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       By Casey Leger                       2010 I built and bought a V6 Charger, I
                                            couldn’t afford a V8 at the time.”
         ports Energy is closing out 2024’s   “I own a 2023 Dodge Challenger
      Sclassic vehicle showcase with        RT. Even more than the 2006 Charger
      David Herjavec and his 2023 Dodge
                                            when Dodge revealed the new 2008
      Challenger RT. “I think I’ve had a    Challenger, I thought it was the best
      fondness  for  classic  vehicles  since  I
                                            balance between modern technology and
      first  saw  the  General  Lee  kicking  up   an old-school muscle car look,” says the
      dirt and leaves on the Dukes of Hazzard   Herj.
      television series,” says Herjavec, who is                                                                                          Photo Submitted
      also known far and wide as ‘the Herj’.  “They debuted it in Hemi Orange and   I built and ordered a 2022 Frostbite blue   Herjavec likes the speed, the sound,
                                            I  had  a  rush  of  nostalgia  when  I  first
        At 53 years young and born and                                            RT with a Shaker hood in August 2022.”  and the classic throwback looks of the
                                            saw it,” he continues. “I’ve probably   Unfortunately for Herjavec, things didn’t  Challenger. “Back when I was a kid,” he
      raised in Cornwall, The Herj is a math   been actively building Challengers on
      teacher and calls himself a bit of an                                       work out with this Challenger. “I looked  says, “every boy put a trading card into
                                            the Dodge website since 2017. Finally,   around the Internet,” he continues, “and  his bike spokes with a clothespin and
      American politics junkie. “When Dodge   with the announcement about ending
      brought back the Charger in 2006, I was   the production of the Challenger, I had   found another Challenger that had all the  dreamed they were riding something
      immediately drawn to it,” he explains.                                      features I was looking for. I bought that  powerful and loud. It took a while, but
                                            to make a move. In May 2022, I started   one, black, with the blackout package  this  kid  doesn’t  need  the  trading  card
      “It wasn’t the Charger of the past, but   actively pursuing buying one. Originally,
      I thought it had a muscular stance. In                                      and red brake calipers.”              anymore.”




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