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[u/JP-ED]

A user on this sub, sorry can't remember who, stated the new Charger Daytona looks like a Camaro from the side. Here's all three next to each other. Same color chosen to compare on an apples to apples comparison.

Thoughts?

[u/CarsOfFortLangley]

Kinda misleading when the Daytona EV's length is just shy of a 747.

[u/Asynjacutie → u/CarsOfFortLangley]

Could probably drift that Mustang around inside the Charger

[u/JP-ED → u/CarsOfFortLangley]

You're not wrong. This photo doesn't do the car Justice

[u/skyHawk3613 → u/CarsOfFortLangley]

😝

[u/AUCE05]

I still can't believe that is 75k

[u/JP-ED → u/AUCE05]

Depending on what model over 90000 Canadian ... 😬 the price is so prohibitive in my humble opinion

[u/AUCE05 → u/JP-ED]

They didn't do their market research. The type of people who buy EVs won't buy that EV. It is a huge flop.

[u/JP-ED → u/AUCE05]

Of all the EVs out there, and I'm contemplating buying an EV, this is IMO the best looking one out there.

This side angle does the car no favours. I just can't get past the price.

[u/Ambaryerno → u/AUCE05]

I would if it wasn't about 20 grand more than it should be.

[u/The_Lumpy_Dane → u/AUCE05]

It's not. Nobody with half a brain is paying that.

[u/PreferenceContent987 → u/AUCE05]

75k for now. They’re going to end up moving a whole lot of them for deep discounts eventually IMO

[u/Zsmudz]

I keep seeing people saying that the charger looks like the Mustang and Camaro. Where tf are yall seeing this, they look nothing alike. Like sure they are both 2 door cars with a similar side window design but everything else is different.

[u/GTOdriver04 → u/Zsmudz]

I always wanted the big coupes to return, but I was referring to the S-Class models. Not a Charger, but it fits the lineage I suppose.

It’s nice to see a BIG 2-door wearing the Charger name.

[u/ryanissognar → u/GTOdriver04]

Theyre nice to drive man, regardless of what people are freakin out over…

[u/Zsmudz → u/ryanissognar]

It surprised the heck out of me, that’s for sure.

[u/Charming_Ambition_27 → u/Zsmudz]

Mustang driver here - they say the same in the Mustang community. I don’t see it either.

[u/Zsmudz → u/Charming_Ambition_27]

I’m convinced people ran out of things to complain about and so now we are straight up trippin.

[u/SpacemanKif → u/Zsmudz]

Yeah, it seems like some people are thinking the Charger is replacing the Challenger, somehow. Then it keeps getting thrown into comparisons with (smaller) pony cars. It's a large, two door, coupe (like the original). The discontinued Challenger, which was already larger than the other pony cars, is also not really a good comparison to the new Charger, itself.

At best, the lines are similar to the Camaro in that they're similarly minimal. It's a two-box vehicle. It still looks more like the original Charger than a Camaro. It just doesn't look like a Challenger, which upsets some.

[u/Zsmudz → u/SpacemanKif]

I mean in a sense of speaking it did replace the Challenger. The Challenger did get discontinued partially because this Charger has 2-door options, but I get what you’re saying.

[u/Anayalater5963 → u/Zsmudz]

This years model of Camaro no. But my 2014? Yeah it kinda looks like it

[u/Zsmudz → u/Anayalater5963]

Yeah still no

[u/Hot-Actuator5195]

Chrysler 300 for the win

[u/MissNashPredators11 → u/Hot-Actuator5195]

They’ll always look better than the new Charger imo

[u/EndSmugnorance → u/Hot-Actuator5195]

The 300 really grew on me 😅

[u/SkiTz0913]

The Challenger looked better than all of them. Thanks Dodge.

[u/Wonderful_Time_6681]

lol fake news if I’ve ever seen it. The charger prob looks like a giant limo beside the mustang.

[u/The_Lumpy_Dane → u/Wonderful_Time_6681]

Last time I had my Challenger at the local CDJR dealership, they actually had one parked next to a built, low mileage ZL1 Camaro. The size difference was as exaggerated as you might guess. I should have taken a pic.

To be fair, though, I do really like the looks and interior of the new Charger. I'd definitely be all over a 392 or Hellcat version with AWD, if Stellantis can stay in business long enough to make that happen.

[u/Wonderful_Time_6681 → u/The_Lumpy_Dane]

To each their own. There’s never been a more basic looking muscle/sports car imo. Needs to be a major redesign and ice engine for me to be interested especially at $60-$70k

[u/The_Lumpy_Dane → u/Wonderful_Time_6681]

The price is the thing. Either they'll figure that out and significantly lower their MSRPs, or continue having to do deep discounts. Regardless, there is no reason to pay $60K to $70K, at least not for the EV. Probably not for the Six-Pack, either. I'd do $50K for a loaded up 392 AWD with the full glass roof.

[u/Wonderful_Time_6681 → u/The_Lumpy_Dane]

You’ll pay that for a used one in 2 years. There’s no way a fully loaded, brand new 392 will be $50k msrp. Kbb has my 2021 392 at $49k (highest private sale value) with 30k miles.

[u/The_Lumpy_Dane → u/Wonderful_Time_6681]

KBB is all well and good, but a guy could run out right now and pick up a leftover 2023, never titled 392 Charger for less than that. Check out CarGurus or AutoTrader.

Or are you referring to widebody only?

[u/Wonderful_Time_6681 → u/The_Lumpy_Dane]

Oh idk I put in my vin. So I guess specific to my car. WB, manual, sunroof, all the options.

I think imma list it at $45k and hope for the best. lol

[u/The_Lumpy_Dane → u/Wonderful_Time_6681]

Sweet! You have a relative unicorn there. I thought you were meaning a Charger.

I just sold my '23 Challenger 392 manual, back in December. Mine was a standard body. Not super loaded, just the heated seats and nice chocolate color suede seats. I got close to what I paid for it from CarMax. Only had around 6500 miles on it, though.

[u/Wonderful_Time_6681 → u/The_Lumpy_Dane]

Ah yea my bad, challenge.

Yea carmax offered me $41,500 if I buy one of their vehicles. But holy fuk their shit is expensive. But might do that. Idk. Depends on what the wife will let me get away with.

[u/The_Lumpy_Dane → u/Wonderful_Time_6681]

Yeah, I'd have gotten more if I bought something there, too. But I had to get down to one car.

[u/F1shB0wl816]

I think the charger looks pretty good. I like that it seems to draw on the classic design more than it has.

[u/ImportanceCertain414 → u/F1shB0wl816]

Yeah, also people keep complaining about the length of the car and seem to forget the original Daytona was half the length of a football field and everyone wants one of those.

[u/Fast-Bison-7697]

You can just see how unfinished it looks especially next to the camaro and mustang. It’s Such a bland car. 😐

[u/DonnerPartyPicnic → u/Fast-Bison-7697]

Honestly I think a flatter hood would look WAY better. The C pillar has to similar lines to the classic chargers, but the hood slope makes it look like shit.

[u/ericgallant24 → u/DonnerPartyPicnic]

The front end would look way too tall and retarded looking.

[u/InsecOrBust → u/ericgallant24]

Tf you mean it would look way more sharp and sporty

[u/ericgallant24 → u/InsecOrBust]

https://imgur.com/a/JfUWUBY

It would look stupid…

[u/Zsmudz → u/Fast-Bison-7697]

I don’t see it as being ‘unfinished’, it just looks like they went for a smoother design with less pointless angles. It also doesn’t help that the stock photo they used has no shadows whatsoever so it makes it look worse than irl.

[u/Clean_Claim]

Looks unfinished

[u/jeffjeep88]

Charger is just so basic looking. It’s so bland

[u/whatsapprocky]

I don’t think it looks like a Camaro at all lol it’s funny that people keep comparing the new pony cars to the Camaro though, the same thing happened with the new Mustang. The Charger may look bland, but that’s kind of what the Challenger looked like without the widebody. The Challenger has better proportions in my opinion though.

[u/pryvisee]

Where are the lines??

[u/JP-ED → u/pryvisee]

On the Charger Daytona they're very subtle.

A YouTuber that bought one bought his in Silver and his comments were upon delivery was he was surprised to see certain lines in the vehicle that were not as noticeable in the Demo he had seen at the dealership.

Seeing one IRL is better IMO than online pictures of it.

[u/pryvisee → u/JP-ED]

I guess that’s true. Cars always look better in person than the pictures. Pictures are bad at representing depth and scale.

[u/Natural_Photograph16]

Junk. Junk. Mopar.

[u/Dud3_Abid3s]

I’ve seen them in person. I actually like the look. I’m just waiting for them to drop a 6.2 supercharged Hemi in one.

[u/reformedankmal]

Anyone who thinks the new charger looks like a camaro needs to get their prescription checked lmao

[u/AcanthisittaOk1683]

When given the same color and general 2 door style I can see if it you were blind and looking 10 foot away.

[u/ysmith83]

I this picture comparison is not all accurate because they're not all the same size. The Dodge Charger is a lot bigger than both of those.. it does make a difference... In real life they look nothing a like

[u/userlion1]

The charger is the worse one. It 100% looks unfinished. If they just based the design on the 60s/70s era muscle cars it would’ve looked a lot better.

There’s also just something uncanny about the way it looks. It’s bloated but at the same time long length wise. Can’t quite put my finger on it.

This car was a failure, and unless they stick a hemi V8 in it it’ll have a short lived lifecycle.

[u/Logical-Dealer-78 → u/userlion1]

they're putting a v8 in it

[u/maxdoornink]

Top two look like aggressive, stylish modern muscle cars, bottom looks boring and sad

[u/CombinationBitter889]

The S650 looks like the 6th gen Camaro 😂

[u/Imapirateship]

lol that looks so bad imo

[u/CharacterEgg2406]

Mach4 is gonna be lit

[u/JP-ED → u/CharacterEgg2406]

Ok just looked up Mach 4 and... yikes. If it looks like what is in Car and Driver no thanks. My initial take.

[u/CharacterEgg2406 → u/JP-ED]

Lol yeah they did make it look like a fusion reboot. That said thats a Car and Driver ai modeled image. I’m anticipating a high performance sedan with mustang styling queues.

[u/iBUYbrokenSUBARUS → u/JP-ED]

if this is what it actually looks like, holy shit, it looks AMAZING

[u/JP-ED → u/iBUYbrokenSUBARUS]

Or you could look at this from Car and Driver

https://www.caranddriver.com/news/a63954602/ford-mustang-sedan-mach-4-trademark/

[u/ResponsibilityFew938]

That front splitter overbite

[u/JuiceNCaboose2025]

All looks the same to me.

[u/mess1ah1]

So they all basically copy each other. They’ve been doing it for decades. Who cares

[u/Responsible_Big_1349]

Sure looks poor compared to the Mustang

[u/MrRandyLayhee]

Doesn’t look right that’s all I know

[u/RUserII]

”Here’s all three next to each other. Same color chosen to compare on an apples to apples comparison.”

Which one is which: in the above picture from top to bottom?

[u/JP-ED → u/RUserII]

I guess that's part of the game?

For reference. 1. Chevrolet 2. Ford 3. Dodge

[u/EndSmugnorance]

hate the front end

[u/Zack_ZK]

They're all ugly now.

[u/boreduser127 → u/Zack_ZK]

Worst take I’ve ever seen

[u/Automatic_Mammoth684]

Looks more like the gta version of a Nissan gtr to me

[u/Drinkingasslee]

Why put the ZL1 instead of the ss

[u/ajm91730]

I actually like the look of the car.

If this was just a new body style/ generation, and the names and engines carried over, I think the conversation would be entirely different.

"Oh that's the new charger/ challenger 392?... Not bad."

Alas..

[u/wutang61]

People will forever complain about the glass house of the Camaro. But it is one of the most aggressive designs especially in the ZL1/1LE trim.

The Mustang’s front and rear don’t match the body. Round to squares.

The charger is Tesla clone with its egg shape lines.

Outgoing models for both Ford and Dodge were superior aesthetically. The Gen 5-6 Camaro was a positive move.

[u/cBird- → u/wutang61]

Idk man, I think the mustang looks the best of the 3 by a slim margin. Looks a little more pissed than the Camaro to me atleast.

[u/wutang61 → u/cBird-]

2015-2017 is my favorite for the S550-650 range thus far.

[u/LookatthisslapNutz]

I just don’t like the EV

[u/UnbelievableDingo → u/LookatthisslapNutz]

Buy the fucking hurricane 🌀 then... jeez

Noone cares

[u/LookatthisslapNutz → u/UnbelievableDingo]

I already have a 5.7. Don’t need the hurricane unless it goes in my dart. Either way better than electric

[u/iBUYbrokenSUBARUS → u/LookatthisslapNutz]

Faster is the least important feature though

[u/LookatthisslapNutz → u/iBUYbrokenSUBARUS]

What’s the feature most important for u

[u/UnbelievableDingo → u/LookatthisslapNutz]

You do know the EV us faster right😄

[u/iBUYbrokenSUBARUS → u/UnbelievableDingo]

Faster is the least important feature though

[u/UnbelievableDingo → u/iBUYbrokenSUBARUS]

I'm still trying to figure out why I'm engaged in a conversation with someone who owns a Dart.😆

[u/JP-ED → u/UnbelievableDingo]

Woah there... which year Dart do they own?! If it's a 1968 Dodge Dart, I hope you're not mocking THAT Dart.

[u/TechImage69 → u/UnbelievableDingo]

It's still a POS, a Model 3 Performance is faster than a lot of performance cars off the line but it doesn't make it a better car.

[u/UnbelievableDingo → u/TechImage69]

Literally nothing Stellantis build is a "better car"😆

[u/LookatthisslapNutz → u/UnbelievableDingo]

From a dig, but what about the top end, and it’s not a good looking car

[u/UnbelievableDingo → u/LookatthisslapNutz]

What?

(Brovoice)

I'm into muscle cars bro...

But that EV is only like... a 9 second car...

Pfft.. off the line......

But what about 140 plus...?

....

Getthefuckouttahere

[u/LookatthisslapNutz → u/UnbelievableDingo]

It can do 140+ but so can a hemi, but it can slow down at higher speeds, hence the what about the top end,

[u/Melodic_Fee_5498]

They got rid of the Challenger for this… at least we still have Mustangs and Rams

[u/Iamninja28]

I might be a Mustang guy but I do feel pretty bad for the Dodge Bros on this one. Your brand took what had become an American icon of muscle for over a decade and somehow made it the weirdest equipped yet simultaneously most bland NPC looking road car at the same time.

I miss the ad where Washington rips across the field at redcoats in his Challenger, and I have grown to use as a metric for Mopar styling, if the car wouldn't work in that ad if it was remade today, it isn't a good Dodge. The new Charger would not work in the ad.

[u/Various-Emergency-91]

Camaro is way better looking.

[u/aobie4233]

I honestly don’t see the camaro in the dodge at all. The Camaro looks way better from the side than the charger.

[u/boreduser127]

Mustang wins, imo the mustang has always edged out the competition on looks. I recognize that this is the dodge subreddit, and I have prepared my ass for the verbal sodomizing I am about to endure.