I really like the brand new Dodge Charger Daytona EV fairly a bit. However I additionally notice it should be a really robust promote. After twenty years of success with the final and most unapologetically old-school gasoline muscle automobiles of the fashionable period, Dodge has fairly a activity forward in getting the trustworthy to think about forsaking their V8 engines for battery energy.
However the Charger Daytona EV has a couple of issues going for it. It appears to be like superior, for one. The horsepower and efficiency specs already rival all however probably the most excessive variations of the outgoing Charger and Challenger. And now, Vehicles Direct studies that present Mopar leaseholders stand to get an additional increase on high of the $7,500 EV tax credit score.
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The car-buying recommendation web site says that an “unadvertised” Stellantis loyalty low cost is in play for any present Dodge, Jeep, Ram and Chrysler house owners trying to return their leases. In accordance with a bulletin despatched to sellers, that equates to $1,000 further off a brand new Dodge Charger Daytona EV lease once they flip in a lease from the identical household. If you add within the $7,500 EV tax credit score—the automobile must be eligible for that at buy and might be when it is leased, per the loophole—that equals as much as an $8,500 low cost. And that must be attractive sufficient for even probably the most hardcore Hemi fan to at the least give this factor a take a look at drive. (It’s value noting that this loyalty lease low cost additionally extends to “most fashions” within the Stellantis household, Vehicles Direct studies, however it has now been prolonged to the electrical Charger too.)
Any low cost on a brand new trip is enviable, however these breaks will go an extended strategy to making this electrical efficiency machine a bit extra like he everyman muscle automobiles the outdated gasoline Charger and Challenger had been. The electrical Daytona R/T prices $61,590 (together with a vacation spot price) and delivers 496 horsepower. The Scat Pack runs $75,185 and brings 670 hp to the desk. The 2 are rated at 317 and 260 miles of vary, respectively; the latter positive is not dangerous for a automobile that does zero to 60 mph in 3.3 seconds. Proper out of the gate, the Scat Pack can try this sprint a bit faster than the outdated Hellcat Redeye Jailbreak. The Charger will launch in late 2024 as a coupe and the four-door sedan will debut subsequent 12 months.
Whether or not the V8-loving crowd will actually embrace electrical muscle stays to be seen. However Dodge goes all-out to make a case right here, together with with the “Fratzonic Chambered Exhaust” that simulates the booming engine and exhaust sounds these house owners love. (I might additionally add that I believe the electrical Charger is a extra compelling possibility than the brand new inline-six possibility coming subsequent 12 months; if I needed a BMW, I might get a BMW, personally.)
Over the previous few months particularly, we have seen an aggressive array of lease offers and reductions on new EVs. Certainly, as much as 80% of recent electrical purchases are leased, per current knowledge. Let’s hope the reductions maintain and the sellers do not get into the loopy markup recreation; if issues go proper, this rad-looking coupe may carry American muscle into an entire new period.
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