Dodge plans to retire Challenger as parent company plans for electrified future

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Dodge's go-to muscle car, the Challenger, will soon be retired as its parent company looks to offer an expanded lineup of electric and hybrid vehicles.

Dodge's go-to muscle car, the Challenger, will soon be retired as its parent company looks to offer an expanded lineup of electric vehicles.For more than a dozen years, the Challenger has been Dodge's modern-day muscle car, offering old-fashioned horsepower and retro-inspired looks.They're promising an electric muscle car to replace it as part of an overall corporate plan; joining other large car companies in that promise.

Dodge, Chrysler, Ram, Jeep, Fiat and Alfa Romeo will begin an electric transition in the coming years."The customer is always at the heart of Stellantis and our commitment with this 30-billion-plus investment plan is to offer iconic vehicles that have the performance, capability, style, comfort and electric range that fit seamlessly into their daily lives," said CEO Carlos Tavares.

Alfa Romeo is the company's most premium car brand in North America, not counting Ferrari. This new small SUV called the Tonale will come around next year, offered as a plug-in hybrid.On the truck side, Ram has announced that there will be a pickup that runs only on electricity in two years, following its Detroit competitors Ford and GM.

 

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Stick your electric cars where the sun don’t shine

Stop with the electric. What’s next, an electric Vette?

Your destroying the young kids dreams of having a Bad a$$ car. Like there fathers and grandfathers had like the 70 something Z28’s or the 60 something Vett’s. Bring back the true Muscle cars.

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