Subsequent-Gen Dodge Charger With Inline-Six Engine Technically Attainable

Throughout Stellantis’ EV Day in 2021, the automaker launched 4 battery-electric platforms: STLA Small, Medium, Giant, and Body. These will underpin the conglomerate’s wide selection of future merchandise from its quite a few manufacturers, with STLA Giant anticipated to underpin the next-generation Charger and Challenger fashions.

Dodge confirmed in July that these next-gen vehicles could be electrical solely. Nonetheless, STLA Giant’s flexibility and modularity do present different potentialities. Throughout a current media scrum, Dodge CEO Tim Kuniskis revealed that the platform might accommodate gasoline engines, just like the Hurricane inline-six. 

In response to The Drive, Kuniskis mentioned it’s attainable to take away the electrical automobile’s flooring pan and battery and substitute it with a drive-shaft tunnel. Dodge designed the structure as a “multi-energy platform,” which apparently consists of inner combustion engines. Nonetheless, simply because Dodge can doesn’t imply it can. “We’re definitely not launching something like that,” the Dodge boss added.

Proper now, Dodge is honoring the final of the current-generation gas-powered Charger and Challenger fashions whereas launching an up to date Charger Daytona SRT idea at this yr’s SEMA Present. The brand new automotive is named Stryker Pink, because of its tri-coat exterior paint with the identical title. The idea options 18-inch carbon-fiber wheels with 305-millimeter drag radials wrapped round them and “Stage 2” badges in and out.

Alongside the idea, Dodge additionally offered the primary efficiency numbers for the EV. The automotive has six totally different outputs for 400-volt fashions, starting from the entry-level 455-horsepower (340-kilowatt) choice to a potent 670 hp (500 kW). The 800-volt vehicles may have three further outputs with much more energy on faucet from the wickedly named Banshee powertrain.

Dodge plans to finish present Charger and Challenger manufacturing in December 2023, and it has already opened the order books for its Final Name fashions. It’s nonetheless unclear if the Charger Daytona SRT idea is a near-production preview of a future product or one thing extra summary. Regardless, Dodge is planning for an electrified future, even when the platform can accommodate varied powertrain sorts. These ideas probably preview what’s to return, and Dodge is making a terrific case to lovers to belief it.