The Charger was nothing more than a cut-rate Cordoba; barely anything like the legendary car that appeared in Bullitt and set records in NASCAR. It was about as far removed in spirit from the original as most every other car in the mid-late 1970s was from the ones ten years prior. Challenger II, Mustang II, Thunderbird, Cougar, Riviera... the list goes on. That it turned into a bloated mess of a personal luxury coupe instead of a crappy attempt at an import fighter doesn't change that much in the long run.