About Charger
The Dodge Charger has been many things over the years, a fastback, a TV star, a NASCAR winner, a police car and a four-door family sedan with a supercharged V8, but it has always been about attitude. The first Charger of 1966 was a fastback coupe with hidden headlights, and the second generation that followed in 1968 is one of the most beloved designs of the muscle-car era, thanks in part to its starring roles in Bullitt and as the General Lee in The Dukes of Hazzard. The winged Charger Daytona of 1969 was built to dominate NASCAR's fastest tracks.
After years of personal-luxury coupes and front-drive compacts that wore the name, the Charger returned in 2006 as a rear-drive, four-door sedan with available Hemi V8 power. Purists objected to the extra doors, but the car became a hit, especially in its later SRT Hellcat form, whose supercharged V8 made it one of the most powerful sedans ever sold. It also became the default police cruiser across much of the United States. Production of the Hemi sedan ended in 2023, when the Brampton, Ontario, plant finished its long run of big rear-drive cars.
The latest Charger is a different machine, built in Windsor, Ontario, and offered as a two-door and a four-door. The Charger Daytona is an electric muscle car with a synthesized exhaust sound, while the Sixpack uses a twin-turbo inline-six. The electric version launched first, a decision that drew criticism from fans who wanted V8 power, and Dodge has since emphasized the gas models. The Charger competes with the Ford Mustang and with performance sedans and electric sports cars.
The feed tracks the new Charger's reviews, drag-strip tests, special editions, recalls, pricing and sales, along with the classic Chargers that remain fixtures of auctions and car shows. Expect news on fresh performance versions, including the revived Super Bee name, and on whatever Dodge decides to put under the hood next. Restorations, barn finds and the high-horsepower Hellcat sedans that still dominate tuning headlines fill out the picture, as do the police cruisers, many of them now retired to auction lots and second careers with enthusiastic new owners.