Certainly, if you look at them side by side, the new Challenger is noticeably "thicker", for whatever reason, no doubt mostly regulatory since we know how much

Certainly, if you look at them side by side, the new Challenger is noticeably "thicker", for whatever reason, no doubt mostly regulatory since we know how much manufacturers enjoy adding weight, especially to performance cars. But at a casual glance, it still looks more like a Challenger than not. They'd probably have real problems with a Barracuda.