Even though it’s only Wednesday, Dodge has had quite a busy week already. Along with announcing no fewer than six heritage versions of the Challenger and Charger, we also saw a Challenger convertible, the return of the Durango SRT Hellcat for 2023, and a carbon fiber body for the 1970 Charger. We were also promised a SEMA-bound muscle car “for the history books” while the 2023 Hornet brings with it the revival of the GLH badge.
And after? Dodge’s Tim Kuniskis vaguely hinted at another reveal at the end of Speed Week Day 2, shortly after the sporty compact crossover’s official premiere. Either way, it will be “really deafening”. We know it’s tied to the future of muscle cars, a future that will be purely electric. Electric vehicles are completely silent, so it will be interesting to see how a car without a combustion engine can be extremely loud.
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In early March, Dodge’s parent company Stellantis, through CEO Carlos Tavares, said the electric muscle car will produce a “sound you can’t imagine.” Not only that, it will be “something shocking”. Already teased, the ICE-less muscle car will go on sale in 2024 and it will be “shockingly shiny”, according to the 63-year-old executive.
Putting two and two together, these recent statements could tie into what Dodge will reveal today ahead of the electric muscle car’s launch in 2024. We could see a concept that previews the production car. The electric vehicle will follow the “Last Call” Challenger and Charger models with their gas-guzzling gasoline engines.
The mystery car we’ll see later today will represent the “next generation of muscle in the only way Dodge knows how to do.” Our money is on an electric successor for the Challenger or Charger in concept form to signal that we’re about to enter a new era of muscle EVs.
Even though it’s only Wednesday, Dodge has had quite a busy week already. Along with announcing no fewer than six heritage versions of the Challenger and Charger, we also saw a Challenger convertible, the return of the Durango SRT Hellcat for 2023, and a carbon fiber body for the 1970 Charger. We were also promised a SEMA-bound muscle car “for the history books” while the 2023 Hornet brings with it the revival of the GLH badge.
And after? Dodge’s Tim Kuniskis vaguely hinted at another reveal at the end of Speed Week Day 2, shortly after the sporty compact crossover’s official premiere. Either way, it will be “really deafening”. We know it’s tied to the future of muscle cars, a future that will be purely electric. Electric vehicles are completely silent, so it will be interesting to see how a car without a combustion engine can be extremely loud.
13 Pictures
In early March, Dodge’s parent company Stellantis, through CEO Carlos Tavares, said the electric muscle car will produce a “sound you can’t imagine.” Not only that, it will be “something shocking”. Already teased, the ICE-less muscle car will go on sale in 2024 and it will be “shockingly shiny”, according to the 63-year-old executive.
Putting two and two together, these recent statements could tie into what Dodge will reveal today ahead of the electric muscle car’s launch in 2024. We could see a concept that previews the production car. The electric vehicle will follow the “Last Call” Challenger and Charger models with their gas-guzzling gasoline engines.
The mystery car we’ll see later today will represent the “next generation of muscle in the only way Dodge knows how to do.” Our money is on an electric successor for the Challenger or Charger in concept form to signal that we’re about to enter a new era of muscle EVs.