Probably the most eagerly anticipated autos of the subsequent couple of years is the alternative for the Dodge Charger and Challenger. Final summer season Dodge debuted the electrical Charger Daytona SRT idea, a two-door coupe with retro styling that was billed as an in depth preview of the model’s first manufacturing EV. Newer stories have instructed the manufacturing Charger may also be out there with gasoline engines, too, however Dodge has been retaining most particulars near its chest.

Now, a brand new Christmas advert spot from Dodge appears to indicate the manufacturing model of the next-gen Charger, and it’s wanting fairly rattling good.

The business begins with an animated e-book titled “Santa’s Naughty Record: An Origin Story” opening as much as reveal its pages, with a voiceover speaking about how Santa’s naughty record is approach higher to get on than his good record. The pages flip and reduce to real-life footage of a Challenger, Charger and Durango drifting by the snow, however the illustration of the next-gen Charger seems briefly proper after the e-book opens up.

Total the Charger’s design sticks actually near final yr’s idea, however there are just a few noticeable adjustments. The manufacturing Charger retains the idea’s two-door physique, which has a tall greenhouse and a liftback hatch as an alternative of a standard trunk. A pair months in the past a photograph leaked of the Charger’s body-in-white at a manufacturing facility, and this illustration matches up with that picture.

Whereas the idea automobile solely had a skinny gentle bar that surrounded the oblong grille, this Charger has a single spherical headlight at every nook of the grille. It additionally has extra practical door handles, facet mirrors, and window pillars. However the bulging hood is almost similar to that of the idea, as is the general surfacing and contours of the physique.

It’s unclear whether or not the Charger proven has an electrical or inside combustion powertrain; we are able to’t make out whether or not the nostril has Dodge’s hashmark brand or the retro Fratzog brand that might be used for its EVs. Earlier stories pointed to the EV coming with both 400-volt or 800-volt architectures, with the highest trim probably having 800 horsepower, and Mopar’s Direct Connection program will supply manufacturing facility upgrades. (Fingers crossed the manufacturing model can have the idea’s wild ‘exhaust’ sound.) The gas-powered Chargers, in the meantime, will use Stellantis’ new Hurricane twin-turbo inline-6 and have both rear- or all-wheel drive.

Dodge has already stopped taking orders for Hemi-powered variations of the present Challenger and Charger, with the 2023 mannequin yr Final Name fashions marking the tip of manufacturing. When the picture of the brand new Charger flashes on display screen, textual content on the backside says the automobile might be out there in late 2024, so Dodge might reveal the muscle automobile inside the subsequent few months. A Dodge spokesperson declined to touch upon the file.