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Thursday 03/07/2024 – Will he be convinced?

The muscle car was invented in the United States, and it did not exist anywhere else. Big coupes. Even if they were considered average in the United States. The first was the Pontiac GTO in 1963, and Dodge came to compete in 1966 with the Charger. The model would enter the story two years later, when in a redesigned version, the Dodge Charger was one of the stars of the movie Bullit, by Steve McQueen. The original Charger disappeared in the mid-1970s, but the manufacturer took the name in 2006, for a sports sedan based on the Chrysler 300. With 4 doors, it was no longer a real Charger in the eyes of purists, even if it was. it had retained the spirit of all Chargers: the big V8 engine.
This new 2025 Charger will still be available in a gasoline version, and 3-liter in line 6-cylinder, but no V8 will be available, and the most powerful versions will be … Electric. Wow! Sure, you’d think that’s progress, but the sound of a big V8 has always been a big part of a muscle car’s charm. Failing that, Dodge found out Fratzonic Chambered Exhaust, which is a device that increases the noise of an electrical machine. Will have to see. Finally, listen, we mean it.
Of course, it is the electric version that interests our readers, and Dodge too, since the manufacturer has given it priority. Petrol versions will be available only 6 months later, at the same time as the 4-door versions. The first new Dodge Chargers will therefore be 2-door electrics.
As always, these are big cars. 5.25 m long and 2.03 m wide. Made for America! The main thing is that they will launch a new architecture A great STLAafter the launched Peugeot 3008 Between STLA. And there, we can start with desire, since the cars are 400 volts. If they were Asian, it is certain that they would be built on 800 volt architecture…
The battery has a total capacity of 100.5 kWh with a useful capacity of 93.9 kWh. In terms of engines, there are two, one in the front and one in the back, and all Chargers are all-wheel drive. Which is a complete change from the old Chargers, which were all rear-wheel drive, with the rear wheels wanting to move forward if you turned the steering wheel while accelerating. This pushing behavior can disappear, as the front and rear motors are exactly the same, each delivering 250 kW and 407 Nm (in the more powerful version). But at Dodge, they haven’t forgotten that you have to laugh. So the cars will be offered in Drift mode, which makes the front suspension as soft as possible, and which stiffens the rear suspension as much as possible. So it must be slipping… There’s also Launch Control for a smooth start, and even an ECO mode, but true Charger fans will never use it.
In terms of recharging, the Charger has an 11 kW charger on board, and going fast, the car accepts direct current of up to 183 kW. Which is great, even if Asians do better. According to American standards, which are stricter than European ones, the range of the 489 hp Charger R/T is 510 km, and 418 km for the 661 hp Charger Day.
Finally, performance, for acceleration from 0 to 96 km/h (60 mph, US car requires): 4.7 s for the Charger R/T and 3.3 s for the Charger Daytona. In the start of 400 m, the times are 13.1 s and 11.5 s. Dodge has already announced next year’s top-of-the-line model.
The Dodge Charger weighs 2,645 kg, and its Large STLA architecture will be used by many other models in the group, all of which are probably more expensive. No one should despair, the electric Dodge Charger meets all the expectations placed on it, but … Nothing more. The cars will be manufactured in Canada, there is still no information about the possibility of export to Europe.

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