When Dodge launched the new Charger, it bet that electric muscle would win over grizzled gasoline enthusiasts.
Instead, buyers have flocked to the petrol version that landed a year later, while the battery-powered model has suffered a dramatic collapse, proving old habits die hard in the performance car world.
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Through the first half of 2026, Dodge has sold 4,583 gasoline Chargers, a massive 181 percent increase over the 1,630 delivered during the same period last year.
The second quarter alone was even more dramatic, with sales rocketing 404 percent from 578 cars to 2,911.
EV Goes the Other Way
Meanwhile, the Charger Daytona EV, which is getting a heap more expensive for MY27, is heading firmly in the opposite direction.
Dodge delivered just 534 electric Chargers during the first six months of the year, down 88 percent from 4,299 in 2025.
The second quarter was equally grim, with only 294 finding homes compared with 2,352 a year ago, another 88 percent plunge.
Those gasoline gains are especially noteworthy because buyers aren't even getting the engine many of them really want.
Today's Charger is available only with Stellantis' twin-turbo Hurricane inline-six in two power outputs.
It's a genuinely impressive engine, but plenty of Dodge loyalists never embraced the idea of replacing a Hemi V8 with six cylinders.
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Fortunately for them, Dodge has already confirmed the V8 is coming back.
