The Dodge Challenger embraced its heritage with its seems. The automaker designed it through the retro renaissance of the early to mid-2000s, and now a brand new improve from Exomod takes the classic styling to a brand new degree with the D69 Carbon Daytona. The corporate takes trendy Challengers and transforms them into bespoke 1968 Charger recreations.
Exomod stripped the Challenger Hellcat to its security cage earlier than including the all-carbon-fiber Aero Physique, which incorporates the wing, entrance aero bumper, and fender scoops, giving the brand new Challenger the look of a 1969 Dodge Charger Daytona. It wears the massive nostril and wing in addition to the unique did. The tuner completed the outside in Firenze Pink Pearl, with a chrome steel end on the flip-top fuel cap and taillight trim, emphasizing the brand new sequential LED taillights.
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The aftermarket specialists additionally added beauty carbon reveal on the Daytona wing, the tail panel, the door jambs, the rockers, and the rear diffuser. Inside, the transformed Challenger options two-tone Italian leather-based with Ink and Walnut seats and Walnut door panels. Every bespoke construct takes 2,000 hours to finish.
The Challenger’s powertrain stays unchanged. Beneath the hood is the automaker’s supercharged 6.2-liter V8 engine making 807 horsepower and 707 pound-feet of torque, which pipes its sound via a customized lively exhaust system. The aftermarket specialist additionally decked out the engine bay with customized carbon-fiber close-out and cowl panels.
The V8 pairs with the mannequin’s eight-speed TorqueFlite transmission with paddle shifters, retaining the powertrain and Dodge’s five-year, 60,000-mile guarantee intact. Exomod did add an anti-slip differential, and the coupe comes with SRT’s competitors suspension and Energy Chiller.
Forgeline DE3C wheels wrapped in Nitto NT555 tires sit in any respect 4 corners. Located behind these wheels are six-piston Brembo brakes with 15.7-inch slotted rotors. The construct doesn’t come low-cost, costing $395,000.
That is the final mannequin 12 months for the current-generation Dodge Charger and Challenger. The chance has already handed for sellers to submit any extra orders, and manufacturing will finish no later than December 31. The corporate is already teasing its substitute, an EV with retro design cues that has greater than 800 hp on faucet.