Dodge to kill off Hellcats after 2023, replaced by EV's
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Dodge to kill off Hellcats after 2023, replaced by EV's
Another death knell for the V8.
Dodge boss: Hellcats dead after 2023, drivable 2024 electric muscle car concept coming in 2022
Also, the Charger and Challenger will be axed by 2024 as well.
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Everything is going electric soon we will have electric blenders and vacuum cleaners. This is going to anger a whole pile of purists but it's inevitable so good on Dodge for embracing battery electrics.
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Yup, Dodge CEO is already getting death threats
Kuniskis is aware that a lot of people won’t be happy with the direction the brand is taking (he’s already receiving death threats for the changes). He calls it, “feeding the beast.”
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Again nobody is saying NOT to build EVs but why do you need to Stop building V8s?!
It makes Zero sense.
Forcing ppl to buy EV muscle cars is laughable where most of the enjoyment is hearing the engine/exhaust and modifications. The only reason the Dodge brand is still alive is because of these enthusiasts and now the CEO is doing this, complete slap in the face.
Again nobody is saying NOT to build EVs but why do you need to Stop building V8s?!
It makes Zero sense.
Forcing ppl to buy EV muscle cars is laughable where most of the enjoyment is hearing the engine/exhaust and modifications. The only reason the Dodge brand is still alive is because of these enthusiasts and now the CEO is doing this, complete slap in the face.
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In Dodge's case, I agree. They've built up their entire reputation on crazy V8's and really nothing else. But now that's backfired on them and when forced to transition to EV's with the rest of the world, they lost their entire reason for even existing anymore.
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BTW these V8 Hellcats are rarely driven and are completely insignificant to climate change. 🤦♂️
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Yup, Dodge CEO is already getting death threats
That is why Ford, back around 1990 or so, was forced to keep the RWD V8 Mustang in production when some executives wanted to make it a FWD transverse-engined variant of the Mazda-based Ford Probe. The outcry from the public was tremendous...and that was that.
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Maybe not. I'm amazed Chrysler hasn't been killed off yet.
I'm sure if they had the choice to keep V8's they would- but they don't. We all know V8's are going the way of the dodo bird in the next couple of years.
That being said, there is no excuse for sending someone death threats for anything, nevermind a car going out of production.
If you're a CEO, and you are proposing production-changes that are so serious that it is leading to death-threats, then it's maybe time to say the heck with it and keep the monsters in production. You can only antagonize a loyalist crowd so far without paying a serious price.
That being said, there is no excuse for sending someone death threats for anything, nevermind a car going out of production.
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I'm sure if they had the choice to keep V8's they would- but they don't. But we all know V8's are going the way of the dodo bird in the next couple of years.
That being said, there is no excuse for sending someone death threats for anything, nevermind a car going out of production.
That being said, there is no excuse for sending someone death threats for anything, nevermind a car going out of production.
They are a horrendous brand and were only kept alive by Hellcat hype and Vin Diesel.
CEO and management just made poor decisions which will now kill the brand.
Im pretty sure a Dodge EV will be the last choice for most ppl looking for electric car lol
At least it will have the Hellcat sound playing through the speakers.
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If you're a CEO, and you are proposing production-changes that are so serious that it is leading to death-threats, then it's maybe time to say the heck with it and keep the monsters in production. You can only antagonize a loyalist crowd so far without paying a serious price.
That is why Ford, back around 1990 or so, was forced to keep the RWD V8 Mustang in production when some executives wanted to make it a FWD transverse-engined variant of the Mazda-based Ford Probe. The outcry from the public was tremendous...and that was that.
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Oh, absolutely.....I totally agree. I certainly wasn't implying otherwise. We are a nation of law and order...a least on paper. But my point is that if a product decision is going to be that controversial, then perhaps it should be questioned. In the example I posted about the early-90s Mustang, Ford was ultimately wise enough to listen to what the public clearly wanted.....not politics.
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I don’t think it would cost Dodge anything to keep making them and pocket the fat profit margins. They are killing these V8s to appease the climate warriors and so they can say “look how environmentally friendly we are now”
Ferrari will still be making V8s and V12s and last time I checked they are part of Stellantis.
At the end of the day - the customers are the ones that suffer.
Worst of all it will be the poor ppl getting hit hard when gas prices start to hit $10 in next 5yrs for them to fill up a used Camry, RAV4 etc.
Charger and Challenger are niche models and ones with Hemi motor are even more rare.
I don’t think it would cost Dodge anything to keep making them and pocket the fat profit margins. They are killing these V8s to appease the climate warriors and so they can say “look how environmentally friendly we are now”
Ferrari will still be making V8s and V12s and last time I checked they are part of Stellantis.
At the end of the day - the customers are the ones that suffer.
Worst of all it will be the poor ppl getting hit hard when gas prices start to hit $10 in next 5yrs for them to fill up a used Camry, RAV4 etc.
I don’t think it would cost Dodge anything to keep making them and pocket the fat profit margins. They are killing these V8s to appease the climate warriors and so they can say “look how environmentally friendly we are now”
Ferrari will still be making V8s and V12s and last time I checked they are part of Stellantis.
At the end of the day - the customers are the ones that suffer.
Worst of all it will be the poor ppl getting hit hard when gas prices start to hit $10 in next 5yrs for them to fill up a used Camry, RAV4 etc.