2025 Dodge Charger Daytona - Design Review
Power is key to the Charger’s image and Dodge is not willing to give up on this image. From the hellcats and R/T models from its past, this new sedan is set to take the performance ring to a new frontier. Although you may think this is just an updated version of the previous model, the front end of this new Charger is far from it. Sure, we still have the boxed outline with a rectangle grille inclusive of hideaway lights, but that is what we have come to expect from the Charger name. Aerodynamics was never top of mind when it came to the straight-line performance of the original Charger, well except for the Daytona model built for NASCAR. Riding up front again is what you have come to love and expect from this model, with a few added touches. Hideaway lights are now made possible due to the dark background of the new headlight fixtures. This brings us back to our Duke days, where most of us fell in love with this car. A proper front splitter has made the cut and hopefully Dodge won’t add anymore of those annoying yellow protectors, which no ever took off. That is one fad we don’t want to live through again. A bit higher up you find yourself questioning why Dodge went with such a simple lower intake. Undersized and rocking a layout which does not blend well, makes us question the ability of Dodge’s design team. We all get it that there is no oversized Hellcat V8 behind, but they could have at least added another inch to the top and kept the side lines, in line with the bumper lines. Add to these some undersized brake intakes and you really question the follow through in the overall design language of this car. Sitting behind the front grille, you find one the greatest airflow features on the Charger. We have all come to embrace the front hood spoilers which Pininfarina have given us on their Battista and the Ferrari SF, but to see a floating front spoiler on an American muscle sedan, is all new to us. Using the airflow from the front grille, Dodge has depressed the front hood (thanks to its EV space), to give us a lot more downforce on the front end. Pushing out the front bumper has allowed the new Charger to add in this extra bit of downforce, while also adding in an extreme performance look to the front of this ride. And with the extruded bumper, you can expect this extra bit of downforce to carryover to its I.C.E. counterpart as well. One great thing about this feature, is that we can now see how easy it will be for the aftermarket world to build the coupe model into a new age Charger Daytona. Complete with an oversized spoiler as well.  Following the airflow down off the hood and down the side of the Charger, you find that Dodge has really not upgraded this car from its predecessor. Utilizing the same side profile as the previous two (2) generations, the new Charger sedan is gives us only a slight update from its previous model. With only the addition of new lower side sills, this profile is nothing more than just some old sheet metal on a new car. Even the famous broken character line wasn’t updated, as this takes on an eased out look compared to the well-defined lines of the previous model. Let’s hope Dodge wakes up and adds on some changes here when the refresh happens in 3 – 5 years.  Out back is similar to the side, as only a few updates have been made to the previous model. The addition of a few small air exhaust ports for the brakes adds on to what was already decent from the past model. Too bad Dodge couldn’t make them bigger, as they seem to get lost in all of that dark gloss plastic protruding from the rear bumper. Dodge did fix the issue with the rear lines though, as they pushed out the bubbles until some hard defined lines came out. This adds on to the boxed look the front starts, which gives us that finishing touch when you go from start to finish. Along with this the addition of a past favourite returns, as these hard lines are very similar to what we loved about our famous 69 General Lee, with one major change. A new logo is all the rage now, as Dodge has brought back its logo from the 50’s, giving us a look into what the future has in store for us. Larger size could have helped with the logo, as only the name of the product is visible from far away. Something we hope that Dodge will fix when it releases this on its next batch of updates to its product line.  Overall, the new Charger sedan is an update we all wanted, but it is not inclusive of anything new. With this you can expect to the Charger to sell only as well as the previous model, as consumers only want to drool over new products, not enhanced ones. Of course, the iPhone always an exception to this truth. With a few new changes which help bring this car into the present, we all hope that the new Charger will find a home with many new consumers. But if we really want to talk the truth, this new sedan is only a small step in the right direction for what Dodge has in store for us. We all can hope ,right? Everett J. #autolooks COMPETITION: Kia Stinger - 61.24% Hyundai Grandeaur - 53.86% Volkswagen Phaeton D2 - 52.17% Toyota Crown - 60.61%
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