Dodge Charger EV - With external electronic noise maker

[Heartbreaker]

The new Dodge Charger EV reveal has been making some positive waves.

https://www.caranddriver.com/news/a60047406/2024-dodge-charger-daytona-ev-revealed/

I don't mind the looks... But that's where the good ends for me. I'm much less enthused than the press on this one.

I would not buy any Dodge. They are consistently near the bottom of reliability rankings.

No matter who made this I wouldn't buy it. It's monstrously large and heavy (~207" long and almost 6000lbs curb weight).

They added a ridiculous digital External noise maker:

Dodge says it's still fine-tuning its "Fratzonic Chambered Exhaust." Utilizing two passive radiators, the system provides real-time feedback (meaning you can rev it) and is said to match the sound levels of the current Hellcat Charger, capable of a claimed 126-decibel roar.

While I like the rumble of a REAL V8 engine, this just seems obnoxious to me. That they are adding a completely superfluous noise generator is so annoying that I would be less likely to buy any products from this brand, though I already considered Dodge dead to me, so I guess no loss to Dodge. I also think anyone driving around with this noisemaker on, is essentially self identifying themselves as an obnoxious jerk.

 

[FelixDeCat]

There should be laws against loud exhaust or even simulated loud exhaust.

 

[GodisanAtheist]

These car companies and their insistence in trying to leverage an existing brand to launch EV's off of is staggeringly idiotic. You can see boardroom meddling written all over this hunk of crap.

Someone looking to buy a Charger is not interested in an EV, and vice versa. Making the EV make noise is going to piss off people interested in an EV, and knowing the noise is fake with no "rumble" to it is going to piss off the Charger crowd.

Taking two small markets and overlapping them to make an even smaller market is just... And then Dodge will come back shrugging with some shit eating grin and say "guess there isn't a market for EVs! Back to gas guzzlers!".

Rivians and Tesla do well because they're well run and dedicated to EVs as their own thing. It would be like trying to sell a gas powered Model 3, it would just confuse people.

 

[Torn Mind]

Coming to an Army base near you.

 

[sandorski]

EVs making a sound is actually important. What that sound is can be ridiculous though. I suspect that mimicking an ICE will be a short lived experiment.

 

[Heartbreaker]

EVs making a sound is actually important.

It really isn't. Pay close attention the next time you are near a road. You don't actually here engine noise of approaching cars (normal cars without loud exhaust), you hear wind and tire noise.

 

[sandorski]

It really isn't. Pay close attention the next time you are near a road. You don't actually here engine noise of approaching cars (normal cars without loud exhaust), you hear wind and tire noise.

In a parking lot engine noise is all there is. Last weekend an EV made a hum that wasn't idiotic and made its' presence known.

 

[IronWing]

I think EVs with ice cream truck sounds are the future.

 

[Heartbreaker]

In a parking lot engine noise is all there is. Last weekend an EV made a hum that wasn't idiotic and made its' presence known.

In a parking lot, pedestrians usually just ignore cars, and it's up to drivers to be extra careful and not run them over. Extremely often when I'm grocery shopping, there is some pedestrian obliviously walking in front of my car, when I'm already rolling (ICE car, not hybrid).

So in both instances, noisemakers are pointless.

 

[bbhaag]

I think EVs with ice cream truck sounds are the future.

The future is already here my friend. Behold the Borla Active Sound System for the 2021-2024 Mustang Mach-E.

It not only plays those glorious V-8 sounds that everybody loves but it can be customized to play any sound you want.....even if that sound is an ice cream truck.

 

[GodisanAtheist]

In a parking lot, pedestrians usually just ignore cars, and it's up to drivers to be extra careful and not run them over. Extremely often when I'm grocery shopping, there is some pedestrian obliviously walking in front of my car, when I'm already rolling (ICE car, not hybrid).

So in both instances, noisemakers are pointless.

-IMO all cars should come with a Trophy active countermeasure system to prevent oblivious pedestrians from being struck by your vehicle, for the safety of all involved...

 

[mindless1]

In a parking lot, pedestrians usually just ignore cars, and it's up to drivers to be extra careful and not run them over. Extremely often when I'm grocery shopping, there is some pedestrian obliviously walking in front of my car, when I'm already rolling (ICE car, not hybrid).

So in both instances, noisemakers are pointless.

Your anecdotal evidence is wrong. There will be at least one idiot in a million that hears the noise while pecking away on their phone, and stays out of the way.

Have sympathy for the driver. Running someone over and having to stop and deal with the aftermath is not a fun way to spend the rest of your day.

 

[FelixDeCat]

I just noticed..... this thing reminds me of my brother's 1968 Camaro SS he bought in 1978 for around $1,800:



*That is not the actual car. The original car my brother owned was an ice blue 68 SS with white racing stripes. He was a teenager when he bought it. He switched out the automatic transmission for a manual with a Hurst shifter.

It was a really fun car and was very fast.. Someone bought it off him for more than he paid for it.

 

[darkswordsman17]

4 door looks better and is more practical with shorter doors (I have no use for long coupe doors) and obviously much better access to rear seats, plus both are the same length. I honestly don't even know why they bothered making the coupe, should have made them all "4 door coupe" but hide the rear door handles in the rear pillar or something.

Actually, they should have made the EV version look like the 1999 Charger concept (more sleek), make it a Chrysler and call it a Barracuda (don't abbreviate to 'Cuda to prevent comparison to old 'Cuda/Challenger, and Barracuda to highlight the long sleek shape). EV fits Chrysler which is more luxury brand. It'd be much better received than either their mediocre Airflow concept or the more recent one which looks like a late 80s/early 90s sedan concept, and frankly isn't what people want from Chrysler these days. That thing makes me think Eagle Talon.

Back to the Charger EV, I really like that they made it a hatchback (especially since it doesn't look like one). Cars should be more practical. At this point all cars should be hatchback like this one is. Guess we'll see if the non-EV version is or not.

I wouldn't buy one because it looks like a rushed half-attempt, and it'll be compromised as they built it to be ICE likely seen in the length and weight. But most of all because its a Dodge meaning it'll have poor reliability. I wouldn't be surprised to see them (if not corporate, dealerships) even intentionally sabotage the electric version so they can claim "see people don't want EVs". It also looks...off, that front fender looks too high or curved or something and could've had a better line. Not digging the front and rear fascias. Not digging the interior other than it being a hatchback.

In a parking lot, pedestrians usually just ignore cars, and it's up to drivers to be extra careful and not run them over. Extremely often when I'm grocery shopping, there is some pedestrian obliviously walking in front of my car, when I'm already rolling (ICE car, not hybrid).

So in both instances, noisemakers are pointless.

Blind people exist...

 

[Heartbreaker]

Blind people exist...

How does that change either case?

When a car is moving beyond parking lot speed, it's wind/tire noise that you hear for oncoming cars.

In a parking lot everyone walks in front of moving cars regardless, so it's up to the driver to be very careful and not hit people...

 

[Heartbreaker]

I just noticed..... this thing reminds me of my brother's 1968 Camaro SS he bought in 1978 for around $1,800:

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*That is not the actual car. The original car my brother owned was an ice blue 68 SS with white racing stripes. He was a teenager when he bought it. He switched out the automatic transmission for a manual with a Hurst shifter.

It was a really fun car and was very fast.. Someone bought it off him for more than he paid for it.

A lot of cars had that classic coke bottle shape in the late 60's. The car they are really try to evoke is the Second Generation Dodge Charger, which is probably the most famous and iconic model of the Dodge Charger. Also made more famous with the 1969 Charger used in "The Dukes of Hazzard".