the market in 1983.
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1. Wikipedia: Dodge Charger (1981)
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The Dodge Charger (L-body) is a subcompact two-door hatchback/fastback built by Dodge from 1981 until 1987.
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The result was the Dodge Shelby Charger, which hit the market in 1983.
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Dodge continued with the Shelby Charger until 1987.
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Its compression was raised allowing for a total of 107 horsepower and was paired to a manual transmission.
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The Shelby Charger received a new turbocharged engine with a total of 146 hp.
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