Even better, it was fitted with gigantic multispoke Mansory-branded wheels, 24-inch fully forged. The wheels look great on the Challenger. I counted the spokes: 40! It has floating self-aligning wheel center caps, like on a Rolls-Royce.
The Dodge Challenger is an American muscle car. Dodge produced the third-generation modern-day Challenger from 2008 until 2023, in too many variants to count. The car in the photos is a post-2015 facelifted SXT model, with the updated grille and lights.
The engine
The engine of the Dodge Challenger SXT was a 3.6-liter V6, with an output of 305 hp and 363 Nm. It had an 8-speed automatic gearbox, sending all horses to the rear wheels. The Challenger SXT was a fast machine. It did 0 to 60 mph in 6.2 sec, 0 to 100 km/h in 6.6 sec, and 0 to 160 km/h (100 mph) in 15.3 sec. Most important, as this is an American car, was the quarter mile time: 14.5 seconds. The license plate is of Jiangsu Province.
The Benda
The mighty Challenger with a big fat motorbike. The Benda BD300 Cruiser looks American but is Chinese, powered by a 298cc liquid-cooled V-twin motor that makes 30 hp and 25.3 Nm. It has a six-speed gearbox. Benda still sells the bike, renamed to Chincilla 300.
Dodge did not officially sell the Challenger in China, but there was a lot of parallel import. In the far north of Beijing is a famous parallel-import market, selling giant American SUVs, pickup trucks, and muscle cars. The going price for the 2016 Challenger with the 3.6 liter engine was 440.000 yuan or $60.6K. A brand-new 2023 3.6 GT model costs 58.610 yuan, or $80.7K. The Chinese name of the Challenger is 挑战者, Tiǎozhànzhě, and that simply means ‘Challenger’.