The V8 Dodge muscle car is dead, replaced by the first new model in more than a decade with battery-electric or turbo six-cylinder power – and two or four doors.
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The 2024 Dodge Charger muscle car has been unveiled with up to 500kW from dual electric motors, and a choice of two-door or four-door body styles.
And in a stunning U-turn from persistent denials by company executives – but as previously reported by Drive and certain media outlets with insider sources – the Charger will also be available with a turbo six-cylinder engine developing up to 410kW.
Dodge – owned by global car-making giant Stellantis – has ruled out the return of the V8, and there is no more manual transmission, or pure rear-wheel-drive model, as all petrol variants are automatics and all-wheel drive.
It is unlikely the Dodge Charger – which replaces the outgoing, 13 to 16-year-old Challenger and Charger twins – will come to Australia or…
