Dodge model boss Tim Kuniskis desires to unveil the marque’s idea for an electrical muscle automobile earlier than the Pace Week that leads as much as the Woodward Dream Cruise on August 20, in response to an interview with Muscle Vehicles & Vans. There is a mysterious issue probably holding again the revealing, although.
“It will likely be sooner moderately than later. My hope is that you just’ll see this automobile properly earlier than we get to that Pace Week, so properly earlier than we get to August is my hope,” Kuniskis advised Muscle Vehicles & Vans.
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It is not clear what’s holding issues again, however the challenge looks as if a giant deal. “There’s one actually vital piece that goes with [the reveal] that’s outdoors of my management, and it’s outdoors our trade fairly frankly, that I would like the 2 to be collectively after I present you this automobile. And I don’t wish to do it disjointed,” he advised Muscle Vehicles & Vans.
In line with earlier particulars, the electrical muscle automobile idea is an in depth preview of the manufacturing model of the mannequin that is arriving in 2024. The aim of this car is to attract new clients to Dodge’s efficiency mannequin whereas retaining the followers the corporate already has.
Dodge’s engineers are reportedly aiming to construct a car that will compete in opposition to a Tesla Mannequin S Plaid. This might imply the electrical muscle automobile might speed up to 60 miles per hour (96 kilometers per hour) in below two seconds.
Stellantis CEO Carlos Tavares not too long ago described the Dodge electrical muscle automobile as having a “sound that you just can’t think about.” He additionally described the car as “one thing that’s surprising.”
Dodge’s teaser for the mannequin confirmed it with the old-school fratzog triangular emblem. From what was seen, the styling blended components from the late Sixties and early ’70s Challenger and Charger. The video highlighting the car confirmed an all-wheel-drive burnout, indicating an electrical motor for powering every axle.
When the production-spec muscle automobile arrives, Dodge intends to promote it alongside the combustion-powered automobiles no less than for a short while.