Update: The earlier story on Dodge Charger Daytona pricing has been updated to reflect new information and a correction showing it as coming out for the 2024 model year, not 2025.
The new, all-electric version of the Dodge Charger muscle car will start rolling off the assembly line this year. But, while some specs have already leaked out, the big question remains pricing. Now, however, we may have at least part of the answer, the 2024 Dodge Charger Daytona starting somewhere in the mid-$60,000 range.
Thanks to an apparent leak from the automaker’s website that wasn’t supposed to go live yet, we finally have some indication of what Dodge plans to charge for the 2024 Charger Daytona EV.
Before going into specifics, if the numbers prove accurate there’ll be a significantly price penalty over what Dodge was charging for the old gas model that went out of production at the end of 2023.
Based on those leaks, it looks like the 2024 Dodge Charger Daytona will come in at $68,750 for the R/T First Edition. The base price should be a few thousand less. While it’s difficult to do a precise apples-to-apples comparison, the Charger Daytona looks to be coming in at least $10,000 above the old gas model when similarly equipped – though we’d need to see all the official pricing data before coming up with an accurate, final comparison.
What’s new?
The new Dodge Charger Daytona uses a “multi-energy” platform that can be configured for gas or EV drivetrains.
Billed as “the world’s first all-electric muscle car,” the 2024 Dodge Charger is a complete, ground-up redesign of the brand’s long-running performance sedan. It debuts in its historic form as a coupe, for one thing. And the Charger Daytona migrates to an all-electric drivetrain.
At launch, two versions will be offered:
- Dodge Charger Daytona R/T 2-door will debut with the Stage I performance pack. That will give it 456 horsepower and 404 pound-feet of torque. The PowerShot mode will boost that to 496 hp, enough to hit 60 in an estimated 4.7 seconds, with quarter-mile times of around 13.1 seconds;
- Dodge Charger Daytona Scat Pack 2-door will feature the Stage II performance pack. It makes 630 hp and 627 lb-ft., jumping to 670 hp for up to 15 seconds in PowerShot mode. Estimated 0-60 times of around 3.3 seconds, and 11.5 seconds for the quarter-mile.
Plenty of surprises
The 4-door version of the new Dodge Charger Daytona will reach showrooms sometime during the first half of 2025.
But Dodge delivered an assortment of surprises when the wraps were pulled off the new Charger this past March. To start with, it will add a four-door version sometime during the calendar year.
And an event higher-performance version, the Dodge Charger Daytona Banshee, will follow. Offered in both 2- and 4-door forms, Banshee will offer what’s being called a Stage III performance pack that many expect to deliver in excess of 1,000 hp.
The biggest shock, however, came out of left field. The all-new Charger uses the new STLA Large architecture developed by Dodge’s parent, Stellantis. It’s a bit different from the skateboard-like platform most new EVs are using. Stellantis calls it a “multi-energy platform,” capable of using a variety of different powertrain configurations. And that means there’ll also be a gas-powered Charger – notably minus the “Daytona” badge – also coming to market in 2024,
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Eventually, Dodge will add 4-door versions of the Charger Daytona R/T and Scat Pack, as well as the Charger Banshee and gas-powered Charger.
Here’s what we know about Daytona pricing
The screenshot of the Dodge website shown here was nabbed by YouTube content publisher Jamey Butterfield and has now been posted to the Mopar Insiders site. This and another leaked page appear to give an indication of what we can expect – though it’s also possible Dodge might update the numbers before their official release.
What we know for now is that the base price of the 2024 Dodge Charger Daytona R/T, the entry package, starts at $55,995 before delivery fees, then reaches $68,570 with its own compliment of options and fees. After adding in a variety of options, including the Blacktop and Sun & Sound packages, jumps to $68,570 with $1,995 in delivery fees rolled in.
The more powerful 2024 Dodge Charger Daytona Scat Pack starts at an apparent $64,995 before options and delivery fees. Add those in and the muscle coupe winds up at a hefty $82,170.
Dodge is taking a big risk abandoning these old Charger and Challenger models, replacing them with the all-electric Charger Daytona. And the higher pricing for the EV could prove a turn-off for some buyers.
A big price premium
Comparing the new model to old isn’t simple. For one thing, the figures, above, are for a Charger Daytona coupe. The only two-door version of the old Dodge line was the Challenger. With that in mind, you can still find the 2023 Dodge Challenger R/T on the automaker’s active configurator. And with the 303-hp version of the 5.7-liter Hemi V-8 it starts at $41,640 plus delivery fees.
Add similar options and accessory packages to what we see in the leaked pricing pages and the figure comes in around $49,420, according to our friends at Road & Track.
In other words, the Charger Daytona coupe adds premium running anywhere from $10,000 to more than $13,000 over the old Challenger coupe.
Now, one must again realize these aren’t perfect comparisons. There are significant tech upgrades to everything from the onboard infotainment system to the mix of smart safety technology. And buyers will get notable increases in horsepower and performance. The new Daytona R/T, as shown, makes a whopping 495 hp, up from 370 before. And the ScatPack jumps from 485 to 670 hp.
Will those numbers convince fans of Dodge muscle to pay the higher price – never mind switch to all-electric drivetrain technology? We should begin getting a sense of this by late this year.
Well, this comment will likely get deleted, too, but this is a very confusing article.
The headline reads $56K
The opening paragraph reads “mid-$60,000”
The rest of the text, which was the original incorrect leak, read “$68K”
But it’s all wrong. The official media website says the R/T starts at $59,595 plus a $1,995 destination charge.