The 2024 Dodge Charger Daytona heralds a new era of electric performance for the American automaker. Its impending arrival might have you wondering what one of these fine machines will set you back. We now have a leak to give us some insight, with the caveat that this pricing is unconfirmed and totally unverified.
The leak comes to us via Mopar Insiders, which gained access to an allegedly official internal screenshot from YouTuber Butter da Insider. When it comes to inside leaks of information from Stellantis, Ford, and GM, well—that’s Butter’s bread and butter, so to speak.
We can’t share the direct screenshot itself, but we can share the pricing details. As you might expect, it suggests the new model won’t be quite as affordable as the outgoing combustion-powered Charger. Let’s dive into what we know about these First Edition models.
According to the screenshots, a Charger Daytona in R/T Configuration 1 will come in at an MSRP of $68,570, likely excluding dealer delivery charges. This includes the Direct Connection eStage 1 Upgrade that boosts horsepower from 456 hp to 496 hp. You also get the Plus Group, which gives you heated and ventilated front seats, heated rear seats, ambient lighting, illuminated door handles, and premium LED headlamps. The Blacktop Appearance Package and Sun & Sound Group are included, including dark badges and 20-inch aluminum wheels, along with the tinted full-glass roof and 18-speaker Alpine sound system. It will have an EV range of 317 miles out of the box.
Meanwhile, Scat Pack Configuration 1 will allegedly start at an MSRP of $82,170. This includes the eStage 2 upgrade, which boosts the Scat Pack from 590 to 670 hp, along with the Track Pack, which adds bigger Brembo brakes, leather/suede performance seats, and a drive-experience recorder. You also get the Plus Group and Sun & Sound groups at that level, along with a Carbon & Suede package with fat 20 x 11-inch alloy wheels, carbon fiber mirror caps, and other carbon & suede interior pieces. It will have an EV range of 260 miles.
These prices should be treated as speculative at this point. The Autopian has reached out to Stellantis regarding the veracity of the leak & future pricing details.
For the sake of comparison, though, let’s stack these up against the former model. You could get a 2023 Dodge Charger R/T starting at $46,660, replete with a 5.7-liter Hemi V8 good for 370 hp. The Scat Pack started at $53,520, with its larger 6.4-liter engine offering a mighty 485 hp. It’s worth noting that would fling you to 60 mph in just 4.5 seconds. Meanwhile, if you were a bit strapped for cash, you could get into a Charger SXT for just $36,920, though you’d have to make do with a V6 and just 292 hp.
We obviously don’t have confirmed pricing yet, nor an idea of the full range of Charger models in the pipeline. Still, this is a strong suggestion that the First Edition launch models will indeed command a lofty price. Add in the potential of high customer demand at launch, and they could go even higher as dealers aim to get the most money for their trouble (though the inverse could also happen). Production will start with two-door EV Charger Daytona models, with four-door models and gas-powered models to follow later.
In any case, deliveries of the two-door Charger Daytona are expected to begin soon. If you’re keen to have one, you probably should have been talking to your dealer weeks if not months ago. It’s going to be an exciting time as America gets its first real taste of muscle gone electric.
Update (Aug 5, 2024 1:30 PM ET): Stellantis says it “can’t confirm this is accurate,” but that official pricing will be out soon. So we shall see.
Image credits: Dodge
It’s amazing that a 292 hp V6 is all sad trombone while I’m driving around in a 100 hp 4-cylinder BMW e36.
Hey anything under 500hp that cannot go 0-60 in under 3 seconds is not a car you should have and not fun /s (you have me with my Cummins whole 160 HP and whip it around roundabouts like a Miata hah)
“I’m driving around in a 100 hp 4-cylinder BMW e36.”
*sad trombone orchestra*
I can’t wait to buy a R/T in 3 years for $30k!
I’ve never understood why they would name an option package after bear shit.
Because it “Shits and Gits!”
And that’s before sexual fetishes…ugh.
See list item #2.
Point taken…
The cynic in me (so uh, me) wonders if this another intentional own-goal to “prove” that no one wants EVs, no one is buying EVs. For a long time it was hard to even find an F-150 Lightning under 75k, and impossible to find one under 65k.
You wanna know why farmers and farmer’s mums didn’t pick one up? It was priced into the mesosphere, the price you set. Acting surprised that people didn’t trip over themselves to buy a base truck at 2x ICE base truck price isn’t a fair indication or damning indictment of the EV market. It’s just things being priced out of the regular-ass V market altogether.
Are you suggesting that these companies are pouring millions, possibly billions, of dollars into product development and manufacturing to intentionally build something they suspect no one will buy, just for the lolz, or to advance some political agenda? That does not sound like a solid business plan. Then again, we are talking about Stellantis.
BYD execs have been spotted at Stellantis facilities. Increasing numbers of employees, especially engineers, are being laid off. Offices are being shut down.
Hardly anyone can afford Stellantis’ overpriced vehicles in the USA. The EV Chargers are DOA. They’re expensive bloatware vehicles that won’t appeal to their target demographic as much as their predecessors.
I smell a buying opportunity for the stock soon. BYD might buy them out if a government bailout isn’t forthcoming.
In 1938-1951, several automotive, oil, and tire companies bought out streetcar services, replaced the streetcars with busses, and ran the entire business into the ground. They spent massive amounts of money convincing cities that rail was somehow unviable compared to cars, just so they could sell more engines, tires, and oil.
In the mid-1990s, GM killed off their otherwise-successful pilot of EV1. It is credibly theorized that this was done to convince CARB that fulfilling their emissions regulations was impossible.
In 2000-2010, Chevron owned the patent for NiMH battery use in EVs and PHEVs. Chevron’s battery company, Cobasys, was repeatedly sued in 2007-2008 for failing or refusing to deliver batteries. Chevron spent massive amounts of money on a battery business they intentionally sabotaged just to nip nascent EV/PHEV efforts in the bud.
Today, there is an entire industry sometimes called “vulture capitalism,” where a private equity firm pretends to try to save an ailing business while actually stripping it for parts.
Corporations regularly engage in subterfuge that looks like self-sabotage. The idea that a car company would engage in a farcical show of EV manufacturing in an attempt to convince regulators or voters that regulations need to be dialed back is… frankly not far-fetched. There’s an awful lot of precedent.
Much of the loss is tax deductible as well.
Hell yeah, thanks for bringing receipts.
@Rad Barchetta
Though companies lately are often seen trying to juice up every quarter for fear of a line not going up, fundamental changes (EVs) or existential threats (not EVs, but maybe the loss of service revenue, the cost of development, the many, many companies that have a deeply vested interest in making as much fossil fuel is burned for as long as possible) will drive companies to try to manifest the least-disruptive future they can conceive, or at least get away with.
Notice how Google was extremely content to be search until OpenAI showed up with ChatGPT. Suddenly they were frantically shitting the bed with Bard, no uh Gemini, guys we know we made our core product into trash please keep using our stuff.
Now imagine that with a well-run Tesla-alike popping up and offering a $40k four-door truck with 200 miles of range. GM would suddenly get real good at cutting weight from Ultium, the Lighting would be called out as the crazy luxobarge they made out of every single unit, Ram would… Honestly, I have no idea. Tavares would likely use the check that was supposed to pay suppliers as a coke straw, then blame unions/weather/supply chain/market.
OMG with the EV-1. It was an experiment. They made ~1000 of them. There were no viable battery options to deliver acceptable range.
When GM finally tried to produce an electric car it took years longer than expected and required a government bailout.
The EV-1 was not a secret. Electricity was not a secret. Batteries were not a secret. If anyone cared to combine these things in a marketable way, they would have done it before Tesla.
I really wanted to see this succeed but it’s already DOA with that kind of pricing. Just absolutely astonishingly stupid decisions here. Maybe Dodge is dead after all and we’ll be left with Ram and Jeep?
Is it eligible for the full $7500 credit?
That rear quarter panel is longer than a Monday.
I dont know where all of these people willing to spend that kind of money on a new car are going to come from. I know I’m not one of them.
This is something I wonder who are all these people willing to pay 50k+ for vehicles? The median house hold income is what like 75k in the US are people really dropping that much on cars nowadays?
Yes.
People making the median income have basically never been able to afford the average priced new vehicle since the Model T.
Then why is the average new car price so much? If the median income people cannot afford these cars why does the price of these cars keep going up? You would think if it was not affordable the average new car prices would come down.
Because both income and car prices have a skewed distribution.
Most new cars are marketed to upper middle or rich people and basically always have been.
It’s not as if $25-30K cars affordable to the median income buyer aren’t out there, but enough Escalades, S-classes, Teslas, and so on are sold to bring the average price up.
That’s the median. That means that half of the households take home more than that. Some of those bring home a lot more than that.
Isn’t it better to go off the median vs the mean though? As the mean gets skewed because of the people who make so much. I am not a financial person so maybe I am wrong
Either way, it’s a useless metric on a national level. The standard of living for a $75k/yr household varies greatly depending on where you are in the US.
In the places with higher incomes, housing costs easily consume the difference. According to Zillow, there are 237 cities in the US where a starter home costs $1million or more. There are also places where $200k gets you a nice house with land in an area where you can still find work and have access to stores and hospitals.
If it’s done correctly then outliers are ignored.
Median rather than average is a good way to deal with skew or long tails.
I always wonder what the median car purchase price is, including new and used. Maybe no one has a motive to collect the data.
Decently equipped Honda Civics are over $30k. Prices are silly, but they’re not likely to come down.
That is a big charge for a charger that will need charging
Not a problem if you’re just going to charge it instead of paying cash.
You are right you should just charge the price of the new charger to your charge card.
Is this going to be the equivalent of the Chrysler TC by Maserati?
I don’t see Dodge Charger drivers thinking I wish this was electric, it will probably gather new customers but that’s it, my local CDJR has the worst customer service I ever experienced, now add the formula of Stellantis reputation, no bueno.
What new customers will this attract to the Dodge brand? There are plenty of options for EVs, and a lot of them sitting around in inventory.
Dealers will mark these up. Content creators will buy them for a month or two. Then there will be some big stupid problem that gets more publicity than the launch of the car, Stellantis will handle it poorly and then these will sit around with the Hornets until they’re ready to discount them to move them.
I feel like the new buyers won’t be attracted until the discounts come.
Right up until the light turns green and they get flat treed by that EV torque and traction control. No prep, city street launches are so much better in an electric. The big motor Chargers just make smoke and noise these days. If you can get that launch with big three badging, it might change minds.
Not my company, but oh boy is that a pretty car. And guess what, pretty sells. Price is steep, but we will see a billion base models running around before too long. I hope Dodge figures this out. Despite not being a fan, I don’t want them to disappear and hope this sells.
Going from a base of $36,920 to $68,570 is not going to be good.
I think there are going to be lowered trimmed variants eventually, but like most EV releases, they first prioritize the higher end trims to maximize revenue/margin from a limited production capacity. They eventually shift to lower trims as the demand for the high dollar stuff is satiated.
Yeah, I like the 456HP/317mile is basically the exact same hardware as the 590HP/260 mile version. Why not limit it to 300HP and get 400+ miles? Cause… that would sell. And, economies of scale should support it. But, I’m sure I’m wrong.
They don’t list the battery sizes, but these are EVs, not ICE, and it’s the battery that is the major provider of power and range. A longer range battery means more available power and, since the battery is the most expensive component, more cost. The smaller and not-much-cheaper 300 hp motor here would only limit the battery’s short-term power delivery like a governor and wouldn’t save range as the weight would be greater due to the larger battery (though maybe a little better regen) and the aero is the same. If the battery was downsized to better match what the 300 hp motor could handle, the car wouldn’t have the longer range. On top of that, a larger motor can be more efficient.
This is not the base model though. This is the first-edition, which lately seem to always be higher-trim versions. There V6 one will probably be more than $36k, but nowhere near the $68k here.
And the Leaf is more expensive than a Versa hatch used to be.
EV’s are generally more expensive, so why is this such a shock?
I mean, this is hybrid Hornet territory of just unnecessary greed as well, but by the sounds of it, people expected this to be $35,000. Yeah, as if.
$68,000! At 6000 lbs., that’s more than $11/lb. Way too much for scrap metal.
I am obligated to point out that, according to an article on this very site, these Chargers will weigh almost SIX THOUSAND POUNDS.
Consider yourselves reminded.
Don’t forget the new M5 weighs about that too, and it isn’t even an EV.
Finally, a Dodge that is eligible for it’s own TLC program.
JFC just think of the damage these babies will do coming out of cars and coffee events.
I really don’t know who Stellantis is building these for.
Folks who have that kind of money are more likely to get a Lucid Air or an Audi – Not a Dodge.
I understand why Dodge stuck their heels in the ground and went for the electric push at this point. I thought that they may have something going if they could bring it in at/around $50k. An entry price at $68k for that target market is not going to fly one little bit.
You know, if car manufacturers are so intent on setting money on fire to chase an imaginary market, they could at least build a few brown manual station wagons for us.
With buttons!
The cardigan of cars.
I actually have a brown manual station wagon. It makes me sad that I can’t replace it with another one.
brown manual wagon +diesel, right?
brown manual wagon +diesel +wood grain +velour bench seat, please?
Sounds great! I almost want to start a company that only makes these…there may actually be more than tens of us…hundreds of us willing to buy? Ha ha
Hey, probably about as many people who want a 70k EV Dodge Charger.
There’s just no way. This is absolute insanity. I was thinking Dodge would need an ace up their sleeve for this thing to sell, and that ace would be CHEAP SPEED. like 40K for a base R/T and 50 for a scat. I would be able to sell these things at those numbers.
At SIXTY EIGHT GRAND?
With perfect credit and 8 grand down that is a 1200 dollar car payment.
For a Dodge.
Im going to Chevy I swear.
Now now, you must have at least 5 dozen Hornets to sell, right?
Yeah I would probably move on as well.
103 new Hornets at dealerships within 50 miles of me.
I have literally seen more Ineos Grenadiers in the wild than Hornets.
There are probably all of two people who both know Ineos exists and can afford one in my area.
Still they are tied at 1-1.
I have seen as many Cybertrucks in traffic as Hornets.
I have seen 2 Hornets in the wild although it might have just been the same car twice. I’ve also seen 1 Tonale and the green I saw it in was incredible. I have yet to see a Grenadier but where I frequently drive it’s only a matter of time since I’ve seen 5 Cybertrucks in the last 2 weeks so taste isn’t that neighborhoods strong suit.
I’ve seen 1 of each…
Stellantis is just actively trying to murder its NA brands.
Worse still and not anyone’s problem but mine, but I’m sure they are going to force us to order these things to get allocation for the stuff that we actually do sell.
These things will sit and rot.
For a Dodge that doesn’t even have the best part of a Dodge….a big under stressed V8
I wanna know what happens when you “Chevy”. Please follow up to let us know.
I’m going to defect to a store and brand that sells nice vehicles for under $25,000 and—Ohhhh, I get it.
I’m going to snap my tie rods and send a rod through the block but somehow keep going.
🙂 🙂 🙂
Don’t forget the headliner wrapping itself around your face at an in opportune moment!
Take his Chevy to the Levy?
Why would you expect that?
The cheapest plug-in Stellantis (Hornet R/T) starts at $41,400. I don’t count the Fiat. My local Fiat dealer doesn’t even have a Fiat sign.
On a related note, there are FIFTEEN models of Durango. Why?
The moment I saw those prices my first thought was that dealer markups are going to send these things over $100k easily. Either way I’m hoping I’ll get to see one in person when the NAIAS moves back to January next year.
Not a chance. We will be selling these under invoice just to move them, I promise that.
Lol. Lmao even.
$70,000 gets you a lightly used Hellcat. $80,000 gets you a leftover new Hellcat. They’re still out there. If you simply must have an EV the Ioniq 5 N and i4 M50 are around this price and will absolutely wipe the floor with these boats in every conceivable measure. The RT is more expensive than a base M2 and about the same price as a base C8. Who the fuck are these for? No one who likes muscle cars is going to even give them a passing glance.
I’ve legitimately been wondering from the get go if the EV versions of the Charger were half assed on purpose. I get the sense that they’re compliance cars. The power, range, weight, etc. would’ve been competitive 4 years ago but not today. I guess if you really want a coupe there aren’t really any electric ones out there, so I suppose this has that going for it?
These will be selling for $40,000 a year after launch. Leave it to Stellantis to have years and years to figure it out and still deliver a wonderfully half baked product.
There are 2 Ionic 5 N for sale within 500 miles of me, and 1 has an 11k markup. I’m guessing the other is a ghost.
There is potential of me hooking up with a supermodel tomorrow too, but let’s just say I expect the EV Chargers to sit awhile.
I mean they’re basically glorified compliance cars. I’ve seen a lot of rumors that they’re backtracking and trying to find a way to get a Hemi in them in addition to the hurricane. That sure would be neat.
Balance returning to the universe.
I’m not even anti EV but I can’t imagine the muscle car experience being replicated without ICE. And you know what? That’s fine. Continue to electrify commuter cars, family haulers, etc. and let ICE live on in niche products for people who enjoy it. I think trying to replicate certain sporty experiences with BEVs is a waste of time and resources.
I had some hope for these things, I could make one work, even living in the middle of nowhere, and I was ready to swap out my 4xe for one, but now that I see the price, there’s no way I can even come close to affording one. Doing some basic math on what Im betting depreciation will be, these will be a 1000/mo lease, even with the 7500 rebate.
They will just do the desperation lease thing.
Say they’ll be worth a lot more at the end of the lease. Put a really high residual on there, move the car off the lot with a cheap lease and then kick the can down the road until those lease cars come back.
It’s a solid business model that never, ever doesn’t work.
“I’ve seen a lot of rumors that they’re backtracking and trying to find a way to get a Hemi in them”
That’s easy. Take a V8 Hemi. Chop off 7 cylinders. There’s your Hemi as a range extender. And it’s a thumper.
Or give up and just call it a “Hemi” as Porsche calls their EV Tacan a “Turbo”.
Yeah, I’d much rather have the supermodel!
Anyone who would pay a premium for Dodge’s first try at an EV gets what they deserve.
I hope dealers mark these up 2000%, because I want the people willing to pay over MSRP to suffer and all that markup goes to a local business.
Dodge’s first EV offering is so offensively bad, it has people rooting for shady dealers.
I know. It’s easy to side with anyone if the other choice is a youtuber.
The era of dealer markups on Stellantis products is long over.
These will instead set records for depreciation.
Going to be hard to top the Maserati deprecation – have you seen what you can get Levante for ?
I looked those up after your comment. That is some real depreciation, but still not enough to interest me.
Oh no.. not to buy one.. but just seeing how Masers drop in value is ….. shocking. The Dodge stuff holds up relatively well in comparison to Maserati
I still had that tab open and looked at them again. They depreciate at $3/mile.
OMG – that is horrifying.
An appropriate spelling mistake.
If Dodge wanted to be really self aware, they should start naming EV trims / packages as the opposite of their ICE version.
I want a Heavendog and a Stirred trim, dammit!
Dodge Angel! Get the new Lethargy Pac.
They’ll sell for $25k over MSRP for a few weeks before demand crashes.
This is the right take. There’s a select few chomping at the bit for one of these. After that, for that price, they’ll sit on the lot with the Hornets.
Rumors are the regular, I6 models are going to start at about $40,000, so the new Charger is going to be just plain more expensive across the board
I mean that 16 has 400ish horsepower though. If it starts at 40ish IMHO that’s a win. Depending on how much the ICE models weigh (it’ll be too much, we just don’t know how absurd it’ll be yet) they should offer comparable performance to the last gen RTs, if not even better when it comes to acceleration because of the low end torque.
It’s not a win if you want a new Dodge coupe and don’t want to spend $40,000.
That’s just what cars cost now, unfortunately. The average transaction price is a little under 50 grand. If a 400 horsepower sedan/coupe is available in the 40s then that’s a win in my eyes. Outside of the Mustang GT what else even comes close, particularly if you’re interested in the sedan version? To get something comparably powerful with 4 doors you’re looking at $60,000+.
That’s not what cars have to cost, that’s just want some people are paying now, but I won’t, as a former Challenger owner, it is off the list
Unless my employer bumps their minimum required MSRP for employee vehicles over the 40k threshold, then I guess it will go back on the list. Maybe. It’s still a lot to pay for a medium priced nameplate with no cachet, and no 2WD option is sort of a deal breaker for me
I drive too many miles per year and have a mandatory 4 year replacement interval, so I am not overspending on anything beyond what I’m required to. Right now, the required target is $37,700, which puts Cadillac in range
I think part of why this seems so high priced is what we are comparing it to. The outgoing model had been on sale for over ten years, with components of the platform dating back farther than that. When you’ve been building something that long, you can afford to sell it at lower prices as many costs have been amortized. Now there’s a newer, better equipped version coming out on a brand new platform. Like you said, the price for the gas version is higher than the old one, but in line with (or below) the price of comparable vehicles on the market today.
And inflation is a thing!
I’m shocked they’ve been able to get that much for the outgoing version.
An infant who rode home from the hospital in a current gen Charger could be a college graduate today.
If you rode home in a charger… i wouldn’t worry too much about college.
The last Charger “only” ran for 12 years, 2011-23.
Your hypothetical college grad would need to be quite the prodigy.
I’m considering that more of a mid-run facelift than a new model. Suspension parts from a Magnum will still bolt to the present cars.
Eh, an AA from a Junior college still counts.
Please explain that to HR where I work.