History of the Dodge Daytona - From Muscle Car to Sports Coupe (1969-1993) 

My dad had a red 84 Daytona Turbo Z growing up. That car sparked my love for Mopars. I always thought it was really cool

Have to add the fact that there were the limited Daytona Edition Rams. Really cool trucks

Great video. The TIII powered Iroc R/T Daytona's packed 225 hp and were stellar performers. I used to own one and am now restoring a TIII powered Spirit R/T

Great video. I had a 91 Daytona ES 2.5 L. Black on black. I loved that car. I had it for 19 years. It was an every day driver and never had any problems with it. Best car I ever owned. Ended up selling it because my wife wanted me to get a four-door. So I got an 07 charger RT 5.7. Should have got the Daytona version of that but it was too much money!

The TIII also used a Lotus designed 16 valve head, pushing the hp to 225. It was used first in the 91 Spirt R/T and then in the 92/93 IROC Daytona. I purchased an 89 Shelby Daytona new in 89, totaled it in an accident in 92”, replaced it shortly later with another 89 Shelby Daytona that I still have today!

The fender "scoops "were called scoops to get past nascar. They in fact did not open into the engine compartment but into the wheel wells to relieve air buffeting causing the front end lifting and losing steering control.

Great video. I have a 88 shelby turbo z in my garage very little rust. Fun car to drive.

My friend's father bought one of the first Daytona turbo z in Jacksonville in 1983. Garnett red over silver. I loved watching the boost gauge react to his right foot going from boost to vacuum. It had a nice exhaust sound, too. I loved the seats and the leather felt great. The talking computer was quite neat, too. Always saying "thank you" after you removed the key from the ignition, etc. He kept it for over 200,000 miles before giving it to his stepson. Unfortunately I never got to drive it since we moved before I turned 16. The 1990 interior refresh turned me off so I bought a Honda Accord that year.

I love the Charger Daytona with the big wing in the back, dunno why they bring it back or modernise it I would love to see a Dodge Charger or Challenger Daytona with a Hellcat engine in it, that would be beast

A 1987 Daytona Pacifica was my first Mopar. Fun little car.

The 80s FWD Turbo Daytonas are my favorite. I graduated High School in 85, so those are the cars of my generation. For me growing up in the 80 was a blast. Turbo Mopars where littering the streets back then. I love them all but the Daytona is my favorite. I purchased a silver 86 base model with the n/a 2.5 with 5-speed. I traded it in 89 for a red 1989 Daytona C/S Competition package. It was a present to myself for my 21 birthday. I have her to this day, my baby! Plan on passing her on in the family, but never selling.

Thanks for the story, I'm happy to see someone talk about Daytona, I saw one 1992 in a car show and after I knew that I had to buy one in my life , so the Dreams strated here, when I saw one that was for sale, I had to buy it, so now I have a black chrysler daytona 1992 with the 3.0 liter with the manual 5 speed transmission, one dream I have accomplish :))))))))) so proud of it

The Charger 500 and Charger Daytona both left the assembly line as Charger R/T then the were converted to the 500 and Daytona. There was a Shelby Durango also

I had an 89 Shelby Daytona in high school. Long after I sold it, I found it was 1 of 157 built that year in silver with red interior, but then it was long gone. My neighbor up the street has a late 70s charger Daytona in red that he has tried to sell several times with no luck. He also has a Dodge Warlock, Plymouth Trailduster, and a Lil Red Express. Shelby did return to Dodge in the late 90s, producing the rare Shelby Durango. Chrysler did sell a kit to covert Dodge Daytonas to v8 RWD. However it was intended to be for drag racing, though a few made it to the street. It came with a k-member with v8 motor mounts, instructions to modify the floor pan to create a trans tunnel, a shortened driveshaft, and a kit to install a live axle in the rear along with all required suspension parts. You basically only needed to source a small block , a narrowed rear, and a trans to complete the conversion.

My first car was a 1991 Dodge Daytona N/A .Found out they came with a turbo and bought a 1992 IROC. FFW a few year later and my father still has it but looking to put a V8 in it. Beautiful car, I still love them!

The Studebaker logo reminds me of the old Pepsi logo

I’ve had 2 of the fwd Daytona’s now. An 88 Turbo I car that was very problematic and rusted underneath pretty badly. I later got a 90 V6 car that I loved and it was very reliable and I miss it everyday. I’m on the hunt for another V6 5-speed car. Hard to find a decent one now.

Hey speaking of the Charger, we are getting 3 new versions of the Charger and Challanger!!* Now everyone give me a HELL YEAH!! *Dodge Forum

I have an 86 Daytona Turbo Z CS and I have owned it for 21 years. It is my all time favorite car and is a blast to drive. I won't part with it.

David Spade's Kool, just jumped another level in my book

So many Daytonas labeled as 1984 Lamborghini Jalpas.... what the??

When I was a little kid my sister's boyfriend had a brand new 1987 Daytona Pacifica. It was that same color red as in all those promo pix. It was a really cool car But It was extremely troublesome for a brand new car. I remember Him telling me that the car was full of electronic gremlins and being a dumb little kid I took that literally lol. He got rid of it after only 2 years because it was so problematic. Ironically I moved to Daytona Beach to go to school in the early 2000s. If I'm from I remember making a joke about the Dodge Daytona to one of my friends who looked at me puzzled. She said that she had never heard of a car Named after Daytona. I told her I would point went out to her if we saw one but even by that time they were long gone. In the North East they were mostly eaten up by rust and body rot and in the South east the poorly made 2.2L Engines usually blue their head gaskets too easily especially when text with the Turbo. They didn't do very well in the heat Down here. They were cool looking though and I would love to come across one in person again.

the Daytona/Laser were the most underrated quintessential 80s cars

I bought an 87 Daytona Pacifica for $450 in 2007. Added an intercooler and boost controller and it was a screamer.

Another fact, in Canada the front drive Daytonas were Chrysler, not Dodge. Had an 88 base with 2.5 5 speed, that was a really fun car to drive.

I could have bought a Daytona in 2006 but chose the R/T with the Road and Track pkg. because it was basically the same car without the graphics. Kinda wanted the less obvious look. Nice video! 👍🏻👍🏻🇺🇸🇨🇦

How cool would it have been to have a V8 in that early-90s Daytona! That would have been badass.

If I had a 5th gen Charger, I’ll engine swap it

I have an 87 Daytona pacifica. Great car.

I had 69 RT SE Charger 440 and a 74 Charger Rallye 440. Talk about a disaster. Downhill ever since.

I saw a barn find 76 charger daytona at carlisle this year and the guy wanted 11 grand for a car that needed too much work.

1984 and 1986 daytona is favorite out of the series. Best interior is the 1990 to 1993 versions. Best performance 1969/1970 and 2006 to present.

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Bro Mexico got the good stuff down there... I legit saw a Stratus R/T sedan parked next to a barber shop. That had me confused because I thought the Stratus R/T only came as a coupe. Then I saw the Mexican plates and to top it all off, the damn thing had a turbo badge on it. I researched the car and would you know it, Mexico had the 2.4 Turbo in the Status. Same one from the PT Cruiser GT and Neon SRT-4. If that ain't cool I don't know what is... and also, apparently they also got the 90s Ram Chargers, 80s Magnums and Dodge Phantom Turbos. Dodge and Chrysler treat Mexico's market much more different than the U.S. seeing as how they still offered models over there that were discontinued in the U.S. At this point you should do stuff that talk about special Mexican Mopars.

i wish the pictures used were more on target

Hey so i have this sick ass idea to put the demon crate engine maybe even the hellaphant, and put it in the middle of a kit car

I saw 44 of those (2016+) the other day

I had a ice blue Met. Daytona 86

The 75-77 Chargers were poorly manufactured. Chrysler used a putty to secure the taillight lenses to the car. When it would get hot outside, the putty would soften and the taillight lens would often fall off while going down the road. Since these lenses weren't cheap to replace, I know of instances where the lenses were stolen while the car was sitting in the parking lot. My dad eventually drilled holes into the lenses and the car to secure them after numerous replacements.

No mention of the short-lived 1990 VNT Daytona Shelby Z? www.shelby-dodge.com/89-90-shelby-daytona.html

Imagine cancelling a potentially best-selling car because you didn’t want to design a new oil pan... 😂

I have the 2020 auto show Daytona in my garage at home

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started out as a great car but the name was used on cars not as great.

My grandpa has 6 Daytona’s and corvettes camarows codas impala shivels

I had an ‘87 then an ‘86

what happend about the daytona

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I had a shelby z Daytona unfortunately it was a wreck

LAMBORGHINI JALPA POWERED DAYTONA???!!!!!!

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