The ‘Electric’ Dodge Charger Daytona SRT Is Definitely, Maybe Getting A Six-Cylinder Engine
Who needs a fake exhaust, anyway?
Surreptitiously taken photos of the body shell of the upcoming Dodge Charger Daytona SRT that spread across the internet last week appeared to confirm that it was designed with provisions for an internal combustion engine along with the electric powertrain that has been announced.
Dodge had previously said that the platform was engineered to accommodate a variety of powertrain options, but has only revealed plans for the electric model that will replace its V8-powered muscle cars next year.
Now an insider is spilling the beans.
A “source connected to a supplier with firsthand information” told The Drive that the car will definitely be offered with the 3.0-liter turbocharged inline-six-cylinder that’s currently featured in the Jeep Wagoneer.
It will be launching with a 420 hp version of the motor and the choice of rear-wheel-drive or all-wheel-drive, both with an eight-speed automatic transmission.
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No stick shift is planned, according to the source, but there’s nothing keeping Dodge from using the more powerful 510 hp version of the “Hurricane” engine that the Grand Wagoneer has under its hood.
Dodge has been hinting at plans to go in this direction by installing a “Hurricrate” crate motor into a Dodge Challenger DragPak racing car that it publicly demonstrated this summer.
Dodge has no comment on any of this, and it’s not clear when any of the production versions of the Charger Daytona SRT will be revealed.
The brand won’t be at the upcoming SEMA Show, Los Angeles Auto Show or CES due to the costs of the UAW strike, it’s parent company Stellantis said.
CES was the venue where it debuted the Ram Revolution electric pickup concept this year, before showing the production truck at the New York Auto Show.
If the six-cylinder car happens, one thing it won’t need is the Fratzonic Chambered Exhaust that’s been developed to give the electric Charger Daytona SRT the sounds and vibrations of a V8 engine.
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