You might be shocked to hear this, but you can still buy a brand new Dodge Charger or Challenger from the dealer. There’s over 5,000 of the muscle cars still in stock at Dodge dealers across the country, which may or may not be a good thing.
After what seemed like an eternity, Stellantis ended production of the LX (Dodge Charger and Chrysler 300) and LC (Dodge Challenger) in December 2023. The brand was making way for the next generation of the Charger which we now know is going with electric and six-cylinder power. Dodge fans were up in arms of course, especially over the death of the popular SRT and Hellcat models. Some might have assumed that customers were going to make a run on dealers, cash in hand clamoring for the last of these V8 powered muscle cars, especially with Dodge doing a run of special edition Last Call models.
It doesn’t seem as if that was the case. Using Dodge’s own inventory search tool, I found that there are still a total of 5,646 brand new Dodge Chargers and Challengers sitting at Dodge dealers all across the country. You’d probably think that’s a good thing until you realize that every single one of these cars is two-model-years old now.
Those 5,000+ cars are split; there are slightly more Chargers than there are Challengers: 2,958 to 2,688. Things gets more interesting when you get into specific trims. There’s 993 Charger SXTs and 695 Charger Scat Packs. There are only 49 Challenger SXTs but over 1,000 Challenger Scat Packs, the majority of which are Scat Pack Wide Body models.
While many of these cars have discounts at the dealer level, some of the Scat Pack and SRT models don’t, which could explain why many of them have been sitting. Unsurprisingly, there are still dealers out there who are marking up the performance models. Like this dealer in Tracy, California that has tacked a $20,000 markup on a new 2023 Charger Hellcat Widebody with a $90,857 MSRP. Cargurus says the car has been listed for nearly 400 days.
Some dealers may be willing to make a deal to move some of this metal that’s been collecting dust. With how greedy many dealers are and the ongoing popularity of the V8 models given that we won’t ever see them from Dodge again, interested buyers may have a tough time trying to score a deal on a V8 Charger or Challenger.