‘Already looks dated,’ drivers morn as Dodge unveils 2024 Charger – fans whine it’ll ‘look the same til 2033’

DODGE has unveiled its latest sport coupe and sedan, but drivers have had a mixed reaction to the remodel.

The Dodge Charger received a massive facelift - its first major redesign since 2011 - that introduced dozens of new components to the popular vehicle.

"The Next-Gen Charger represents the authentic proportions of a muscle car distilled to its purest form," the car manufacturer, a part of the Stellantis brand, boasts about the new design on its webpage.

The remodel features central tenets of the American muscle car's styling.

Chiseled body lines, a downward-sloping front facade, and a low center of gravity keep the newly unveiled car within the same design language as past Chargers.

But it hasn't kept discerning car enthusiasts from criticising the new design.

"It already looks dated," one driver said.

Another person referenced Dodge's decision to spend nearly 13 years in the car's current life cycle.

"This car is about to look the same 'til 2033," the other driver said with a series of laughing emojis.

BIG CHANGES

Dodge says it tried to remain true to the muscle car's iconic, 1960s original design.

But every power and frame package is entirely new.

The Charger, which ran from the mid-1960s through the 1980s before being discontinued, was always offered as a V-8 coupe.

Dodge decided to reintroduce the Charger badge in the mid 2000s with a four-door, mid-size sedan.

The 2024 version of the classic car will offer four- and two-door options.

Dodge's framing allows the company to replace the old Charger and recently discontinued Challenger - an ousted two-door muscle car - under one badge.

The company also swapped out its sedan trunk for a hatchback-style door opening.

Also, Dodge has booted its rumbling V-8 from the Charger lineup.

Instead, the new Charger will be powered by an Electric battery speeding up to 60 mph in 3.3 seconds or a soon-to-be-unveiled V-6 gas engine.

But Dodge's upcoming EV promises to be one of the loudest on the market.

The Charger fixes an EV's nearly-silent power output by outfitting the muscle car with outdoor speakers that thrumb engine-like clanking.

"We’re just going to use electrification to make it faster, not more politically correct," Dodge's CEO, Tim Kuniskis, said when unveiling the car in 2023.