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Dodge’s V8-powered muscle cars are nearing the end of the assembly line.
The automaker has announced that production of the current Challenger and Charger will end in December 2023 before being replaced by a new electric vehicle platform.
The Charger sedan has been produced at the automaker’s plant in Brampton, Canada, since 2005, which was joined in 2008 by the Challenger coupe. Since then, cars worth over three billion hp have been built.
Dodge is having a blowout celebration for both models with a number of special editions and options, along with installing a commemorative “Last Call” badge under the hood of each 2023 vehicle.
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The 2023 Dodge Challenger will be the last V8-powered muscle car the company will make. (Evade)
Six new versions of the pair are slated to debut in the coming weeks with a seventh debuting at the SEMA auto show in Las Vegas in November.
Details on none of them have been released, but Dodge CEO Tim Kuniskis said the seventh will make history, hinting that it could replace the 808-hp Dodge Challenger SRT Demon as the most powerful internal combustion engine muscle car ever built.
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Dodge is also expanding its highly customizable jailbreak ordering option, introduced last year with the 807-horsepower supercharged V8-powered Challenger and Charger Hellcat Redeye models, to accommodate the standard 717-horsepower Hellcat engine. The jailbreak allows customers to mix and match paint colors, disguises, and appearance packs in almost any combination imaginable.
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Classic Dodge paint colors B5 Blue, Plum Crazy Purple and Sublime Green are added back to the available palette for the year, along with the more modern Destroyer Grey.
B2 Blue is one of the classic Dodge paint colors offered in 2023. (Dodges)
Dodge is taking the unusual step of posting full model year dealership allocations online so customers can find the exact car they’re looking for.
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Pricing and additional information will be released in the coming weeks and the six-cylinder Challenger and Charger models will also be discontinued.
The first electric Dodge Muscle Car is slated to launch in the 2024 model year.
Gary Gastelu is FoxNews.com’s Automotive Editor for Auto Industry and Racing @foxnewsautos