2025 Dodge Charger Daytona Arrives at Dealerships Nationwide

I drove the scat trim a couple days ago. I would say the biggest issue with the vehicle was marketing. and it would be a nice vehicle if it was offered for a reasonable price. It's just not worth what they are asking for it. Remove the paywall and collapse the EV trims as a single trim with option packages, and save the R/T (SO) and scat (HO) trims for the ICE vehicles. They marketed this vehicle based on what older ICE vehicles can do not what new EVs can do, which is kind of an embarrassment; it subjects Dodge to a lot of ridicule. They definitely should've released the ICE cars first to build up acceptance and reputation. Don't do paywalls and other nonsense when trying to sell a vehicle to resistant people. which will just piss them off more. Don't market it as a muscle car, which also pisses people off; it feels more like a Personal Luxury Coupe from the 70s that's been blended with some modern muscle and SUV. It is something new and embrace it because there are some good things about it. Does it replace what we lost in the Challenger - Nope. Is it a nice vehicle and fun to drive - yes. Driving experience is the one thing that it has going for it compared to other EV vehicles. I would drive the EV one because that is what I'm interested in going forward, but no way would I pay what they are asking for it. However, the cheap lease deals on it right now are tempting so I gave it a try even though I've been pretty critical about it. The issues I notice include the blind spot visibility wasn't good, which may or may not bother some people, and it doesn't wear light colors very well. It doesn't really have the nostalgic retro look that so many of the modern muscle cars had since 2005. It mostly just looks old and feels heavy, but It looks OK in darker colors. The interior is nice and it is nice to drive....feels solid. I live at high altitude; driving this compared to a naturally aspired ICE vehicle is a huge improvement. I wouldn't buy this vehicle in an ICE configuration even if it was the 6.4. However, I'm sure a lot of people will like them if Dodge can find it within themselves to actually price them reasonably.

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Tesla has the bestselling model in the world, they sold 650K vehicles in the USA last year, in a market they sold basically Zero 10 years ago.

So lets Quit the CRAP, there is most definitely a Market in the USA... One as individual cannot push their own preferences on the market any more the crazy regulators can, If anything STLA is way behind and that the existing OEMs as group let an upstart steal so much market share is nearly unforgivable, especially GM that had quite the head start. So the whining is tiresome. Not only is the ICE model behind EVERYTHING IS BEHIND. I blame Pepe and the Merger.... but constant whining at this point solves nothing.

Its tiresome, for sure STLA should very much have EV, REV, and Hybrid offering to go along with ICE. At this point pure ICE likely should only be reserved for performance vehicles like the Charger as the future is REV and STLA cannot continue to sit on the sidelines and fall further behind. Beating GM and Ford with the RAM REV is a good start. A Wrangler REV should be next.

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