The following-generation 2025 Dodge Charger Daytona EV has been previewed for the primary time signalling a brand new period for the American muscle automobile.
Locked for launch late in 2024, the images posted on Instagram by the US car-maker are of a late-stage prototype relatively than the completed merchandise. However the lack of camouflage provides us the most effective impression but of how the next-generation For Mustang rival is shaping up.
Set to be obtainable with each all-electric energy and conventional combustion energy, the battery-powered variations will carry the Daytona nameplate that also resonates with diehard muscle automobile followers.
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First proven as an idea again in 2022, the brand new prototype stays true to the present automobile, which itself was impressed by the present Challenger and 7 many years of Dodge muscle-car lineage.
Within the flesh, the idea comes with flared arches, a dramatic rising beltline and proportions that may be traced again to the very first Charger that went on sale again in 1966.
The one approach you’ll be capable of inform if you happen to’re trying on the zero-emission model, apart from the shortage of tailpipes, is the Daytona comes with a refined illuminated emblem on the grille. The EV additionally will get a completely enclosed nosecone for the reason that electrical powertrain it packs wants much less cooling.
When it’s launched the Charger Daytona is anticipated to be provided in three variations – a single-motor rear-wheel drive that may pump out 300kW; a dual-motor all-wheel drive with 500kW and on the high of the tree, a triple-motor model that churns out a mighty 660kW.
The final powertrain has truly been developed by Maserati for its GranTurismo Folgore and can see the Charger inherit an 800-volt electrical structure instead of the 400-volt system the 2 lesser fashions have.
Meaning probably the most highly effective battery-electric Charger Daytona would be the quickest to cost and able to receiving a top-up at a price doubtlessly as much as 270kW, with a 10-80 per cent cost taking little greater than 20 minutes.
In addition to the superior EV energy, the Charger may also be provided with conventional petrol energy – however it received’t be a V8. As an alternative, the Mustang fighter will get a twin-turbocharged 3.0-litre inline ‘Hurricane’ engine that may produce not less than 373kW and 664Nm of torque.
Full particulars might be revealed following its launch, probably at November’s LA motor present.
There’s nonetheless no official phrase if the Dodge Charger Daytona will ever be exported to Australia however it’s not trying good proper now as each the Dodge and the Chrysler model are not obtainable Down Below.