Nope. The number of doors is not the problem!
Photograph courtesy Dodge
Half off a brand-new Dodge Charger? A quick look online shows several “base” R/T models within 200 miles of GRM HQ listed as low as $32,200, nearly half of the car’s $60K+ MSRP.
Perhaps that’s why Dodge has dropped the R/T from the Charger lineup for 2026, leaving just the nearly $74,000 Scat Pack–which, in case Dodge hasn’t reminded you in the last five minutes, has 670 horsepower, can reach zero to 60 in 3.3 seconds and is “the world’s quickest and most powerful muscle car.” (Don’t shoot the messenger, I’m just reading off the press release.)
Of course, when one door closes, another one opens–four of them, actually.
While Dodge pulls the plug on the R/T (see what I did there?), it’s introducing the four-door Scat Pack for the 2026 model year.
The big question, though, is whether adding two more doors will be enough to attract more buyers to the all-electric Charger.
While the prospect of having an easier-to-access back seat does appeal to me as someone with a family, it’d take a lot more than that to sway me into buying a Charger over something like Hyundai’s Ioniq 5 N.
However, a potential saving grace is on the horizon: the twin-turbo Hurricane inline-six, which is set to debut in the Charger sometime later this year in 420- and 550-horsepower variants.
Only time will tell if it’ll be enough, though.
Nope. The number of doors is not the problem!
Internet: "OH MY GOD YOU BUILT A 6000 lb. CAR?!"
Dodge: "Hold my beer."
It can't possibly get lighter with two more doors, right?
If the rumor about reviving the Hemi is true, that has a much better shot.
Tom Suddard said:Internet: "OH MY GOD YOU BUILT A 6000 lb. CAR?!"
Dodge: "Hold my beer."
It can't possibly get lighter with two more doors, right?
The problem isn't the doors, it's my eyes. They have to see that thing.
Am I missing something?
Our old dodge charger was two things:
1. It was 4 doors as there was no 2 door version.
And
2. It was a piece of E36 M3.
Keith Tanner said:Nope. The number of doors is not the problem!
Tough to argue against that.
In reply to Keith Tanner :
Agree that number of the doors isn't 'the' problem, but it is 'a' problem.
In reply to te72 :
With nothing next to it for scale reference, I actually kind of like it from some angles... But not so much from others. It's kind of like the C8 Corvette in that regard.
I actually think the car looks cool, and I know all EVs are expensive, but $74k?!? Can anyone justify this car not being price competitive with the Tesla M3P? If anything I'd think Dodge would want to try to undercut the price of Tesla's performance car. A four door Charger Scat Pack EV at $49k could be compelling. But at a full $20k above the Tesla I don't really see who the target buyer even is here.
It's also an order of magnitude slower than a M3P. And an Ioniq 5 N.
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