Dodge has finished a stunningly good job of retaining the Charger and the Challenger, two of the oldest vehicles bought new in the US, trying recent. Its designers aren’t out of concepts but: It introduced Hemi Orange and SRT Black packages for the 2022 mannequin yr.
As its identify implies, the Hemi Orange bundle provides orange accents to each muscle vehicles. Orange is synonymous with Halloween in October, and Dodge’s timing definitely performs on that, however the look bundle is not a tribute to the customized of knocking on a stranger’s door and asking for a Tootsie Roll. Early Hemi engines had been generally painted in orange — it is these V8s that the bundle honors.
Dodge is making the Hemi Orange bundle out there on the GT RWD and Scat Pack Widebody variants of the Charger and the Challenger. Each vehicles obtain an orange stripe that stretches from entrance to again, orange brake calipers, plus orange accents on the outside emblems. Inside, there’s orange stitching on the seats, the door panels, and the dashboard plus contrasting black trim on numerous elements.
Whereas portray the engine block orange to actually forge a visible hyperlink between the previous and the current would have been neat, it would not sound like something has modified below the hood. Energy for the GT RWD comes from Dodge’s tried-and-true 3.6-liter Pentastar V6, rated at 305 horsepower and 268 pound-feet of torque. Stepping as much as the Scat Pack unlocks an superior naturally-aspirated, 6.4-liter Hemi V8 tuned to develop 485 horsepower and 475 pound-feet of torque. The eight-cylinder will be paired with a six-speed handbook transmission.
As its identify additionally implies, the SRT Black bundle brings blacked-out accents to the SRT Hellcat and SRT Hellcat Redeye fashions. Dodge applies a Midnight Grey Metallic end to the emblems and Black Nickel exhaust ideas for the Charger (the Challenger already will get them).
Consumers will be capable to order both bundle beginning within the fourth quarter of 2021. Pricing for the Hemi Orange bundle is pegged at $2,995 for GT AWD fashions and $1,500 for Scat Pack Widebody vehicles. Dodge promised that the Durango will get the identical therapy as effectively, although particulars will not be introduced till 2022. And, the SRT Black bundle prices $695 no matter which mannequin it is utilized to.
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