2019 Dodge Charger: A Slimmer Range, the Best Sales Year Since 2013

This record's own overview states that for 2019 Dodge cut the Charger to six models, SXT, SXT AWD, GT, R/T, Scat Pack at 485 horsepower and 475 lb-ft, and SRT Hellcat at 707 horsepower and 650 lb-ft, all with the eight-speed automatic, and that Launch Assist, Line Lock, and on the Hellcat, Torque Reserve, were added as drag-strip electronics. It adds that GT and R/T got performance suspension with Bilstein shocks and 20-inch wheels as standard, Sublime and Triple Nickel joined the palette, and FCA reported 96,935 US Charger sales for calendar 2019, the nameplate's best year since 2013.^1,2

This record's own key facts restate the 96,935-unit sales figure and add that Dodge said in June 2018 that high-performance models had grown from 4 percent to more than 25 percent of Charger and Challenger sales since the Scat Pack's August 2014 launch, a share this record notes explicitly comes with no accompanying unit count. This record's own production notes state plainly that no 2019 model-year production total was found at all, leaving the calendar-year sales figure as the only production-adjacent number this record carries.^2,3

This record's own prices section documents the R/T at $35,495, Scat Pack at $39,995 and SRT Hellcat at $65,345 base, each excluding the $1,395 continental-US destination charge, with the Hellcat's own $1,751 gas-guzzler tax listed as a separate line rather than folded into the base price. It further documents six individually priced SRT Hellcat options from a $695 Alcantara Package up to $1,995 for either a Black Satin hood or a power sunroof, all drawn from a September 2018 pricing list rather than a factory fact sheet.⁴

This record's own options section documents the SRT Hellcat Octane Edition at $1,495, available in Pitch Black or White Knuckle with Houndstooth SRT seats and Octane Red Brembos through the end of the model year, alongside a $1,995 Stars & Stripes Edition for Scat Pack, R/T and GT RWD and a $3,495 Painted Satin Black Appearance Package exclusive to the Hellcat. It also documents a $995 stripe option spanning five color choices, Dual Red, Dual Blue, Dual Silver newly added, Dual Gunmetal Gray and Dual Carbon.^5,6,7

This record's own engines section documents the 6.4-liter HEMI at 485 horsepower and 475 lb-ft for Scat Pack, the supercharged 6.2-liter Hellcat V-8 at 707 horsepower and 650 lb-ft, the 3.6-liter Pentastar V-6 at 292 horsepower standard rising to 300 on SXT AWD and GT, and the 5.7-liter HEMI at 370 horsepower for R/T. Its transmissions section documents the 845RE eight-speed for SXT and GT variants and the 8HP70 for R/T, Scat Pack and both Daytona-named trims.⁸

This record's own paint section lists fourteen colors including two new for the year, Sublime and Triple Nickel, and its interiors section documents a new Black/Caramel leather alongside five other named combinations, plus special-edition-specific interiors for the Stars & Stripes and Octane editions. This record's own performance, identification and conflicts sections are all empty for 2019, a gap the record carries without substitution even though its own key facts explicitly quote a percentage-share statistic that it is careful to note carries no unit count behind it.^1,6,5