I truly like the brand new Dodge Charger Daytona EV fairly a bit. However I additionally notice it’ll be a really robust promote. After twenty years of success with the final and most unapologetically old-school gasoline muscle vehicles of the trendy period, Dodge has fairly a job forward in getting the devoted to contemplate abandoning their V8 engines for battery energy.
However the Charger Daytona EV has a couple of issues going for it. It appears superior, for one. The horsepower and efficiency specs already rival all however essentially the most excessive variations of the outgoing Charger and Challenger. And now, Automobiles Direct experiences that present Mopar leaseholders stand to get an additional enhance 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 seeking 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. Once you add within the $7,500 EV tax credit score—the automotive ought to 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 ought to be attractive sufficient for even essentially the most hardcore Hemi fan to at the least give this factor a take a look at drive. (It’s price noting that this loyalty lease low cost additionally extends to “most fashions” within the Stellantis household, Automobiles Direct experiences, but it surely has now been prolonged to the electrical Charger too.)
Any low cost on a brand new experience is enviable, however these breaks will go a protracted technique to making this electrical efficiency machine a bit extra like he everyman muscle vehicles the previous gasoline Charger and Challenger have been. The electrical Daytona R/T prices $61,590 (together with a vacation spot charge) 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 automotive that does zero to 60 mph in 3.3 seconds. Proper out of the gate, the Scat Pack can do this sprint a little bit faster than the previous 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 would 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 wished a BMW, I would 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 latest knowledge. Let’s hope the reductions maintain and the sellers do not get into the loopy markup sport; if issues go proper, this rad-looking coupe might carry American muscle into an entire new period.
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