It may be built in Canada, but the Dodge Challenger looks more American than a bald eagle eating a Big Mac. There’s nothing tame about its design, especially done up in this Swinger Edition guise. The uninitiated might wonder why Dodge named a special edition after the act of partner swapping, but the name actually comes from a Dodge Dart model built from 1968 to 1972, and at that time, the word “swinger” was a symbol for hip, fashionable, and fun.
Dodge only built 2,000 Swinger Edition models, 1,000 of the Charger and 1,000 of the Challenger. Three colors were offered, including White Knuckle, F8 Green, and the outrageous shade of Sublime that was sprayed on our tester. You won’t find any pineapples, pink flamingos, or color-coded loofahs on this Challenger, but each Swinger Edition gets a black stripe on the trunk, special 20-inch wheels painted in a color called Gold School, a gold grille badge, gold shaker intake, and gold Scat Pack badge. This special edition also gets the Widebody kit, which is an important option on any Charger or Challenger. It may not be our favorite name of the bunch, but the Swinger Edition is easily one of our favorite Last Call models along with the Charger Super Bee and the frankly insane Demon 170.