The electric Dodge Charger Daytona is right here, but it surely’s not alone. The Charger’s future contains inside combustion energy, which we suspect has lots of Dodge’s so-called “brotherhood” respiration an enormous sigh of aid. But with that information comes affirmation that the engine underneath the Charger’s hood will not be a V-8 – Hemi or in any other case. 

We requested Dodge CEO Tim Kuniskis in regards to the Hemi V-8 in the course of the Charger Daytona press occasion. Ford is not holding again today about having a V8-powered Mustang; with EV demand diminishing and indicators that authorities laws might backtrack some, we puzzled if there is likely to be some strain at Dodge to get a V-8 within the new Charger. But Kuniskis did not mince phrases in regards to the topic.

“We don’t have a V-8 in the plan,” Kuniskis advised us. There had been no caveats, no hesitation. If a Hemi Charger does come again in some unspecified time in the future, it will not be anytime quickly.

The million-dollar query now’s whether or not die-hard Dodge consumers will settle for a twin-turbocharged straight-six Charger. The new Charger Sixpack arrives within the first quarter of 2025, so named as a result of it is packing the identical 3.0-liter Hurricane six-cylinder engine that debuted with Jeep. The boosted mill will even energy Ram 1500 vehicles beginning this 12 months, and within the Charger, it develops 420 or 550 horsepower in high-output trim. That’s not Hellcat energy, but it surely beats each naturally aspirated Hemi Charger that got here earlier than.