Dodge Daytona

type
muscle car

decade
sixties

significance
built to be more competitive in the Grand National

trivia

 * 500 units had to be built in order to count as a production car, hence the nickname Daytona 500, after the famous race
 * the Plymouth Superbird was created as a twin
 * based on the Dodge Charger
 * the name was revived on a compact sports car in the eighties and again on a trim of the revived charger after the turn of the millennium