Dodge has confirmed that gas-powered Charger models will be returning to dealership inventories this summer, ending a period during which the brand’s showrooms had been conspicuously lacking the internal combustion Charger that dealers and customers have been asking for since the all-electric Charger Daytona’s rocky launch. The return of a gas-powered Charger represents a significant course correction for Dodge, which had been under enormous pressure from its dealer network and enthusiast customer base to provide an accessible, familiar-powertrain option alongside or instead of the electric model that was not meeting sales expectations.
The timing of the return, combined with the previously announced reintroduction of the Hemi V8, suggests Dodge is systematically working to rebuild the product lineup that its core customers actually want to buy. The brand’s leadership has been listening to dealer feedback more attentively since the change in Stellantis leadership, and the gas-powered Charger’s return is perhaps the most visible evidence of that shift in orientation. Enthusiasts who have been waiting for a new gas-powered Charger before making a purchase decision now have a summer timeline to plan around.
Dodge that’s a really big car and almost 3 tons! I’ve bought 6 Dodges and I am done with ya . Your designs and bad parts along with getting rid of 3 big money making cars and the 3 Hemi engines. You want us to wait a year or two to bring them back now? Good ridens.