Dodge’s Electric Gamble: Charger Daytona EV Needs a Price Cut

Dodge’s Electric Gamble: Charger Daytona EV Needs a Price Cut​

High Sticker Price May Shock Potential Buyers...​

Dodge’s Charger Daytona electric vehicle (EV) is cruising into a pricing pothole that could derail its eMuscle car dreams. Starting at $57,995 for the R/T and $64,995 for the Scat Pack (not including destination fees), the Charger Daytona is asking buyers to shell out serious cash for the privilege of owning an electric muscle car. Sure, it’s got some impressive specs—up to 670 horsepower in the Scat Pack and a 0-to-60 time as quick as 3.3 seconds—but let’s be real, you can get similar performance for less elsewhere.

Dodge's Electric Gamble: Charger Daytona EV Needs a Price Cut

Dodge's Charger Daytona electric vehicle (EV) is cruising into a pricing pothole that could derail its eMuscle car dreams. Starting at $57,995 for the R/T and $64,995 for the Scat Pack (not including destination fees), the Daytona EV is asking buyers to shell out serious cash for the privilege...

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[tigerseye]

Stellantis execs must be smoking dope to have set a price range this high for a hot rod EV. Actually all their models are way overpriced for what they are, even the lowly Jeep. I can only assume they have a mad plan to eliminate all elements of the former Chrysler brands, abandoning the North American market for the sake of European purity. I decided several years ago to never consider anything they bring to market. They no longer exist as far as I'm concerned.

 

[CloversPlusCats]

The 'affordable trim' bit seems to have fallen on functional ears.

Everyone's favorite YouTuber (TK's Garage ) had leaked some C6X info some days ago, funnily enough same day it was revealed to be put on hold, and with it also came confirmation of the existence of a Charger Daytona GT. No clue if anyone here has really talked about it though, just glossing over the forum quickly and decided to post about it.

 

[RustyPickup]

You don't use "electric" and " muscle car" in the same sentence. "Hatchback" screams stroller/Costco/granola - not the "sporty" vibe. No "Hemi" - heresy. Pricing horrendous. Should have launched a hybrid if anything first. BLAND styling. The cops don't want a hatchback. The Fast and Furious crowd will giggle. Old "Gs" like me who drove a 440-6 feel no connection to batteries. Young EV drivers usually look to Virtue signaling with a Prius (not Tesla anymore). And if course all the usual range sucks, no chargers, environmental disaster of relying on coal plants, resource exploitation and what to do with all the hard to recycle batteries. I hope I'm wrong.

 

[patfromigh]

Young EV drivers usually look to Virtue signaling with a Prius (not Tesla anymore).

You couldn't be more wrong. When the Tesla cars arrived the Green crowd dropped the Prius like yesterday's newspaper. Virtue signalling is now impossible in a car brand that went immediately on the hate list when their 1:6:90 rule became public. When the head of Toyota called out the Zero Emissions mandates, the WEF and their cronies forced him to step down from his position. That didn't shut him up, and Toyota is changing the game. The new Prius is nothing like the previous generations. As I've mentioned in another thread, the PHEV Prius is a modern day Charger GHLS.

The early adopters moved on from the Prius to the Tesla. When Prius sales dried up Toyota cried all the way to the bank because at that point their hybrid system was being installed in other models. The question remains what will the early adopters move on to now that a Tesla isn't cool to be seen with anymore. The regular buyers haven't switched because EVs are expensive to buy, operate, and insure. The dead robots winter scenes scared off the general public as well. People want hybrids. The Ram 1500 was knocked off the number 3 sales spot by the Toyota RAV4. The sales increase of the hybrid option is what helped that achievement. Maybe that had something to do with the Ramcharger being pushed forward.

Young EV drivers buy used California compliance cars because they are dirt cheap. A battery electric can be modified and there have been some influencers out there that have done this. Used Nissan Leafs are cheap, but young people tend to avoid the cars their grandma drives. Those EV drive-trains will sometimes be used in something with a better coolness factor. We used to call that hot rodding.