Peter Sagan’s customised Dodge Charger (+ video)

Please allow us to introduce Peter Sagan. He’s a man of wealth and taste – and if the taste is that of an 11-year-old boy, well surely that’s a large part of the reason why he’s so popular. The World Champion has commissioned a Dodge Charger inspired by the Dukes of Hazzard and further refined after he saw The Fast and the Furious.

This writer knows as much about cars as Hot Rod Network knows about cycling (they describe the Slovakian as “an up-and-coming star in the top rungs of competitive cycling”), so please excuse any errors in what follows.

Sagan commissioned Scott Tedro and Ken Maisano, co-owner’s of MASCAR Modern & Classic Autobody & Paint Repair in Costa Mesa, California, to build him a modern version of the General Lee, the 1969 Dodge Charger driven in the television series The Dukes of Hazzard. After then seeing the Fast and the Furious, he requested that they add a blower, hood scoop, and fat rear tyres. The end result is as subtle and low profile as the man himself.

Starting off with a 1970 Charger, Tedro and Maisano set to work. Other modifications include bucket seats, a hand-built console and a modified dashboard. The car also features “a blown 572 wedge engine that delivers power and devastating looks like a punch to the gut.”

If you’re wondering what a wedge engine sounds like, here’s a video of Sagan driving about in the car. He apparently took delivery of it last year.