2012 Dodge Charger: The SRT8 Returns, the Super Bee's Count Never Was Published

This record's own overview states that for 2012 the Charger ran as SE, SXT, R/T and SRT8, with the SRT8 returning on a 6.4-liter HEMI rated 470 horsepower, and that Dodge introduced an eight-speed automatic it said gave a best-in-class 31 mpg highway, alongside a new Blacktop appearance model. It adds that the SRT8 Super Bee, offered in Stinger Yellow or Pitch Black with Super Bee graphics, cost $41,495 plus $825 destination, and that Dodge said only that "a limited number" would be built for the US market, with Chrysler separately reporting 82,592 US Charger sales for calendar 2012.^1,2,3,4

This record's own key facts restate the SRT8's 470-horsepower, 470-lb-ft rating and the Super Bee's price, and state plainly that the Super Bee's count was never published by Dodge. Its own production notes echo that gap directly, stating that no 2012 model-year production total or Super Bee count was ever found, so the record's total row reuses the 82,592-unit calendar-year sales figure as the best available substitute.^3,4

This record's own production rows nonetheless carry a 711-unit built figure for the Stinger Yellow Super Bee, drawn from the same 2015 factory paint-production table used elsewhere in this record's own family, with a note explaining that the table has no row for Pitch Black Super Bees at all, so no all-color Super Bee total can be formed from this record's own sources even though the yellow-only figure is known. A separate row carries 963 Chargers built globally in Blue Streak, a late-availability color across all 2012 models.⁵

This record's own engines section documents the 3.6-liter Pentastar V-6 at 292 horsepower for SE and SXT, the 5.7-liter HEMI at 370 horsepower for R/T, and the 6.4-liter SRT HEMI, coded ESG or ESH, at 470 horsepower and 470 lb-ft for the SRT8 and SRT8 Super Bee. Its transmissions section documents the new ZF 8HP45 eight-speed automatic standard on SXT and SXT Plus, alongside the carryover W5A580 five-speed automatic across SE, R/T variants and the SRT8.^2,6

This record's own prices section documents the Super Bee at $41,495 excluding destination, the base SE at $25,495 and R/T at $29,995, both effective from the same August 2011 pricing announcement. Its options section documents the Blacktop Package's black 20-inch wheels and paddle shifters, a Super Track Pak with Goodyear Eagle F1 tires, larger stabilizer bars and monotube shocks for the R/T Road & Track, and a Rallye Appearance Group with its own 20-inch chrome-clad wheels and Alpine audio system.^3,7,8

This record's own performance section documents a single manufacturer claim, a 175-mph top speed for the 2012 SRT8 Super Bee, dated to 2011 and explicitly labeled a manufacturer claim. Its identification section documents VIN model codes distinguishing DXG for Superbee from DXE for SRT8 and DXB for SE across the RWD and AWD lineup, and separately documents plant code H for Brampton Assembly and model-year code C for 2012. This record's own conflicts and unpublished leads sections are both empty for 2012, a gap the record carries without substitution even though its own key facts already flag the Super Bee's published count as genuinely missing rather than merely uncorroborated.^3,9