The 2024 Dodge Charger Daytona was always going to start arguments. Now that Dodge has announced the price, the shouting will amplify like fake exhaust noise.
Dodge’s first “electric muscle car” will start at $61,590, including a mandatory $1,995 destination charge, the company has announced. It is set to arrive on dealer lots in the fourth quarter of this year.
The classic definition of a muscle car involves a low price and a powerful engine. The Charger Daytona will look the part with boxy, muscled lines. But there won’t be a cylinder or an affordable price in sight.
The Daytona Is Just One Type of Charger
The fate of the Dodge Charger has grown a little confusing over the past two years.
Dodge announced the end of the gas-powered, 4-door Charger and 2-door Challenger after the 2023 model year. The company doesn’t sell either in the 2024 model year, though dealers still have 2023 models left on many sales lots.
The company then revealed an all-electric replacement, the 2-door Charger Daytona, to much fanfare.
That car started a million Internet arguments. It looked like the descendant of the great Dodge muscle cars of the 1960s and 70s. But it used battery power and a unique fake exhaust note created by forcing air through tuned pipes with fans.
Dodge had long styled itself the V8 company, calling its buyers “the brotherhood of muscle.” Some of the brotherhood was unwilling to accept the idea of an electric muscle car.
Shortly afterward, the company threw them a bone, announcing that the 2025 Charger would also be available with a gas-powered engine. Gas-powered models would be called Chargers. Electric versions would wear the name Charger Daytona.
The Charger won’t be a pure enough replacement for some of the brotherhood, either. Dodge will sell it with a choice of two turbocharged inline-6-cylinder engines – not a V8.
To make matters more confusing, Dodge will sell both powertrains with just two doors at first, later adding 4-door versions.
496 or 670 Horsepower
Whether you accept the idea of an electric muscle car or not, the Charger Daytona will carry a lot of muscle. At launch, Dodge will offer two trim levels. The Daytona R/T will output 496 horsepower. The Daytona Scat Pack raises that to 670.
Both models are all-wheel drive (AWD) thanks to electric motors on each axle.
Even the base model gets heated front seats, a 12.3-inch touchscreen running Android Auto/Apple CarPlay, and a PowerShot feature that adds 40 horsepower for 15 seconds at the touch of a button.
Optional upgrades will include a Track Package with beefier brakes and an adaptive damping suspension system, a Blacktop Package with darkened exterior trim and wheels, and a Plus Group with added luxuries like color-adjustable ambient lighting and upgraded upholstery (leatherette on R/T models and real leather on Scat Pack models).
2024 Dodge Charger Daytona Pricing
All prices include the non-negotiable $1,995 delivery fee – one of the auto industry’s highest.
| Trim Level | MSRP + $1,995 destination charge |
| Charger Daytona R/T | $61,590 |
| Charger Daytona Scat Pack | $75,185 |
