Is A Dodge Outlaw About To Steal Muscle Car Sales?
Now that the electric Dodge Charger Daytona is out of the way, the automaker is getting ready for this summer’s launch of its gas-powered sibling: the Charger Sixpack.
The all-wheel-drive Charger Sixpack will first be offered with a 550 hp turbocharged 3.0-liter straight-six that will be followed early next year by a 420 hp version of the engine. But how will you tell them apart?
A new report says that Dodge will be adding trim names to differentiate the two powertrains.
The Charger Daytona currently comes in the 496 hp R/T Stage 1 and 670 hp Scat Pack Stage 2 trims, but the Charger Sixpack will be getting its own names.
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According to Mopar Insiders, the Dodge dealer ordering system reveals that the 420 hp trim will be called the GT and 550 hp trim called the Outlaw.
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Dodge has not announced or confirmed the naming convention officially. It has used GT before, including on all-wheel-drive versions of the last generation Challenger, but Outlaw would be a new name for the brand.
Dodge will also be introducing four-door versions of the Charger Daytona and Charger Sixpack soon. The cars use the same body as the two-door, but feature two smaller doors on each side. Pedants will call them three-doors and five-doors, as they are both equipped with liftback-style hatches.
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The biggest visual difference between the Charger Daytona and Charger Sixpack is the lack of the former’s R-Wing front spoiler, which uses a lower hood for reduced drag while retaining the blunt muscle car styling. The Charger Sixpack has a more conventional hood.