With manufacturing starting quickly, Dodge simply confirmed pricing for its controversial Charger Daytona EV. Muscle automobile followers will not like this. The 2024 Charger Daytona R/T will begin at $61,950, whereas the Scat Pack will value $75,185.
For the automobile launch, the Charger Daytona R/T will come commonplace with the “Direct Connection Stage 1 Improve Package deal,” with output set at 496 horsepower and and 404 pound-feet of torque from its entrance and rear electrical motors. The Scat Pack will get a “Stage 2” bundle commonplace with output rated at 670 hp and 627 lb-ft.
Each trims will qualify for a $7,500 tax credit score when leased, however the implication right here is that the Charger Daytona would not meet the Federal requirements for a full tax credit score when bought. It is unclear what, if any, credit score Charger Daytona patrons will likely be eligible for.
Irrespective of the way you slice it, each variations of the Charger Daytona are very costly. The 2023 Challenger R/T value $43,245 whereas the R/T Scat Pack value $50,860. Even the final of the Challenger Hellcats, the SRT Hellcat Jailbreak began at $72,890.
Clearly, the brand new Charger Daytona fashions are way more trendy and higher geared up. And each are extra {powerful} than their gas-powered predecessors. However a extra apt comparability for the brand new Charger Daytona R/T is the outdated Scat Pack, and the brand new Scat Pack is nearer in energy to the outdated Hellcat. Taking a look at it that approach, the brand new EVs are much more costly than older, arguably extra fascinating gas-powered fashions.
Given each of the Charger Daytona fashions at launch embody a Direct Connection improve bundle, we surprise if there will likely be cheaper, less-powerful fashions down the road. The Scat Pack additionally comes with a typical “Observe Package deal” that features Brembo fixed-piston brakes, adaptive dampers, upgraded seats, and a video information logger that may document each road-course and drag-strip runs.
Possibility packages embody the $4,995 Plus Group, which provides plenty of luxuries together with improve inside trim, a 360-degree digicam system, an influence rear liftgate, and for the R/T, 20- as a substitute of 18-inch wheels. A Solar and Sound Package deal provides a glass roof and an Alpine sound system for $2,495, whereas the R/T and Scat Pack get their very own particular possibility packages as nicely.
Manufacturing for the two-door will begin imminently, whereas four-door Charger Daytona fashions will begin rolling off the meeting line within the first half of subsequent yr. The gas-powered Charger, sporting Stellantis’ new twin-turbo straight-six, will start manufacturing within the second half of 2025.
Dodge faces an uphill battle right here, and when you do not imagine me, simply have a look at social media feedback on the model’s posts. Lots of muscle automobile followers don’t desire EVs, and the truth that the launch Charger Daytona fashions are vastly dearer than their predecessors is not going to assist.
