Dodge M4S (Dodge PPG Turbo Interceptor; 1981, 1984)

Best known for its movie role in The Wraith, an M4S/PPG Pace Car has a home at the Walter P. Chrysler museum in Auburn Hills. It had a 2.2 block and five speed manual with a Cosworth 16-valve twin-cam head, dual turbos, and Bosch fuel injection, making 440 hp with 0-60 in 4.1 seconds and a 12.9 quarter with 195 mph top speed (Road & Track figures).

The Dodge M4S / PPG Turbo Interceptor was mid-engined and loosely Daytona based, and was an actual Indy car in 1981. There are reportedly four still around, one at PPG HQ, one at the Chrysler museum, and two others. For a time, a replica was being made as a kit car with a different engine. Thanks, Derek Beland.

J.E. Hartman, who sent the photos, wrote, “this is a 1982 Dodge 2.2 turbo Charger concept car, an all out design modification built SVI under contract for PPG as a pace car. Its cost is reported to be about $300,000. This is one of a kind, it saw service in 1982 and early 1983 Indy car races. Mine has gull wing doors also, it was donated to Harrahs in 1985 where it sat for 20 years.”

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