Car news, 6 Mar '24: Dodge Charger electric muscle car revealed, February car delivery records smashed, and more

Thanks for joining us this Wednesday March 06th 2024. Notably in automobile news this present day: Dodge Charger Daytona electric muscle automobile printed, and a file month of new automobile deliveries in February.

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• Dodge’s 500kW all-wheel-force electric Charger Daytona muscle automobile printed
• Australian automobile enterprise chalks up a file month in February
• Jaguar axes petrol and diesel energy ahead of an all-electric relaunch
• Subaru Crosstrek 2.0S reviewed

Dodge’s 500kW all-wheel-force electric Charger Daytona muscle automobile printed

• Dodge has printed its “Subsequent Gen Charger” in a single day in what the US carmaker is calling the “world’s excellent electric muscle automobile”.

• On hand at commence in a pair of two-door coupe variants, the Charger Daytona lineup is strictly twin-motor all-wheel force, touting 370kW in R/T orderly and 500kW (and 850Nm) in its last Scat Pack guise.

• Blending conventional and new tech, the 400-volt 100.5kWh (nasty) battery structure blends with a mechanical rear LSD and line locker (burnout) conference to yield performance claims of around 3.4sec for 0-100km/h and 11.5sec for the 0-400m drag.

• Range wise, Dodge claims peaks of 510km for the R/T and 418km for the Scat Pack, which will be in the initiating equipped in two-door make slack 2024, adopted by four-door gadgets slated for early 2025. Stellantis Australia states that there’s no most contemporary notion for a local free up.

Australian automobile enterprise chalks up a file month in February

• Fresh automobile gross sales in February had been up a whopping 20.9 percent when in contrast with February 2023, totalling 105,023 automobiles sold constant with figures released by V-Info.

• The tip of the gross sales leaderboard seen perennial exciting-enders Ford Ranger pip Toyota Hilux, with the newly facelifted Tesla Mannequin 3 landing as the third-excellent promoting model total.

• A actual signal of procuring trends and bettering enterprise present modified into as soon as that hybrid automobiles confirmed a soar of 100.2 percent in gross sales, with a 70.4 percent enchancment in gross sales of EVs, with absolutely-electrics accounting for 9.6 percent of total market gross sales.

• While Toyota, Mazda and Ford sat in the extinguish three podium spots respectively by gross sales quantity, the shock mover and shaker modified into as soon as Nissan, who enjoyed a mighty 157.2 percent upward thrust in gross sales in contrast with February 2023.

Jaguar axes petrol and diesel energy ahead of an all-electric relaunch

• Jaguar is the most contemporary carmaker to formally call time on interior combustion accurate via its complete lineup in the transition to a absolutely-electric future.

• It’s been broadly reported that petrol and diesel powertrains, alongside with the Tata-owned company’s ICE gadgets manufactured on the plant, will cease manufacturing from the Castle Bromwich plant in the UK in June.

• It’s anticipated that the most contemporary XF sedan besides to E-Coast and F-Coast SUVs will practice the F-Kind in offering ‘last editions’ in some unspecified time in the future of 2024, with Jaguar promising well-known ICE manufacturing till its EV reboot in 2025, which targets to reposition the emblem upmarket to rival the likes of Rolls-Royce.

• Near 2025, it’s been broadly if truth be told helpful that three key electric gadgets, built off the drawing near Jaguar Electric Structure (JEA), will spearhead Jaguar’s new electric generation, total with advise competitors for Porsche Taycan and Bentley Bentayga.

Subaru Crosstrek 2.0S reviewed

• Chasing Vehicles journalist Zak Adkins affords his last overview after a six-month, 8000-kilometre long-period of time take a look at of the 2023 Subaru Crosstrek 2.0S, a automobile he found likable to are dwelling with if a ways from flawless.

• Zak explains that two key highlights consist of the consolation of its on-facet road manner blended with legal integration of its immense security suite, and gargantuan imprint for money given the aspects and all-terrain capabilities.

• Now not so ravishing in overview is Zak’s criticism of the raspy and underpowered engine mated to the humdrum CVT transmission, in total making for a slack and pissed off force.

• Zak recommends the excessive-grade S over its lower-grade stablemates for imprint, particularly for traders after a comfortable urban runabout, or those who desire a measured blend of on- and off-facet road-ability as a decent multi-floor all-rounder.

The next effort of Automobile Data On the present time will be printed on Thursday seventh March at 4.30pm Sydney time.