I’m about to drive probably the most controversial automobiles of the 2020s that isn’t a Cybertruck. That’s proper, I’m getting behind the wheel of the all-new and all-electric Dodge Charger Daytona, Fratzonic “exhaust” and all. Earlier than I take this massively highly effective out on the roads of Phoenix and on the monitor, I need to know what you need to find out about it.
I imply, this automotive is extremely essential, not simply to Dodge, however to Stellantis as an entire. It’s an automaker that badly wants a win, so it’s pinning quite a lot of its hopes on the reimaged muscle automotive. Certain, it doesn’t have the V8 roar of previous Dodge Challengers and Chargers, however what it loses in loud noises it makes up for with… loud noises and a ton of velocity. Proper now, this automotive is an especially unknown amount. We’re among the many first individuals to drive it, and earlier than you ask, no. I’m not driving the internal-combustion-powered Daytona Six Pack. It’s all EV for me. That’s extra attention-grabbing than a turbocharged inline-six, anyway.
Whereas we don’t know the on highway and on monitor driving traits of the brand new two- and four-door Charger Daytona, there are nonetheless some boilerplate numbers we will get out of the way in which. It runs on Stellantis’ modular STLA platform, and at launch, it’s going to be supplied with two trim ranges: Charger Daytona R/T and Charger Daytona Scat Pack – not dissimilar to the naming scheme of the older Dodge siblings. Each automobiles include a 100.5-kWh battery pack working on a 400 Volt structure and have a single motor on every axle. Dodge says the motors can generate as much as 335 horsepower and 300 pound-feet of torque every, and the rear motor comes with a mechanical limited-slip differential.
The R/T is the much less highly effective of the 2, however it’s no slouch. Dodge says its motors put out a mixed 456 horsepower (that quantity jumps to 496 if you hit the PowerShot) and 404 lb-ft of torque. These numbers are sufficient to get this huge automotive from 0-60 in simply 4.7 seconds. Maintain your foot in it, and also you’ll cross the quarter-mile in 12.6 seconds and hit a prime velocity of 135 mph. It’ll additionally get an EPA-estimated 308 miles of vary.
The Scat Pack is the place the true efficiency is. It ups energy to 630 horsepower (670 with PowerShot engaged) and 627 lb-ft of torque. That’ll rocket the automotive from 0-60 in simply 3.3 seconds. It’ll hit 1 / 4 mile in a fast 11.5 seconds and go on to an similar prime velocity of 135 mph.
We additionally know that that is going to be one massive car. Stellantis says each automobiles weigh nearly 5,700 kilos – which is about 1,600 kilos heavier than the previous Charger V6 AWD and over 1,200 kilos greater than a Charger Hellcat. Vehicles are heavy now. That’s simply the way in which it’s. It’s received the bodily measurement to match its weight with a 121-inch wheelbase, 206.6-inch general size and a 79.8-inch width with out mirrors.
The automotive can also be going to return with Dodge’s Fratzonic Chambered Exhaust system, which is able to apparently ship “Hellcat ranges of sound depth,” in response to Dodge. I don’t understand how true that’s simply but, however I’m keen to search out out.
Anyway, I believe that’s sufficient out of me for now, as I’m simply too excited to maintain tying. Why don’t you head on down under to let me know what burning questions you’ve gotten in regards to the Dodge Charger Daytona R/T and Scat Pack. I’ll do my greatest to reply all of them. Additionally, I don’t care if you happen to don’t suppose Dodge ought to be making it or not. I believe it’s a cool concept, and what I say goes.
