2017 Dodge Charger: The Daytona Name Returns, No Production Limit Stated

This record's own overview states that the 2017 fact sheet lists eight Charger models, SE and SXT with AWD available, R/T, Daytona, R/T Scat Pack, Daytona 392, SRT 392 and SRT Hellcat, with engines running from the Pentastar V-6 through the 370-horsepower 5.7 HEMI and 485-horsepower 6.4 HEMI to the 707-horsepower Hellcat rated by Dodge for 204 mph, and that active exhaust became standard on HEMI models. It adds that Dodge priced the returning Charger Daytona at $39,890 and the Daytona 392 at $44,995, both before $1,095 destination and ordering from September 2016, with no production limit announced, while FCA reported 88,351 US Charger sales for calendar 2017.^1,2,3

This record's own key facts restate the two Daytona prices, $39,890 and $44,995, and the 88,351-unit sales figure, and its production notes state plainly that no 2017 model-year production total or Daytona count was found anywhere in this record's own sources. Its own unpublished leads section separately flags a secondary article relaying forum-compiled 2017 Hellcat and Challenger production numbers by configuration, a claim the record notes is not an FCA release but a compilation repeated by a secondary outlet.^2,3

This record's own production rows carry only the calendar-year sales figure, 88,351, with no supporting built or announced-limit rows for the Daytona or Daytona 392 at all, even though this record's own prices section documents a specific dollar figure for each of those two models. The record's own notes are explicit that this absence reflects a genuine gap in what was found rather than an oversight in transcription, and the record does not estimate a figure to fill it.³

This record's own engines section documents the 5.7-liter HEMI at 370 horsepower for R/T and Daytona, the 6.4-liter HEMI at 485 horsepower and 475 lb-ft for R/T Scat Pack, Daytona 392 and SRT 392, and the supercharged 6.2-liter Hellcat V-8 at 707 horsepower and 650 lb-ft. Its transmissions section documents the 845RE eight-speed automatic for SE and SXT, the 8HP70 for R/T-based models including both Daytonas, and the 8HP90 high-performance eight-speed for SRT Hellcat alone.^4,5

This record's own options section documents the Daytona and Daytona 392 as heritage-styled models with Brembo brakes on the 392, a Rallye Group with the 300-horsepower V-6 tune and Sport Mode 2, a Super Track Pak with a 3.07 axle and 245/45ZR20 tires, and a Blacktop Package with satin-black spoiler and 20-inch wheels. Its paint section lists thirteen colors including four new for the year, Yellow Jacket, Green Go in limited production, Destroyer Grey and Octane Red.^2,5,1

This record's own performance section carries a single manufacturer claim, the 204-mph Hellcat top speed dated to the same August 2016 fact sheet as the engine and model-list content. This record's own identification and conflicts sections are both empty for 2017, a gap it carries without substitution even though its own overview names active exhaust as standard equipment newly added to every HEMI model that year, and its interiors section separately documents five named color combinations, Black, Black/Tungsten, Black/Pearl, Black/Ruby Red and Sepia, across the range.¹