Posted on 09/28/2022 5:50:48 AM PDT by Red Badger
Based on either the Charger or Challenger, the last of seven limited editions was planned for the SEMA show in November, but supply-chain problems pushed that date back.
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** Dodge has revealed six out of the seven "Last Call" send-offs for the Charger and Challenger, but has now announced the final debut has been pushed back.
** Dodge cited "product and supply challenges" and said the reveal will be rescheduled.
** We’re not sure what form this Last Call model will take, but we can be fairly certain that it will be powered by a V-8 with at least six liters of displacement.
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So far, Dodge has shown six out of the seven Last Call special editions that spell the end of the line for the Charger and Challenger as we know them. The muscle cars are set to be replaced by electric versions in the near future, as previewed by the Charger Daytona SRT concept. The final Last Call vehicle was supposed to be revealed at the 2022 Specialty Equipment Market Association (SEMA) show in Las Vegas, Nevada this November, but Dodge is now announcing that the debut has been delayed.
THE 2023 DODGE CHARGER KING DAYTONA.
Dodge cites "product and supply challenges," stating that once those issues have been ironed out, the unveiling will be rescheduled. Dodge has yet to provide any hints as to what this final Last Call car might be. So far, Dodge has shown three Chargers and three Challengers, so the odds on which model will constitute the remaining special edition are equal, but we would guess it will be the flashier Challenger coupe.
THE 2023 DODGE CHALLENGER SHAKEDOWN.
We also don't know what will motivate this Last Call model, but so far all of the special editions have come with either the Hellcat supercharged 6.2-liter V-8 or the Scat Pack 6.4-liter V-8. Perhaps the last car will up the ante with the Demon version of the 6.2-liter with upward of 800 horsepower. Some of the Last Call models have also revived classic Dodge names, such as Swinger or Super Bee, while others have honored historic vehicles, like the Black Ghost or King Daytona. We wouldn't be surprised to see another name from the past reappear whenever the concluding Last Call Dodge is revealed.
And they are welded shut!...........................😉
It’s like this gigantic bet on EVs they’re all making. Of course there are a few on here that will argue till they’re blue in the face, to the contrary, but at the end of the day, the Chinese either control, completely, or have some type of control over a very sizable portion of the raw materials needed for the toy cars.
China’s EV company recently took over the #1 spot, from Tesla, in EV sales. They strangle that material to keep it all for themselves, that’s all folks.
My husband has an SRT Charger with hemi with 4 doors. There are lots of versions with 4 doors.
The ‘problem’ is JITM.
Just In Time Manufacturing, an industry-wide process that was started by GM, IIRC, back in the 80’s or 70’s.
Parts suppliers and factory schedulers coordinated so that parts needed to build certain cars were delivered on the day they would be needed, so that huge stockpiles of parts were no longer necessary.
Anybody could have foreseen the troubles that would arise out of supply chain disruptions, union strikes and weather delays.
Add in COVID, idiots in the Whitehouse and foreign control of supplies and you have what we use to call in the Marines as a CLUSTERF*#%+...............
They aren't buying enough politicians.
“Am I the only one that is amazed by the stupidity of the CEOs, COOs, Board of Directors, etc that make these asinine decisions?”
“Have to wonder what tactic the puppet masters of the current administration used to sway them to make this decision.”
Don’t forget the “300” of the old days was gross HP rating.
Knock off about 75 for SAE net.
Well, Dodge/Chrysler just turned Ford and Chevy into the only companies that will supply cop cars/SUVs.
Damn near every department in the country will be driving Explorer’s or Tahoe’s. No more car chases.
A guy who works with police fleets told me the Dodges only last about half the miles of the old Ford Crown Vics due to suspension problems. No substitute for a full frame, I guess.
Did someone at Dodge come up with the brilliant idea to have a car series “Last Call”?
daum, what is the Colorado State Patrol going to do for chase cars when they can no longer buy Chargers?
My guess is there will be a huge market for after-market repair parts to keep them going for years........new engines, brake discs, suspensions, fuel systems, air conditioning.................
Ok, gotcha, makes sense! My husband might agree, altho he sure loves his! ( got when our kids were still at home).
Stellantis, who absorbed FIAT Chrysler and Peugeot, isn’t American.
The old Crown Vic’s were the ultimate cop car. Was never able to understand why Ford stopped them.
The Chargers, with the right engine, run like hell on a highway, but they have too many blind spots from the pillars. And they just don’t seem as nimble as the CVs were.
But, then again, these are the same decision makers that decide to stop building one of the top selling cop cars in the country for electric fantasies.
As someone wrote earlier, that bribe or threat must have been something else.
“My guess is there will be a huge market for after-market repair parts to keep them going for years........new engines, brake discs, suspensions, fuel systems, air conditioning.................”
great for regular folks, but most governments tend to hold on to their automobiles for only short periods and replace with new ones ...
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