Remember that bad-ass 2013 Dodge Charger that looked like it had seen better days from the Chicago auto show? Well that Charger, with its big meaty off-road-ready tires and steel push bars, is one of the stars of SyFy's show "Defiance." In a tie-in with the SyFy show, Dodge has just released a short ad showing how the Charger evolved from full-size family sedan, to the Armageddon-ready star of the show.
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The 30-second video starts off in the "near future" with a shiny new Dodge Charger backing out of a driveway and speeding off while escaping doom. Then the video flashes forward to 2023, where the Charger, now without windows and, with its push bar and big tires, is racing through a battlefield. The next time we pick up the Charger, it's 2031. The bullet-riddled Dodge is seen picking up a combatant through the blown-out rear window and escaping. Finally, we see the Charger in 2046, the time in which "Defiance" takes place. The Charger now has a full exoskeleton-like roll cage, and cages over its windows.
While we doubt Dodge's marketing tie-in with "Defiance" will progress past the Charger being a featured vehicle, here's hoping for a limited-batch production run. An Armageddon-prepped Dodge Charger would be mind-blowing to drive. You can check out the short clip for yourself below.
Source: Dodge via YouTube
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