During the late 60’s and early 70’s automakers were neck deep in the muscle car wars, doing their best to outdo each other in horsepower, torque, and “visibility.” That is to say, they wanted the loudest, most visible muscle cars possible for the best price. For Dodge, this meant introducing the “Super Bee” package, initially based on the Dodge Coronet.

The Pentastar brought the Super Bee back in 2007 for a limited run through 2009; and Fiat CEO Sergio Marchionne confirmed with analysts that the Charger Superbee would be returning, reports Edmunds Inside Line.

We’re hoping Dodge does a little better job this time around and sticks closer to the roots of the original Super Bee, which was designed to be a budget muscle car. Back in the day, the original Super Bee could be had with any of Dodge’s big engines (including the elephant HEMI 426).

The “new” Super Bee was no budget muscle car though, as it was based on the SRT8 Charger with its 425 horsepower 6.1 liter V8, and was little more than a marketing gimmick. That put the sticker price well into the $40,000 range, and the limited availability and color choices put even more of a premium on these cars. Between 2007 and 2009 just over 2,400 Super Bees were produced. We’d like to bolster those numbers and at the same time, make them more widely available to Mopar fans.

Instead of basing the next Super Bee on the SRT8, why not base it on the cheaper R/T model? We’d also like to see more of what made the original Super Bee so awesome, including a race-inspired interior and less gaudy badging. A choice of outlandish colors would be nice too (the newest Super Bees were limited in color depending on which year you purchased it; yellow, blue, or orange.) We’ll be happy to have the Super Bee back though, whatever form it takes.