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Instead, the Charger III served the purpose of presenting new styling elements and technical features, and it was &#8216;the aerodynamically most efficient car ever designed and built by Dodge,&#8217; as the official announcement put it.<\/p>\n<p>An interesting feature: the complete cockpit roofing including the sides could be folded out and back again as in an aircraft cockpit.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/1968-dodge-charger-iii\/1968_dodge_chargeriii1\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-190825\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-190825 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/1968_Dodge_ChargerIII1.jpg\" alt=\"1968 Dodge Charger III\" width=\"\" height=\"\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>1968 Dodge Charger III Unlike the Charger II of 1965, with which the Dodge stylists tested the public&#8217;s response to a planned, similarly styled production car, the 1968 Charger III styling study was not meant for large-scale production. 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