2024/2025 Dodge Charger Review | The Biggest Dodge In Decades Is A... Hatch?

[@TimeisReel]

"DODGE is going to sell a lot of...MUSTANGS"

[@drumboy256]

Came here for this comment.

[@dontelindsey5846]

Idk. Apparently they are figuring out how quickly to put a V8 in it.

[@codedGiraffe]

I, for one, do not want every car to be expanding in dimensions

[@Emurselovic]

That door card design is the automotive equivalent of a tribal tattoo.

[@codycoquat5953]

Making an electric car sound like a V8 is pretty silly. If they wanted to give it an amplified sound, they should have come up with something different....maybe choosing sounds from scifi movies.

[@JSTRonline2]

Wonder what it'll look like when they start the police packages. Can't wait to see the ICE 4 door version.

[@newb431]

It’ll look like shit… just like this one

[@JakeRoot]

5 door version (lift back)? There are no plans for a 4 door (sedan). Just asking for clarification since I may have missed it in the video.

[@afcgeo882]

@@JakeRootOnly liftbacks so, yes, 5 doors.

[@ThereAreNoHandlesLeft]

@@newb431 seriously? IMO looks are the only thing this got right.

[@davewilson7602]

@@newb431I’d argue these look fantastic, the public just doesn’t want EVs right now and muscle car buyers don’t want to be the change, they’re not trend setters The gas one should sell well

[@Mamo878]

'Fratzonic'? No wonder Stellantis is near death.

[@benjaminlibertarianscorpio]

someone will hack it and make it an external PA system

[@vladpootin5973]

Chrysler,RAM,Dodge,Jeep will eventually leave Stellantis, and Stellantis is primarily in trouble because europe !

[@rightlanehog3151]

Alex, If this Dodge Charger is closer in size to a Tahoe than a Mustang, I can hardly wait to see how big the new Royal Monaco station wagon will be. 🤩

[@ArthurBenetton]

Great review, Alex - your enthusiasm is contagious and you "get it" - other reviewers are taking this too seriously as some kind of failed track/performance car - it's intentionally huge and meant to be fun, emotive, and a little rough around the edges... a charger/challenger has never been a thing of precision. Also WOW at you even "liking" the red turn signals on a muscle car!

[@ThereAreNoHandlesLeft]

@@ArthurBenetton it's hard to not feel the need to take it seriously at this price. It's a serious cost. Make it 60% the price and it would work.

[@YuenanCao]

LOL works for Dodge - this is TOO EXPENSIVE to be a fun plaything

[@johnkonde1975]

This car shown in the video will be 70k out the door including taxes and fees, that's a lot of dough!

[@lawdog516]

Buying a Stellantis product now, especially since they are in serious trouble would be a roll of the dice that I’m not ready to gamble on.

[@66skate]

Vehicles take several years to design and get ready to bring to market. Things were in a lot better shape then.

[@PasleyAviationPhotography]

The final nail in Stelantis. Cheap speed was the name of the game and that was possible due to the Hemi and Hellcat. This car absolutely missed the mark.

[@afcgeo882]

It’s still speed, but not cheap. I don’t know whom or what this was made for. An absolute boat of a disaster.

[@ThereAreNoHandlesLeft]

@@afcgeo882 I can't imagine buying a scat pack challenger (ev or hemi) for $70k+ Like...thats real car money.

[@afcgeo882]

@ That’s BMW money.

[@drunkhusband6257]

A hellcat is hardly even remotely cheap.....

[@afcgeo882]

@ It’s far cheaper than any of its competitors.

[@MaxRPMs]

I honestly really like this, just want to drive one then form my opinions

[@johnkonde1975]

Its way too big, too wide, and too heavy. Parking it and driving it will be difficult.Not to mention, you'll end up spending 75k USD including all taxes and fees, too overpriced!

[@afcgeo882]

@@johnkonde1975Can you imagine what the turning radius would be? It’s a 2-door Suburban!

[@OTT3RRR]

@@afcgeo882the turn radius is mind bogglingly good

[@marinoint]

While I appreciate the retro design and nice "exhaust" sound, it's still too expensive and unnecessarily long.

[@ncvwrx2759]

For its pricing it should have significantly longer range. Its close to tesla model s and lucid pricing but without cachet, range, or luxury. This will sit on dealer lots just like other stellantis products.

[@BoxySUV]

Some days at the office are funner than others. This might be one.

[@SIGINT007]

What a bonkers platform. I despise Dodge products but this platform is huge…I love it.

[@loseerich493]

Prime customers for this thing's predecessor were inner city urban folks. Cheaply priced cars with a lot of hp. That customer base isn't going to buy expensive & moreover, isn't going to buy electrified cars. For one, they don't have any place to charge them.

[@ThereAreNoHandlesLeft]

@@loseerich493 also TONS of blue collar people in rural America. Where EV support and infrastructure is very low.

[@loseerich493]

@@ThereAreNoHandlesLeft Yeah the thing that's almost always completely neglected in the convo is that unless you live in a single family home with ability to have your own charging station they pretty much don't make sense for vast majority of people. I can't imagine having my wife or my daughter have to sit in their car in some public parking lot for 30, 40-min (or longer) waiting for their car to charge. Its a serious personal security vulnerability, especially for the average female.

[@jngobngo]

Ah yes "inner city urban"

[@binaryanticommunist1882]

@@jngobngoThat’s how the Ivy League loons say Da’blacks.

[@jebsanders4303]

I always enjoy seeing what song you have cued up for the cars you review.

[@Johnny_Socko]

I'm actually kind of shocked that they made them even bigger than the previous Charger/Challenger. Those cars were unavoidably large because Chrysler was adapting the Mercedes E-Class platform. The space and comfort turned out to be what people wanted in a GT car, so it worked out. But this just seems unnecessarily large, and I'm not sure who was asking for that. Still, I'm curious to see the 5-door.

[@dsan2509]

Not many here recall the cars of the 60s and 70s. This would be a mid size

[@benjaminlibertarianscorpio]

someone will hack these exhaust amplified sound systems into external PA systems

[@aliendroneservices6621]

14:32 It's the 1978 *_Battlestar Galactica_* "Viper" joystick.

[@cyrilmatthew2995]

Ohh jees so many spam comments with same profile pic ....

[@66skate]

What's really funny is when the same people post the same hate on a lot of reviews word for word. You know they got an ax to grind.

[@YuenanCao]

308 to 248 miles of range from same battery size as Tesla Model S (which gets 402 miles!) - who is this for?

[@plneky1171]

Exterior looks are okay, but 20% too large. Dodge is going in the wrong direction.

[@Mgoblagulkablong]

I love the size and the liftback.The only similarly sized NON-SUV are less practical sedans with fixed rear seats (don't fold) and cost over $90k.

[@mikem9049]

Really like the styling, but not the size. Wish the car was 20% smaller.

[@captainamerica9353]

And 20% cheaper

[@ALXXR63AMG]

Nice Ride…leaning back …Arm hanging cool out of the Window…i would Love an All Wheel Drive V8 …You can deactivate the Front wheels …If You want to drift…

[@jackfishcampbell6745]

Im 69 years old , and have a long memory . Yeah the Mustangs and Camaros could be had with 6 bangers , nobody paid attention to them , they were gutless . The Barracuda was hideous for the first round , got nicer for 67 , I believe , and came into it's own for 70 , with the addition of the Challenger . Again the slant six was a durable but nasty engine . I had one in a 78 Aspen , crappy performance and crappy mileage . This big boat is reminiscent of the 68 through 70 Charger . At the time if the Charger didn't have a big block , then people thought of them as dogs . The 318 was also treated with derision . These new cars definitely have the performance , but they don't look overly impressive inside for that much money .

[@YuenanCao]

No NACS, poor range, expensive and not as fast as the equivalent Tesla Model S, primitive technology (does it even have over the air updates?), stupid fake sound. Wow has Stellantis ruined the brand.

[@captainamerica9353]

Wow, love your comment! I'm 66 and had a 1969 GTX as my first Mopar. It barely ran due to bent pushrods, was a "barn find" in Duluth, MN for $900! This was about 1982 and I had a job but no garage. The hood was missing, but was a CO car with no rust, bench seat, power windows . . . of course should have rented storage . . . sold it to an older guy with a red Road Runner with a trailer for $1,000. Later had a 1963 Chrysler New Yorker 413, great running gear but the push button tranny sucked. Worst car ever was a 1979 Volare' wagon Slant S**t, got as a winter car fall of 1988. Never put out heat, slow as crap, body quality junk. Peace.

[@jackfishcampbell6745]

@captainamerica9353 Yeah , I live in Winnipeg , my Aspen really sucked , my sister had a 79 6 cyl Volare wagon , I didn't like it , and a friend had a 78 Aspen , yech . Another friend had a 62 Chrysler Saratoga 383 , with that goofy push button automatic , that boat had some torque . The 60's cars at least had character But after 74 was a bleak time , for quite a while .

[@vladpootin5973]

They nailed the Looks inside out, it looks killer! And Word is, that a HEMI option is not to far out,

[@normbittner3762]

On screen, I like the size, and I look forward to seeing it in person.

[@jonS-42]

9” longer than a current challenger wow that is impressive

[@captainamerica9353]

And wider than a WideBody ! Epic Fail

[@EnglishMike07]

Not having a V8 is a huge problem for this car. The overly complex 6 will be a nightmare out of warranty, given Stellantis's quality control and the depreciation will eye watering for electric and 6 cylinder models. With Tavares gone I suspect a V8 will appear in '26 and the demographic who can afford these cars will flock to it. till them, meh.

[@timothygreen1206]

I love the looks inside and out! Can’t wait to drive one!

[@EM.1.]

The Solid State Battery is the better choice once available. Just be patient.

[@Yo0T0oB]

Wow! I love the new design! The front resembles like a Camaro.

[@MondernMan]

The market for $70k+ EV sedans isn't very big, probably less than 60k units/year for all manufacturers and most are 'luxury' brands - seems like an odd place to start but I wish Dodge well and I hope they find some success.

[@orig_gee_man]

The front screen is considerable smaller as there is an inner screen and not the whole screen is a display..

[@brokeboy87]

I'm not entirely sure who this car was built for, since it's not a great EV and it's going to offend the average gearhead. I was shocked it's gross weight is around what the Kia EV9 is.

[@LuvADuc]

Klingon vibes from the Fratzog. 😂

[@Johnny_Socko]

LOL, I wonder if anyone will make a Klingon badge swap available. (Even so, I'm pretty sure the Fratzog came first.)

[@dontelindsey5846]

I wonder what a Chrysler version of this would look like?

[@samctm]

Obesity is now..."muscle".

[@dvader3263]

Same as with the American people.

[@Aggie4life77]

I think most current V8 ICE Guys won’t go, but some will. Trust me! I’m not a muscle car guy, but I do like fast. I also cool with EV’s although I grew up with ICE(that’s all existed lol) People like me will be interested in this!

[@sandrahiltz]

Yup, well most of them anyways, I don't get the people that say DOA because it's an EV, to me they are the 20th century equivalent of the Amish stuck in the past. I've been a Mopar fan all my life, but honestly right now I far prefer driving my wife's Hyundai Kona EV over my Dodge Challenger, even with the Kona not being remotely designed as a performance car it's more fun to drive than the Challenger thanks to the benefits of the EV drive-train. Every time I drive my Challenger now I'm disappointed with not having 100% torque from a dead stop, much worse throttle response, and way more inconsistent throttle response over all speeds. The only thing making me hold off from buying one right now is their use of the now obsolete CCS connector, so I'm waiting till the add the NAS connector.

[@AntLive29]

i can't believe the price of orange juice!

[@bryanhallman8183]

Bidenomics...

[@BTC909]

71K Orange.

[@brdnmlna]

The look is growing on me but that side profile is still heinous, so weirdly proportioned. Like a dog lurching to throw up 😂

[@magdrango23]

Its not a muscle car, a muscle car is mid size car with the biggest engine they could put in it, this is a EV!

[@dvader3263]

Most EVs have more muscle than equivalent sized ICE muscle cars. Especially when considering quickness, 0 to 60mph or quarter mile times.

[@Djnsumfast]

@@dvader3263what? What does 0-60 or quarter mile times gotta do with a muscle car? Just because the times are low don’t mean it’s a muscle car. A muscle car has A ENGINE not a battery. This is simply a electric POS

[@rss9944]

I love everything about just make it a gas engine

[@garyturner2272]

should be a collectors item - - - soon

[@codycoquat5953]

I'll be waiting for the 3-dr gas version with the detuned engine. It still has loads of power and will probably be more durable than the H.O. engine due to having less stress.

[@rpsmith2990]

The only other EV styled along traditional lines is the Rolls-Royce Spectre, and it's even bigger. Oh, and even more expensive, and very isolating. Could Stellantis have built an even bigger Chrysler Imperial EV, where the electric powertrain would have enhanced the traits usually desired in a luxury car? Much as I'd have liked to see one appear, in two and four door forms, based on the fuselage era design, I hear enough questions about the quality of vehicles Stellanits asks six figures for to question their ability to pull it off.

[@BoberMcBoberson]

3:56 That’s why the lady’s love him😂

[@Molishious]

This car is beautiful but I can’t figure out who it is for. At 206 inches long it is about 9 inches longer than the 3 row EV 9. The hatch is a nice nod to practicality in a very impractical car.

[@66skate]

Alex did a pretty good job of explaining that.

[@jermainec2462]

For ppl who don't want what's currently out here ... Everybody has a SUV/ crossover or a look-alike Tesla ...there are some things I would change about it though but at least it tries to keep close to the original design

[@johnkonde1975]

It's too long, too wide, too heavy, and too expensive. How many people want to pay 75k USD out the door for an EV Charger?

[@66skate]

@@johnkonde1975 That might be a mistake. The people that will buy are the type that stand in line all night when a new iPhone is released. The type that need to have newest first. When the gas version is available, they'll want to trade and be stunned by how low the trade in value is because they were bought as place holders until the one people really want comes out.

[@afcgeo882]

@@66skateLiterally NO ONE stands in line for a new iPhone and hasn’t in about a decade.

[@LordBass]

420hp in the base gas. Can't wait to rent one. Would not buy under any circumstances.

[@SteveAhlcrona]

Gimme the inline 6 five door!

[@jmo2230]

The interior materials look so shiny and cheap

[@ahmedsyed3436]

I’m in love. Will wait for gas one.

[@raphaelsanchez4797]

Great review. This new vehicle is impressive as far as its interior goes, but is there really a market for a two-door electric long, low vehicle? I obviously have my doubts and makes me wonder what the thinking process is at Stellantis.

[@Stuka87]

Its worth noting the Challenger only outsold the Mustang because it was cheaper, and because Dodge was fine with doing sub-prime loans. This car is super expensive. This EV version really just seems like a compliance car. Since its built for an ICE powertrain, it makes a lot of compromises, such as having a transmission tunnel. I really think sales on the EV version are going to be very low. The gas model will likely sell fine.

[@Mildern]

Did you just watch the throttle house review and then come here to comment every thing they said about the car to try and sound informed?

[@Stuka87]

@@Mildern I have not yet watched their video. However, from the day stellantis said that the EV and ICE versions of the car were going to use the same platform, we knew it was going to be compromised. The car would likely be lighter if it was an EV only from the ground up. With the EV version costing a lot more than the ICE version, the ICE version will likely sell much better. And in case it needs to be said, I like EVs when they are done well. Lucid makes an amazing car, Hyundai is making some great EVs. But this car seems like all those carbon credits that Stellantis has been buying for years finally caught up with them. And by finally building an EV, they can offset those. Many auto makers have made compliance cars (Spark EV, Golf EV, Bolt, etc) Maybe I will be wrong, and these will sell well. But with the sedan market shrinking every year, and this car costing as much as it does, coupled with the main demographic that purchased the previous generation cars hating EVs, I just don't see it selling well. And now I will go watch the other peoples videos on this car. This video popped up first in my feed.

[@Mildern]

@Stuka87 I don't disagree with what you said, I just thought it was funny because I literally just finished watching that video and you pretty much said the same thing as them almost word for word.

[@pumpuppthevolume]

hmm 5.25 meters length

[@ALXXR63AMG]

If the Charger is big enough inside …maybe Jeff Bezos will not convert it to a Dodge Charger Minivan …but If it‘s Long enough…i would like to See A Dodge Charger Pickup Truck

[@goku_watches]

This is no "rebirth"

[@dvader3263]

Some people jokingly refer to bowel movements as birthing.

[@fighter835]

Old school large 2-door with a modern electric powertrain is an enticing offering. If they're not unreliable piles of poop I will consider one in a few years.

[@ALXXR63AMG]

So we will See the First 3 Door Models as Cars for Rent…?

[@pewpewpower]

I still don’t understand why you leave that empty box at the top right if you’re not giving ratings

[@AntLive29]

agreed

[@ayushmalpeddi2793]

128mph trap speed!?! HOLY those motors dont die off in the top end like a lot of modern EVs except for plaids, saphhires, and taycans. And that was only the R/T Stage 2? Insane. Less impressive is the launch though. Like how do you have wheelspin problems on a dual motor EV weighing 3 tons and not even a crazy amount of power Edit: i think its actually 118mph and thats a typo. The numbers dont really add up

[@ThereAreNoHandlesLeft]

Yeah, 118

[@ayushmalpeddi2793]

@ThereAreNoHandlesLeft and with a top speed of 135mph I'll have to pass lol

[@AAutoBuyersGuide]

I may have written my trap speed down incorrectly, I went back to my notes and I did write down 128, but now that you point that out, it does seem like that is too fast.

[@ThereAreNoHandlesLeft]

@@AAutoBuyersGuide in the video we can see your speedometer, you lift at 123 and that was definitely well past the lights. It looks bang on 118-120 as you went through the beams.

[@ayushmalpeddi2793]

@@AAutoBuyersGuide like the other user mentioned I'm guessing it was 118 as well based on the video footage. Not a big deal though. Plenty fast

[@kuvyoghmoobamelica6883]

5600lbs? LOL! Holy shiet!

[@BTC909]

Now we need a new Blade movie and as we all know "There's been only one Blade! There's only ever gonna be one Blade!".

[@benjaminlibertarianscorpio]

RIP Hemi V8

[@benjaminlibertarianscorpio]

Who was the Russian celebrity who was ran over and killed by his Jeep Grand Cherokee? RIP. That is one of the reasons Chrysler is abandoning its rotary dial shifter.

[@nicklyons4227]

What a silly electric car.

[@jermainec2462]

Not as silly as a cybertruck ....😂😂😂

[@nicklyons4227]

@@jermainec2462 Can't argue with that.

[@jermainec2462]

@@nicklyons4227 exactly 😆

[@danmiller5881]

I'm trying really hard to like this, but I just don't get the target audience. At nearly 6000lb, just get an electric SUV with 3.0 to 60 like a Rivian or something. At least you would have some utility to go with it.

[@scat392wb5]

Sorry, but an in line 6 was not considered a muscle car. I'll keep my current HEMI V8 Scat Pack.

[@damilolaakanni]

They really styled this to look like the 1970 Charger...not exactly though.

[@rblbatb]

I have a hard time believing a dodge EV will be reliable.

[@binaryanticommunist1882]

So, you’ll have plenty of space to lay down as you freeze to death when you run out of charge and get stranded in an I80 midwinter blizzard 🥶

[@elite4916]

HARD PASS

[@scurfie2343]

My concern is whether there will be replacement batteries in the future.

[@Letsgo44444]

You drove all the down to look at that? 😂🤭🤭

[@drivesanoldcar]

thing looks cool

[@amazonking89]

The great value version charger lol 😂

[@IcarusTECH]

Please say NO to Fartzonic!!! (Cool car though otherwise!)

[@ltkwok]

Looks sweet. Too big I think.

[@AttainingExcellence1]

Do you show this video already?

[@nerdbikes3841]

This is a compromised design that has to account for a gasoline engine. This new Charger EV underperforms compared to pure EVs from Tesla and Rivian because those designs don’t have to try and fit a gas engine into the design at a later date. This means better 0-60 times and less weight for pure EVs than the compromised Dodge. The base new Charger EV underperforms compare to just a simply Tesla Model 3 Long Range and the Scatpack underperforms compared to the Model 3 Performance. And when the tri-motor Rivian R3X ships in a few years it will absolutely smoke all of the cars for less than $55k.

[@magdrango23]

At that price who is going to purchase them?

[@tbone9405]

I want one…

[@DScottMoore]

This is the dumbest thing I’ve ever seen. If I had $71,000 to spend on an electric car, why wouldn’t I go buy a lucid air?

[@themanthelegend7048]

I wonder how this will be stolen.

[@whiteandnerdytuba]

Midsize like this is just like it’s been for years, nothing new or surprising. But at least it’s more expensive than the hellcat starting price or almost double my scat pack. Not enough power to compete with model s, it’s just a fail all around

[@BTC909]

Hatch makes sense but that cargo area is a joke especially for how large this thing is.

[@mikewest6569]

Nobody wants this.

[@YTYTYTY7]

I dont get the rear……

[@skycaptain3344]

Thanks for the overview. The biggest question I’ve asked myself throughout is why someone would buy a car that is so large when the back seat looks claustrophobic (small windows) and the hatch area has very little useable space compared to an SUV taking up the same footprint. Why did they make this thing so big?

[@aliendroneservices6621]

It's big because it's designed to be a police car. There will be police versions of both the EV and the inline 6.

[@Molishious]

This car is the same length as the Hummer EV SUV. I think it is beautiful but I wouldn’t want to drive it even if I could afford it. I can’t imagine it will sell as an EV. Kind of a crazy work of art and a real head scratcher.

[@sociopathmercenary]

You buy a car like this because you love the looks and you want to drive it. Most people that are buying this car don't really care about passenger or cargo accommodations.

[@johnkonde1975]

It was silly of them to make it so big and expensive. Parking it will be so difficult. How many people can pay 75k USD out the door for this?

[@aliendroneservices6621]

@@Molishious 1. It's 17 feet, which is the standard length of full-size sedans. 2. The Hummer EV is short. 3. The standard station-wagon of the 1970s, which was the standard family-car, was 19 feet, and people parked them just fine.

[@james2042]

If this does well I could see a wagon version of the charger, it wouldn't take much to lift that rear end and square it off and it would put another "cuv" in the lineup

[@stevenrachal8517]

Just horrible decisions on top of more horrible decisions. It is literally impossible to find one good thing about this skid mark of a car....

[@ThereAreNoHandlesLeft]

I love an oversized coupe. Hatch as well? I'm into it. But then the weight and price are killers. I could handle one or the other but its too heavy to be super fast and too expensive to be the cruiser of the people. Who's the target demographic? It's not the enlistment special. It's not the muscle car of the people. Its not the high performance connoisseur. Its not the tech bro. Its not the boomer nostalgic for the 60s car. Who's left?

[@sandrahiltz]

For plenty of people, I love muscle cars, I'm very into tech, and as a Gen Xer I love the nostalgia of the 60's car based styling, to me it's damn near the perfect car with the only issue being that's honestly about $10k too expensive. Still once they ditch the obsolete CCS charging connector I'm selling my Challenger and buying one. Really I think it's just not for the 20th century equivalent of the Amish, people fearing change and stuck in the past, aka boomers.

[@ThereAreNoHandlesLeft]

@sandrahiltz fair points. I like the styling too. To me it just feels like sort of a bad enthusiasts car and sort of a bad EV. But I guess I'm missing a demographic who has the coin for spending this amount of money but doesn't need a particularly great EV or driver's car. No frequent long drives but you want your trips to be "special" in some sort of way.

[@sandrahiltz]

@@ThereAreNoHandlesLeft Yeah, for me I want muscle car styling, but I still want plenty of space, 2 years of owning a Subaru BRZ taught me sports cars are not for me, I want good performance for real world New England driving conditions, aka a combination of dry, wet, snow, ice, and pot holes with more storage capacity than the Charger's frunk, lol. Even the range I feel is people making a mountain of a mole hill, even 240 mile range is 4+ hours of driving, regardless of what I'm driving, after that long I'm going to want to stop, stretch my legs and eat something, so stopping for more than enough time to charge it up. Not to mention it's not like muscle cars are know for ranging anyways, I average 19mpg in my Challenger so that's only a 350 mile range so not much better than the base R/T Daytona Charger which is 317 miles.

[@nathanm8921]

This thing is so cool. I can't wait till the gas comes out. Hopefully those will be in the low 40s.

[@mrpips000]

The 4 door ICE model might be a nice cruiser. I had a 2013 Charger R/T and it was really nice on the highway. The price is a bit ridiculous, traditionally, muscle cars were the performance vehicle for the common man. Meant to be affordable to the blue collar worker. 71k is not that. Hopefully the ICE versions are more reasonably priced.

[@rms492]

Finally a true two (three) door thank you Dodge for giving us choices in body styles!

[@pryme2013]

This thing is longer than an early 2000’s Cadillac Deville 😂 this looks so much worse than the outgoing model and without a V8, it’s lost its soul. I don’t care if electric is faster. They have no soul.

[@unccred]

Can one turn the exhaust sound completely off? EVs are supposed to be totally silent.

[@66skate]

US Regulations: In the United States, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) mandated that all EVs and hybrid vehicles must produce a minimum sound level when traveling at low speeds (up to 18.6 mph) to alert pedestrians and cyclists. This rule aims to enhance safety for vulnerable road users.

[@unccred]

@@66skate I know this, doesn't mean i have to like it. I pulled the fuse for the speaker on my Bolt EV because the the sound 1. sucked (sounded like a roaring crowd) and 2. One of the whole points of EVs was for them to silent and stealthy. To be more specific can the Fratzonic part be turned off and just have the mandated sound be the only thing it emits?

[@sandrahiltz]

@@66skate Yes, but US regulations don't mandate sound volume so loud it can literally cause almost instant permanent hearing damage and just 3db short of being so loud it causes physical pain.

[@66skate]

@@sandrahiltz Correct, but you did say "totally silent".

[@sandrahiltz]

@@66skate I didn't, the OP did.

[@jaytaylor629]

The electric version will in no way be considered a muscle car lmao. The gasoline version sure, but the electric version is zero muscle.