Dodge ends production of Charger and Challenger

After 18 years of production and sales of over two million units, the production of current muscle cars DodgeThat means Charger and Challenger are finished.

Although it may not seem like it, this pair of iconic models ends the era of muscle cars for Dodge, The same one that began to counteract the great success of the Ford Mustang in the 1960s.

Although they were also extremely popular accuser And the Challenger disappeared from the market for a few years until they came back on the scene in 2005.

Since their return to the present day, both models featuring their retro style and eight-cylinder engines have been in high demand, even though they did not undergo major development in almost 20 years, but there were a large number of variants and special editions.

Without a doubt, of all the variants, the most extreme was the Hellcat, with the supercharged V8 Hellcat engine The 6.2 liter produces approximately 720 hp or the Challenger SRT Demon 900 hp. Epic muscle cars, simple as that.

Unlike the Dodge Challenger, for which it is actually unknown whether there will be a successor, the Charger has been confirmed to have a new generation, which, in addition to the electric motor, can also be ordered with the new Hurricane inline six engine.

This is a new generation muscle car It is based on the Dodge Charger Daytona SRT concept that Stellantis unveiled in August 2023.And now it will be two-door like the first generation.

As part of the end of this era of powerful V8s, Stellantis ended production of the Charger and Challenger, with the Scat Pack widebody version of the Charger painted Destroyer Grey.