The new gasoline-powered Dodge Charger is likely to arrive sooner, and guess why?
Initially announced as a 2024 model, the Dodge Charger reinvented as an electric muscle car won't hit our roads until early 2025. And now we learn that the future gasoline variant could be on sale sooner than expected.
According to information obtained by the Mopar Insiders website, which does not specify its sources, Dodge decided to bring the model to market about five months earlier, towards the beginning of summer 2025. Four-door SIXPACK S.O. (420 hp) and two-door SIXPACK H.O. (550 hp) versions powered by the new twin-turbocharged six-cylinder Hurricane engine are planned.
Why is this? Two possible reasons have been put forward. Firstly, demand for the new gasoline Charger is said to be higher than for the all-electric Charger Daytona, which is hardly surprising given Dodge's typical customer base and the reality of the battery-powered vehicle market at the moment.
Secondly, the future administration under Donald Trump is likely to favor combustion vehicles to the detriment of electrics, notably through a reduction in credits granted for the latter, causing automakers to review their strategies at the same time.
Ironically, Dodge dealers in the U.S. still have more than 5,000 unsold 2023 Chargers and Challengers in their yards right now, according to another report this week, despite generous discounts being offered to buyers.
Dodge has made no official comment. On its Canadian website, it still says that thermal models of the new Charger will be available towards the end of 2025. On its American site, however, it says mid-2025. Stay tuned.
