2025 Dodge Charger

The muscle car is reborn. Out goes the V8 engine, replaced by six turbocharged cylinders. Or two electric motors. The new Charger is reshaping this particularly American car genre, and it looks exciting. So thrilling, in fact, that we’re focusing solely on the gasoline-powered versions here. The new, all-electric Dodge Charger Daytona is reviewed separately.

With even the least powerful new Charger making a meaty 420 horsepower, there’s still plenty of old-school appeal, all wrapped in a retro-futuristic package. Dodge reserves its biggest power and thrills for the electric Daytona version, but we’re certain the combustion Charger will find many fans.

Charger variants with internal combustion engines are new this year, as is the sedan body style. This latest generation of Charger debuted last year as an all-electric coupe — the Charger Daytona.

On-Sale Date

We anticipate the new Charger lineup becoming available in early 2025.

We expect the 2025 Dodge Charger to start at around $45,000. That’s for a model with the standard output engine. The more powerful variant could begin at around $55,000.

The alternative to a 2-door Charger would be the Ford Mustang. The V8-equipped 480-horsepower Mustang GT starts in the region of $45K. There’s no real challenger to the Charger sedan. Before buying a new Charger coupe or sedan, check the Kelley Blue Book Fair Purchase Price to know what you should be paying.

Call the new Charger a muscle car, carrying on a grand tradition — but modern times no longer call for a V8 under the hood. Instead, there’s a choice of 420 horsepower or 550 horses, both emanating from a twin-turbocharged 6-cylinder engine. The cylinders are configured in a line, by the way, giving the engine a smoothness that’s absent from a typical V6. The former is known as Standard Output (SO) with the latter referred to as High Output (HO). All-wheel drive is part of the whole deal.

Dodge says the “linework and texture” of the dashboard “are evocative of the iconic 1968 Dodge Charger.” However, nothing from 1968 ever had a 10.25-inch digital instrument cluster (with the option of a 16-inch unit) or a 12.3-inch infotainment touchscreen. The gear shifter has a “pistol grip” design that also brings previous Chargers to mind, while the steering wheel has a thoroughly modern flat-top/flat-bottom design.

If a Dodge designer from the 1970s was asked to create the most futuristic Charger they could dream up, it might well have looked like this. Undoubtedly fresh, yet still somehow recognizable as an American muscle car, the new Charger comes in coupe and sedan forms. Both offer a glass roof, and both have a cargo-friendly hatchback rather than a conventional trunk.

A twin-turbocharged 3.0-liter 6-cylinder engine comes in Standard Output (SO) or High Output (HO) versions. The SO delivers a muscular 420 horsepower while the HO comes in hotter with 550 horsepower. An 8-speed automatic transmission directs that energy to a standard all-wheel drive system.

3-Year/36,000-Mile Warranty

Dodge’s new-vehicle warranty lasts three years or 36,000 miles, with powertrains covered for five years or 60,000 miles. These terms are typical and Dodge doesn’t offer any free scheduled maintenance.

Safety

Standard safety features in the 2025 Charger include forward collision warning with automatic emergency braking and pedestrian/cyclist detection, blind-spot monitoring with rear cross-traffic monitoring, road sign recognition, and active lane management.