New Dodge Challenger may be sold alongside current one

The two-door Dodge Challenger and its corporate cousin, the four-door Charger, have been in production for nearly a dozen years. While the company continues to find ways of keeping these cars fresh in the minds of consumers — including juicing them to sky-high levels of horsepower — these brutesin-suits aren’t tremendously different than when they appeared on the scene more than a decade ago.

A report by gearheads at fan site MoparInsiders.com says we needn’t expect that to change any time soon. Their sources say the current Challenger is expected to stick around for at least another three model years.

An interesting tidbit in the report suggests FCA could continue production of the existing car alongside the new one, creating a situation not unlike the one at Ram, where dealers can sling the new 1500 or the new-but-old 1500 Classic. It would behoove the alert reader to recall those machines are assembled in different facilities and that it is difficult (but not impossible) to build two completely different cars on the same production line.

Despite its age, the Challenger isn’t exactly glued to showroom floors. A total of 2,041 of the coupes found their way into the hands of new buyers last year in this country, approximately the same number as 2018. Sales remain strong south of the border as well. A constant barrage of high-horsepower variants, along with its aggressively retro style, keep its fan base coming back for more.

Any speculation should be taken with a grain of salt. In the past we’ve seen it asserted that new Alfa-based Chargers and Challengers are on the way, only for those plans to be shelved for one reason or another. The brand’s recent partnership with Groupe PSA muddies things even further.

Until then, we’ll just enjoy the fact that power-hungry Mopar fans can stroll into a dealership and buy a machine with 797 horsepower and a factory warranty.