charger/challenger confusion

[Bens340]

so whats the deal? i recently picked up a newer challenger and it gets some attention at the pump, but for the most part everyone says hey good looking charger! is it the 2 door vs. 4 door thing confusing people or just ignorance? i cant imagine people confusing the two vehicles back in the day.. did they? heres one of the "charger"

[birdsandbees]

No confusion with my wife's.. I made her get the stripe! 

[JR]

It's been happening since the original cars were new.

Don't sweat it.

[68X426]

Easier to say two syllables than three for the dimwits.

My Road Runner gets called Charger more than you would think, even someone looking at the logo will say "I did not know that Road Runner made a Charger back in the 60s".  Wow. 

You can go this route:

[BDF]

Yup, darn good looking Charger you have there! 

[Kern Dog]

People are idiots. They live their lives operating their minds on cruise control instead of thinking their way through the day.

[Fred]

You can say that again. They may as well have been born without a brain. They sure don't use them as intended. Are they just to lazy to think? Or does it hurt too much!
How do they manage to get through life?
Beats me.

[ACUDANUT]

Some people say "Charger, Challenger" same thing.  
I say yea "Corvair, Chevelle, Camaro, Corvette " same thing.

[Nacho-RT74]

You are lucky! is amazing when my car has being called Mustang, Malibu or even Maverick!

[cdr]

My 68 Charger gets called a Challenger all the time, 

[ACUDANUT]

You are lucky! is amazing when my car has being called Mustang, Malibu or even Maverick!

A Maverick ? Good Lord 

[JR]

I get "Dodger" alot also.

[odcics2]

Statistics say that 1/2 the folks are of average intelligence or below.   

 

[BDF]

You are lucky! is amazing when my car has being called Mustang, Malibu or even Maverick!

I'd give them a break if English was their 2nd (or not existant) language!     

[Bens340]

hahaha i usually just let it go considering the majority of guys now a days cant figure out how to put air in their own tires..but im glad im not the only one.. btw my 73 did get called a mustang once, that i did not let slide.

[68X426]

my 73 did get called a mustang once, that i did not let slide.

Oh hell no!   Bust their knee caps for that.

[Kern Dog]

hahaha i usually just let it go considering the majority of guys now a days cant figure out how to put air in their own tires..but im glad im not the only one.. btw my 73 did get called a mustang once, that i did not let slide.

I did that at a car show once just to get some laughs. Redding CA 2008. They have a big festival every year, "Kool April Nights."
I was walking the show car field with the wife. As usual, there was a crowd of people walking around. I saw an orange 71 Charger and said..."THis is a really nice Mustang."
It was great. Everyone walking nearby stopped walking and looked at me as if I was naked doing Jumping Jacks. Most had a WTF expression. I laughed and laughed and MOST got the joke.
It is a lot of fun being annoying.

[timmycharger]

My 68 Charger gets called a Challenger all the time, 

Same here. I've had my car for almost 20 years and my father in law still calls it a Challenger 

[Fred]

Mine gets called a Charger. They don't know what year it is but they know it's a Charger.

[Kern Dog]

Are there many Challengers in Australia? If not, that works to your advantage.

[Fred]

I would guess there are slightly more Challengers than Chargers in the country but I think it's a pretty close call.

[challenger70]

My 68 Charger gets called a Challenger all the time, 

Damn I was hoping when I started driving my Charger people would get it right, everyone calls my Challenger a Charger....or Mustang ....or Camaro

[alfaitalia]

I doubt that would happen over here....mainly because I've never seen an old style Challenger on the road in the UK .....so nothing to confuse a Charger with!

[Homerr]

Nice 'Cuda!

What we talkin about?  


Edit: I posted this 'Charger' chase the other day: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pYDZbOutkpA

[tcs69rt]

It's a combo of ignorance. Dodge screwing the pooch and making the Charger a 4 door and the average clown who wants to tell you all about the 318 HEMI 6 pac that their inbred cousin had in his 1965 Charger SS.