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Las Vegas is the brightest city on our Earth as seen from space. This glittering city of neon lights, lively casinos, entertainment and shopping centres can brighten your life too!

If cars are what you love, you can enjoy yourself to the full in Las Vegas, Nevada. The city has many car rental companies offering a wide array of classic, luxury and exotic models of cars on rent. Make a style statement and drive around Las Vegas in a rented Charger, a car with an interesting history.

A Charger ‘idea’ car was built and displayed at auto shows in 1965 to stimulate market interest in the concept. The concept car received a positive response, so Dodge put it into production and the 1966 Charger was born.

Carl Cameron was the exterior designer of Dodge’s new flagship vehicle, and on January 1, 1966, viewers of the Rose Bowl were first introduced to the new “Leader of the Dodge Rebellion”, the 1966 Charger.

At last, Dodge had the performance image to go with a performance engine. The electric shaver grille used fully rotating headlights, not seen on a Chrysler product since the 1942 DeSoto, that when opened or closed made the grille look like one-piece. Inside, the Charger had four individual bucket seats with a full length console from front to rear.

The rear seats and console pad also folded forward, and the trunk divider dropped back, which allowed for lots of cargo space inside. Many other things were exclusive to the Charger such as the door panels, courtesy lights and the instrument panel.

The instrument panel was especially interesting as regular bulbs were not used to light the gauges. Instead four electroluminescent dash pods housed the tachometer, speedometer, alternator, fuel and temperature gauges. In the rear the full length taillight read CHARGER.

The 1966 Charger was the first US production vehicle to have a spoiler. David Pearson, driving a #6 Cotten Owens-prepared Charger, won the NASCAR Grand National championship in 1966 with 14 first-place finishes. The 1966 to 1974 Chargers were sporty models based on the Chrysler B platform that could be ordered with high-performance options. The 1975 to 1978 Chargers were based on the Chrysler Cordoba. The Dodge Charger R/T was one of the largest muscle cars available in the 1970s.

So go ahead and choose from the different generations and different models available with the classic car rental companies in Las Vegas and charge yourself with the exhilerating experience of driving a Charger rental!