The Dodge Charger and Challenger as we all know them are going away after the 2023 mannequin 12 months, so Dodge is celebrating with a collection of seven Final Name fashions, the fifth of which was unveiled Wednesday.
That fifth installment is the 2023 Dodge Charger King Daytona, which joins the Challenger Shakedown, Charger Tremendous Bee, and Challenger and Charger Scat Pack Swinger fashions. Dodge will reveal one other Final Name mannequin Sept. 21 earlier than exhibiting the ultimate seventh mannequin on the 2022 SEMA present, which begins Nov 1.
The King Daytona is a tribute to Nineteen Sixties/Seventies-era drag racer William “Huge Willie” Robinson, who raced a 1969 Dodge Charger named “King Daytona,” and likewise used the automobile in a marketing campaign in opposition to avenue racing.
2023 Dodge Charger King Daytona
The fashionable King Daytona is predicated on the Charger SRT Hellcat Redeye, however bumps output from the 6.2-liter supercharged V-8 by 10 hp for a complete of 807 hp. Orange 6-piston Brembo brake calipers assist reign within the pace produced by all that energy.
The particular version additionally will get a Go Mango exterior with a satin black hood, spoiler, and graphics. Hood pins and 20-inch Satin Carbon Warp Velocity wheels full the outside modifications.
The inside has black nappa leather-based/Alcantara seats and an Alcantara-wrapped steering wheel. Orange distinction stitching on the seats, instrument panel, steering wheel, heart console, and door panels ties the inside to the outside. Dodge additionally throws in a Harman Kardon audio system, a sunroof, and navigation.
2023 Dodge Charger King Daytona
Manufacturing is restricted to 300 items and ordering info will probably be introduced within the fall. Along with the Final Name fashions, all 2023 Charger and Challenger fashions will function signifiers that they’re the final of their variety. Whereas this can range from mannequin to mannequin, all will include a commemorative plaque underneath the hood bearing the scripts “Final Name,” “Designed in Auburn Hills,” and “Assembled in Brampton.”
The retirement of the present Charger and Challenger makes method for an electrical muscle automobile based mostly on the Charger Daytona SRT idea and scheduled to go on sale in 2024.
