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Originally Posted by HouseStark
As someone who has had 3 different variants of the Challenger Scat Pack including a Wide Body words can't explain how much of a monumental failure of a presentation this was. I was assuming based on Jonny Lieberman's article in Motortrend and the verbiage Tim was using that they would announce ICE along side EV for a few years but instead we got this hot garbage.
For reference, he said on Day 1 the Hemi is done in the LX platform. Why specify in the LX platform why not just say Hemi is done period? Also, wtf is this design they chose? It looks like neither like a first gen charger nor a daytona. What they ended up with is a gimicky (fake noise/shifting) EV that actually makes Tesla look respectable. Then the whole angle of it. I mean he's really trying to sell us on the idea that it's still a muscle car because the people who buy it are the tatoo'd rebels in the brotherhood of muscle who go against the grain and by the Dodge EV cause SUV's outsell cars 4:1 because Dodge?
This thing sounds like a dying panther and looks nothing like an of their heritage models. Tim will go down as the guy who both saved and destroyed Dodge. At the very minimum they could have designed a respectable EV that looks like a true classic and just let it be what it is.
Idk rant over, I always said my 18' SS 1LE was a far better car anyways. I'll be ordering a 23' now and hope it actually gets made. Words just can't explain how unbelievably silly the whole thing was.
One final thought Dodge should have realized that beside the very small percentage of enthusiasts like us no one give a shit about performance. If the public did then the Camaro would be outselling the Challenger 10:1 considering every single comparable model is both faster and handles better than the Challenger. No one cares how fast their EV is and they never will.
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Yep, they are trying to inject personality into an EV and I am not sure it if it will work or not. Tim said him self multiple times that this is not their choice, the rules have changed and they are trying their best to play by them and still have some fun.
To your point, the EV minivans will be able to crank out 3 second 0-60mph times so who cares. 0-60mph is no longer a meaningful metric in EVs, they all feel quick enough because the power delivery is instantaneous.