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[John Wood]

Today I was cleaning up some old stuff that I had filed years ago and came across the original window sticker from a 1978 Dodge Challenger that we bought in 1977 brand new.  This was the first Challenger import and caused a bit of animosity among the Challenger muscle car owners because of using the name on a tiny import.  Our model was fairly basic but very sharp looking with the silver over charcoal 2 tone. Interesting that the little 1.6 engine was a hemi too (ha ha). We consistantly got 36 mpg on this car. It is also nice that the out-the-door price was under $6000.

[Doug D]

It's simply amazing to see those old window stickers.  Compared to the new ones, they are very simple.

Even then they had the "No Extra Charge" on the "Hemi" Engine......LOL!

[Stratuscaster]

Look at the MPG ratings at the time - 29/40(33) - that's amazing!

[DaveAdmin]

Keeping in mind ... somewhat different measurement methods...

[John Wood]

Only 2750 pounds.  That helped a bit and it was very aerodynamic.... plus we had no alcohol in the gas.  .  This was one of the early engines using the jet valve technology.  The 36 mpg that we recorded was probably 80 to 85% highway.  The gas mileage was actually a little better than a 1965 Opel Kadett Sport that we owned which had a 1.0 liter (I think 40 HP).  Also, notice the annual costs shown on the sticker are based on gas being .70 per gallon .  We thought that was a horrible price to pay back then.

Edited by John Wood, February 20, 2012 at 04:03 pm.