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Chrysler actually introduced the fastback, Valiant-based 1964 1/2 Plymouth Barracuda a full 16 days before Ford introduced the Mustang
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First Generation: 1966-1967
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To no one's surprise, the 1967 Charger was pretty much a carryover from '66.
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The entire chassis and simple suspension system from the first Charger (and hence the Coronet) carried over intact along with the 117-inch wheelbase to the 1968 model.
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The '68 Charger was a hit with Dodge churning out an incredible 96,100 of them. So changes would be minimal for the next year. And yet those minimal changes were particularly appealing.
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There are those who say the '68 was the best-looking Charger but, generally speaking, the consensus is that the '69 was the best-looking Charger ever made. The consensus is right.
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The Charger Daytona was gone from the 1970 Charger lineup though it continued to race in NASCAR.
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"A Dodge Charger? A piece of sculpture?" Those were the rhetorical questions Car and Driver asked upon meeting the 1971 Charger for the first time.
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So the Charger carried into 1972 with few readily apparent changes on the outside, and some significant omissions and revisions inside
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With those robust sales behind it, the third-generation Charger bounded into the 1974 model year with virtually no body changes beyond oversize rubber bumperettes designed to meet new government regulations