A blow to the heart for American muscle car enthusiasts: the last Dodge Charger, Challenger and Chrysler 300 have left the Brampton assembly plant. This means lights out for the production line that began with the 300C in 2004, the one that rekindled the epic of muscle cars powered by the powerful Hemi V8, first with 5.7 liters and 325 horsepower and then, after several evolutions, arriving at incredible 6.2 liter supercharged V8 with 1,025 HP.
Iconic machines, sold in over 4.3 million units in almost 20 years, now destined for oblivion and a rosy collectible future. It must be said that in all this time Chrysler has undergone four changes of ownership, while the 300 has always remained the same in just two generations. For the record, on December 22, the last Charger to roll off the assembly line was a Destroyer Gray Scat Pack Widebody, while the Challenger's swansong was a Pitch Black SRT Demon 170.
Now the Brampton plant will be closed for two years as Stellantis needs to retool the facility with new stamping lines and a paint shop. And when workers return to the factory at the end of 2025, they will build the new Jeep Compass and vehicles on the STLA Medium platform with ICE and electric powertrains. The new electric Chargers and Challengers will be created just over 200 miles away at the Windsor assembly plant. They will be only electric or, at most and for a limited period, with a small in-line six-cylinder. Times have definitely changed. And we will never see a V8 with over a thousand horsepower on a mass-produced car again.
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