2021 Dodge Charger: The 797-Horsepower Redeye Joins the Range

This record's own overview states that Dodge's 2021 Charger prices, before $1,495 destination, ran from $29,995 for the SXT through R/T at $36,995, Scat Pack at $41,095 and Scat Pack Widebody at $46,595 to SRT Hellcat at $69,995 and the new SRT Hellcat Redeye at $78,595, with the Redeye carrying Widebody bodywork as standard and rated 797 horsepower, orders opening in September 2020. It adds that no 2021 model-year production figure was found, and that FCA's Q4 2022 report gives 78,389 US Charger sales for calendar 2021.^1,2

This record's own key facts restate the Redeye's 797-horsepower rating, standard Widebody and $78,595 price, the 78,389-unit sales figure, and a March 2021 Dodge statement that the Charger was coming off a record 2020 with its best Scat Pack year ever, a claim this record notes explicitly carries no count attached to either the record year or the Scat Pack superlative. Its production notes state plainly that no 2021 model-year production total or Redeye count was found anywhere in this record's own sources.^3,2

This record's own unpublished leads section flags a forum-compiled claim of 943 SRT Hellcat and 2,027 SRT Hellcat Redeye units built for 2021, a claim the record notes has no Stellantis source and comes only from an owner-forum compilation. This record's own production rows carry only the single calendar-year sales figure, with neither the forum figures nor any other production count promoted into the record's own sourced rows, and its own notes are explicit that this gap covers both the total and the Redeye specifically.²

This record's own prices section documents nine trims from $29,995 SXT up to $78,595 SRT Hellcat Redeye, each excluding the same $1,495 destination charge, and its engines section documents the Redeye's supercharged 6.2-liter high-output V-8 at 797 horsepower and 707 lb-ft alongside the standard SRT Hellcat's 717-horsepower version of the same 6.2-liter HEMI, the 392 HEMI at 485 horsepower and 475 lb-ft, the 5.7-liter HEMI at 370 horsepower, and the 3.6-liter Pentastar V-6 at 292 or 300 horsepower depending on trim.^1,4

This record's own transmissions section documents four eight-speed automatic codes, 8HP50 and 850RE for the V-6 in RWD and AWD form respectively, 8HP70 for the 5.7-liter and 392 engines, and 8HP90 shared by both SRT Hellcat and Redeye. Its options section documents a Widebody Package standard on Hellcat and Redeye, an SRT Black Package with black badging and exhaust tips, and a spring 2021 Gold Rush paint color requiring a Satin Black hand-painted hood, roof and decklid, extended that March to the R/T, Scat Pack, Scat Pack Widebody, Hellcat and Redeye.^4,5,3

This record's own paint section lists thirteen standing colors plus Gold Rush, and its interiors section documents six named color combinations, from Black through Black/Houndstooth, Black/Caramel, Black/Ruby Red, Black/Sepia and Black/Demonic Red. This record's own performance, identification and conflicts sections are all empty for 2021, a gap the record carries without substitution even though its own specifications section documents the Widebody's 3.5-inch width increase for both the Hellcat Widebody and the Redeye that wears it as standard equipment.⁶