Chrysler actually introduced the fastback, Valiant-based 1964 1/2 Plymouth Barracuda a full 16 days before Ford introduced the Mustang
First Generation: 1966-1967
To no one's surprise, the 1967 Charger was pretty much a carryover from '66.
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.
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.
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.
The Charger Daytona was gone from the 1970 Charger lineup though it continued to race in NASCAR.
"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.
So the Charger carried into 1972 with few readily apparent changes on the outside, and some significant omissions and revisions inside
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