Gas Charger sales exploded this year and are up 404 percent in Q2. Electric Charger is down 88 percent both in June and year-to-date. Hellcat’s confirmed return could widen gasoline Charger’s advantage. When Dodge launched the new Charger, it bet that electric muscle would win over grizzled gasoline enthusiasts. Instead, buyers have flocked to the petrol version that landed a year later, while the battery-powered model has suffered a dramatic collapse, proving old habits die hard in the performance car world. The contrast couldn’t be much sharper. Through the first half of 2026, Dodge has sold 4,583 gasoline Chargers, a massive 181 percent increase over the 1,630 delivered during the same period last year. The second quarter alone was even more dramatic, with sales rocketing 404 percent from 578 cars to 2,911. The EV Goes The Other Way Meanwhile, the Charger Daytona EV, which is getting a heap more expensive for MY27, is heading firmly in the opposite direction. Dodge delivered just 534 electric Chargers during the first six months of the year, down 88 percent from 4,299 in 2025. The second quarter was equally grim, with only 294 finding homes compared with 2,352 a year ago, another 88 percent plunge. The Hemi Is Coming Back Those gasoline gains are especially noteworthy because buyers aren’t even getting the engine many of them really want. Today’s Charger is available only with Stellantis’ twin-turbo Hurricane inline-six in two power outputs. It’s a genuinely impressive engine, but plenty of Dodge loyalists never embraced the idea of replacing a Hemi V8 with six cylinders. Fortunately for them, Dodge has already confirmed the V8 is coming back. The company recently revealed that the supercharged Hellcat will return to the Charger lineup, most likely as a halo flagship sitting above the Hurricane models and equipped with a huge Superbird-style wing. If the six-cylinder car is already outselling the EV by such a huge margin, it’ll be fascinating to see what happens once buyers can once again order a blown Hemi. The Rest Of The Lineup Elsewhere in the Dodge lineup, the Hornet’s miserable run is finally nearing its conclusion. Sales crashed 87 percent year-to-date to only 717 units after Dodge discontinued the Alfa Romeo Tonale twin following the 2025 model year. The Tonale remains in production at the same Italian factory, though its own future hardly looks secure, with reports suggesting it may have to give up its plant space for affordable Stellantis EVs. More: Dodge Revives Its Purple Obsession For The Charger’s 60thAnd rounding out Dodge’s sales performance is the geriatric Durango SUV. Its sales are down 12 percent in Q2, but up by the same amount YTD, and with 38,575 sold so far in 2026, it’s still the brand’s best-performing vehicle by miles. Even so, the brand as a whole is going backwards. Total Dodge sales fell 15 percent in Q2 to 21,818 units and slipped 6 percent year to date to 44,511, so the Charger’s gas resurgence isn’t yet enough to lift the wider ledger. Dodge Sales, 2026 ModelQ2-26Q2-25Diff.YTD-26YTD-25Diff.Hornet3001,539-81%7175,647-87%Charger2,911578404%4,5831,630181%Charger BEV2942,352-88%5344,299-88%Challenger38579-93%831,501-94%Durango18,27520,698-12%38,57534,39912%Total21,81825,750-15%44,51147,481-6% SWIPE Dodge
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