Dodge has blown up seven engines in the pursuit of more power for its final Charger/Challenger buzz model.
Dodge is making a show of 2023 as the last year of the Charger and Challenger by launching seven Last Call special-edition"buzz" models. The company has revealed six of them and the seventh was supposed to be shown this week during the annual
in Las Vegas. However, according to Dodge CEO Tim Kuniskis, it's been delayed because the company keeps blowing up engines while striving for more power.The problem is achieving the reliability of a regular production car with more power. "When you take a Hellcat and you want to add more horsepower in street trim, you know for a daily driver or a car you take to the track, you know street and strip, or quite frankly even for Direct Connection, it's very, very easy to do. Unfortunately, when I sell it as a commemorative edition, the final buzz model, I've got to put it through the final production duty cycles."Like the other six so-called buzz models, the seventh will commemorate a car that came before.
has been the most powerful version of the Charger and Challenger, with 840 hp when running on 100+ octane gas. Dodge hasn't said if the final buzz model will top the Demon's horsepower. Kuniskis says the company appears to have solved the issue and will reveal the car early next year."I think we've got it figured out," he said. He continued:"I'm hoping Q1 we're back on track, everything is fine, if we can just knock on wood we don't blow anymore of them up. It's a cool car, and it will be a funny story later when it all works out."
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