The eighth-generation Dodge Charger has been unveiled, dropping its long-running Hemi V8 engine for a alternative of straight-six or battery-electric energy.

1. Charger Daytona will get 3.0-litre engine making both 426hp or 558hp
2. Range-topping Challenger EV Scat pack will get 639hp and 850Nm
3. There is potential for electrical variants with as much as 748hp

New Dodge Charger petrol engine particulars

The new Charger Daytona’s combustion providing is the twin-turbocharged 3.0-litre Hurricane straight six from the Jeep Grand Wagoneer. Dubbed the Sixpack, it sends 426hp (‘standard output’) or 558hp (‘high output’) by means of all 4 wheels.

Dodge has but to supply detailed efficiency statistics for the Sixpack muscle cars. What the American model has elaborated on, nevertheless, is the potential of the Charger Daytona EV.

New Dodge Charger EV particulars

The range-topping Scat Pack options twin permanent-magnet synchronous motors with silicon-carbide inverters, producing a mixed 639hp and 850Nm as normal. Using the Powershot – a 15sec overboost mode whose identify references the normal shot of nitrous oxide in drag racers – output is boosted to 679hp – almost as a lot as within the wild 717hp V8 Charger Hellcat.

This permits the Scat Pack to dispatch the 0-96kph dash in 3.3sec, regardless of weighing all of two,648kg. Covering a quarter-mile is claimed to take 11.5sec and prime pace is rated at 216kph.

For reference, the Tesla Model S Plaid electrical sedan’s tri-motor set-up produces 1034hp, giving it a 0-96kph time of two.4sec and a claimed quarter-mile time of 9.2sec.

Scat Pack cars can optionally be outfitted with the Track Pack, which goals to spice up cornering efficiency. The springs are stiffened and the monotube dampers are swapped for adaptive items, whereas the disc brakes are swapped for Brembo items with a diameter of 410mm. It additionally beneficial properties a staggered tyre set-up, carrying Goodyear Eagle F1 Supercar 3 rubber that measures 305mm vast up entrance and 325mm vast on the rear.

In the entry-level Charger Daytona R/T, the dual-motor system’s outputs are lowered to 462hp (503hp utilizing Powershot) and 548Nm. It hits 96kph from a standstill in 4.7sec and completes the quarter-mile dash in 13.1sec. Its prime pace is 220kph – barely larger than that quoted for the shorter-geared Scat Pack.

The R/T additionally receives barely smaller brakes (354mm in diameter), softer springs, dampers tuned for consolation and 18-inch alloys, fairly than the 20-inch wheels worn by the Scat Pack.

Electric variants of the Charger Daytona function a 400V electrical structure and a 100.5kWh (93.9kWh usable) battery pack. This supplies a spread of 510km between costs within the R/T, based on the US’s EPA take a look at cycle (which is harder than the WLTP cycle utilized in Europe). The extra highly effective Scat Pack yields 418km.

The battery may be charged at charges of as much as 183kW, permitting for a 20-80 % cost in 27 minutes. Dodge mentioned the battery can discharge vitality at charges as much as 550kW – greater than the 500kW most drawn by the Scat Pack’s two motors. This hints on the potential for electrical variants with as much as 748hp at a later time.

Indeed, father or mother firm Stellantis beforehand mentioned the STLA Large platform underpinning the Charger Daytona will ultimately permit for 0-96kph instances of two.0sec. It referenced the V8 Hellcat because the benchmark for energy outputs, in an extra implication that the mannequin may survive the shift to electrical energy.

The EVs obtain a Fratzonic exterior sound generator, like that featured on the Abarth 500e, which is claimed to make them as noisy because the Hellcat.

New Dodge Charger design

The combustion and electrical Charger Daytonas are in any other case indistinguishable from each other. They will likely be supplied in two-door and four-door varieties, with electrical two-door cars hitting US roads earlier than the top of 2024.

Visually, the Mk8 Charger is clearly impressed by the legendary Mk2, with a rakish roofline and headlights neatly built-in right into a blacked-out entrance grille. In an extra reference to Dodge’s heritage, the grille wears the triangular ‘Fratzog’ emblem final used on one of many model’s cars in 1976.

At the rear, the brand new car retains the Mk7’s signature LED lightbar however with an oblong design additionally paying homage to the smaller Dodge Challenger.

New Dodge Charger inside

Inside, the Charger Daytona is obtainable with the selection of a ten.25-inch or 16.0-inch digital instrument show, flanked by a 12.3-inch infotainment touchscreen that is angled towards the driving force. It seats 5 folks, with a 60:40 break up rear bench that is ready to fold down to spice up baggage capability.

Pricing has but to be introduced for the US. Stellantis at present has no plans for a UK launch, an organization spokesperson advised our sister publication Autocar UK, and there’s no phrase on the brand new Dodge Charger being delivered to India.

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