If you’ve got the need for speed but haven’t found an EV that delivers the experience you’re looking for, this 2024 Dodge Charger Daytona may be the ride you’ve been waiting for.

Yes, the Dodge Charger is back in both coupe and sedan forms, featuring both battery-electric and internal combustion drivetrains. Yes you heard that right…BEV and ICE! But the fully-electric Charger Daytona coupe is arriving first, and we just got some Quick Spin early drive time in Phoenix, AZ.

Initial offerings include the Dayona R/T and the Daytona Scat Pack. Both use the same 100.5-kWh battery delivering 308-miles of range in the 456-horsepower R/T and 241-miles in the 630-horsepower Scat Pack.

Both come with standard dual-motor all-wheel-drive and a Power Shot feature that delivers 40 additional horsepower for 10-seconds, bringing the totals to 496 for the R/T and 670 in the Scat Pack.

We got seat time in both versions, on the street as well as on the road course and dragstrip of Radford Racing School.

On the dragstrip, we ran consistent 11.5s with launch control making it as simple as possible; and no drop-offs in power delivery as we went down the track.

And yes, that is some V8 roar you’re hearing. Goofy name aside, the Charger’s Fratzonic Chambered Exhaust delivers realistic engine and exhaust sounds throughout the entire driving experience, both inside and out.

BRIAN ROBINSON: “Obviously you’re dealing with a lot of weight here, but in typical Dodge muscle car fashion, there’s always more than enough power available at any point in time to overwhelm that weight. The car has a very sold feel to it, that’s for sure. The sounds, you know they can be a little gimmicky, but at the same time, they’re well done, and they really give you that feedback from the vehicle that you’re missing in a lot of EVs.”

Rolling into showrooms now, 2024 Dodge Charger Daytona R/Ts start around $60,000, with Scat Packs coming in around $74,000.

And we’ll have more Quick Spins…soon!