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The Eighth-Gen Gamble: Living With Dodge’s Transformed 2026 Charger

A week behind the wheel reveals whether Auburn Hills’ polarizing redesign and powertrain overhaul preserved the muscle car’s essential soul.

Few automotive badges carry as much ideological baggage into a generational redesign as the Dodge Charger.

The overhaul has inevitably divided the faithful. Radical changes to the powertrain lineup and a distinctly modern exterior silhouette have turned the 2026 Charger into one of the…

Out on the asphalt, the immediate revelation is dynamic continuity. Despite the stark departure in aesthetics and mechanical configuration, the eighth-generation platform refuses…

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A week behind the wheel reveals whether Auburn Hills’ polarizing redesign and powertrain overhaul preserved the muscle car’s essential soul.

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