Dodge Probably Building Charger Widebody Because Why the Hell Not?
At the recent 2019 Spring Festival — a celebration of Dodge and Chrysler cars based on the LX platform and its subsequent updates, like the Chrysler 300 and Dodge Challenger and Charger — a “concept” Dodge Charger Widebody made an appearance. Featuring flared fenders, blacked-out wheels and much wider tires, the Charger Widebody concept looks just as mean as its Challenger sibling.
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Dodge hasn’t released any official information about the concept and seemed to be using the event as an opportunity to gauge reactions to the idea. If the attendees were anything like me, they were demanding that the Charger Widebody enter production immediately.
A production Charger Widebody would likely follow a similar path as the Challenger, becoming a $6,000 option package on R/T Scat Pack and Hellcat models. Placing 305-width performance tires on all four corners did wonders for the Challenger’s handling, and while we can’t confirm until we drive a Charger with them (hint hint, Dodge), it seems likely to have the same effect for the full-size sedan.
We designed the Charger Widebody concept car because nobody can have enough Charger. #DriveforDesign pic.twitter.com/wGXoSQa2hL
— Dodge (@Dodge) March 23, 2019
Is it sort of a lazy move on Dodge’s part to offer slightly different performance variants of the Charger instead of a full refresh beyond the mild updates that already took place for 2019? It’d be hard to argue it isn’t, but since the Challenger Widebodies are incredibly fun, I’m not going to complain about more fun cars being available.
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The Challenger SRT Demon was revealed at the 2017 New York International Auto Show, so there’s an outside chance the Charger Widebody concept might make an appearance. But other outlets are speculating on it being a 2021 model, so we might have to wait until 2020.
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