The new Dodge Challenger gets a classic Charger makeover with carbon fiber bodywork

It weighs 400 pounds less than the standard model.

Dodge never hid the fact that the Challenger it launched in 2008 was directly inspired by its 1960s predecessors. It was never a direct match, but the slab-sided muscle car looked distinctly classic even among its retro contemporaries, and a new mod is available to make the latest Challenger Hellcats look even more like their historic counterparts.

Aftermarket specialist eXoMod Concepts has a full carbon fiber widebody kit available for the Challenger SRT Hellcat. He built an example called Quicksilver, which took 1,500 hours to build. It makes the modern muscle car look like the Charger of 1968. The new body is four inches wider than the original Charger, but the carbon fiber reduces overall weight, shedding 400 pounds from the vehicle.

Gallery: Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat Quicksilver by eXoMod Concepts

While eXoMod Concepts gives the vehicle a custom engine bay, the supercharged 6.2-liter V8 continues to produce 807 horsepower. It is paired with Dodge’s eight-speed TorqueFlite transmission, which retains Dodge’s full transmission warranty.

The builder upgraded the brakes, giving the vehicle six-piston Brembo brake calipers with 15.7-inch drilled rotors. The calipers are hidden behind custom 20-inch Forgeline wheels that measure 10 inches wide in the front and 12 inches in the rear and are wrapped in Nitto NT555 rubber.

Currently, only one carbon fiber Challenger exists, but you can get yours for $345,000. Quicksilver is part of the company’s C68 Carbon series. The company plans to build an additional 10 carbon series cars with improvements based on its original series. The company’s CEO, Rick Katzeff, called it “the best of both worlds.”

Dodge will end Challenger production in December. It’s had an impressive production run, launched in 2008. The automaker made several improvements to the model over the past 15 years, wringing more power from the chassis over the years, culminating in the Demon 170 with 1,025 hp and 945 lb.-ft. . of torque when running on E85 fuel.

The Demon makes just 900 hp and 810 lb-ft without the special drink, but the full 1,025 hp will send it from 170 to 60 mph in 1.66 seconds. It can complete the quarter mile in 8.91 seconds at 151.17 mph. The Challenger starts at $96,666 and can go as high as $133,421.