A new Dodge Challenger, codenamed LB, is reportedly slated for production around 2024-25, and is likely to end up at Brampton—where the current Challenger, Charger, and 300 are made. This tip counters a recent story that the Challenger was being dropped.
It seems likely the four-door Charger will continue, and it doesn’t take an STLA Brain surgeon or rocket scientist to figure out that a new Magnum is fairly likely to join them—if not a Chrysler 300 crossover. While there’s no confirmation of a wagon or crossover so far, crossovers are far more popular than traditional sedans or coupes.
Stellantis does not comment on rumors of future releases.
As for the rumors that the current Challenger is being dropped: these are true insofar as the current generation will likely cease production in 2023. It appears that Dodge is not dropping the concept or the name, and indeed nobody at Dodge has indicated otherwise—other than the loss of one engine.
The new car will have at least one new engine option, and one current option has been confirmed as leaving: the supercharged 6.2 Hellcat V8. Chances are there will be at least one performance hybrid, with electric motors filling the Hellcat gap, and a battery-electric (BEV) version to provide insanely low 0-60 sprints. We’ll have more on the powertrain story soon.
The pictured car is not a rendering of a 2024 Challenger “LB.”
David Zatz started what was to become the world’s biggest, most comprehensive Mopar site in 1994 as he pursued a career in organizational research and change. After a chemo-induced break, during which he wrote car books covering Vipers, minivans, and Jeeps, he returned with Patrick Rall to create StellPower.com for daily news, and to set up MoTales for mo’ tales.
David Zatz has around 30 years of experience in covering Chrysler/Mopar news and history, and most recently wrote Century of Chrysler, a 100-year retrospective on the Chrysler marque.
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