Automotive photographer Anthony Carter was on hand at last week’s SoCal Spring Fest 2025, where he captured a number of hot electric Mopar muscle cars – and one of those cars was the first publicly shown 2026 Dodge Charger Daytona sedan.

When Stellantis’ first-ever muscle car made its debut back in 2024, it was shown along with a four-door variant as well. Subsequent delays pushed the sedan’s arrival past the expected Q1 2025 timeline, but production is finally set to begin in May 2025, the four-door Daytona is finally making its way into the lineup as a 2026MY vehicle.

At last week’s SoCal Spring Fest 2025 car show, what’s believed to be a pre-production version of Stellantis’ new 2026 electric sedan made its public debut wearing the new, “Bludicrous” shade of blue our own Peter Johnson first covered last month.

And, as soon as the big sedan rolled to a stop, noted automotive photographer and Mopar enthusiast Anthony Carter was all over it.

The 2025 even was the first SoCal Spring Fest held since the 2020 lockdowns shut down most enthusiast events five years ago, and marked the first such event to be visited by a production electric Mopar like, at all – and there are several electric Mopars for EV enthusiasts to get excited about, all over Anthony “turbobuckeye” Carter’s insta feed …

… but we’re not here to ooh and aah over some Richard Petty tribute rides, right? No matter how bada** they might be, we’re here to talk about the four-door Charger Daytona, which starts at $59,995 with up to 496 hp in R/T trim, and $73,190 in 670 hp “Scat Pack” trim capable of sprinting from 0-60 mph in just 3.3 seconds

As for how the Bludicrous paint looks in person, the turbobuckeye has us covered there, too. Check out Anthony’s take on the new Charger Daytona R/T electric sedan at Spring Fest 2025 for yourself in his video, below.

If you’re not into either sedans or waiting, you can pick up a $7,500 National Consumer Cash rebate from Stellantis and combine it with a $3,000 National Dodge Performance Days Combo Bonus Cash and a $2,000 conquest cash offer for qualifying customers. That means new Mopar buyers could save up to $12,500 on a new Charger Daytona.

Other offers include 0% interest financing for up to 72 months and a $3,000 Bonus Cash Allowance or monthly leases as low as $519/mo.

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Electrek’s Take

The Charger Daytona is a weird thing. As a product, it’s an electric vehicle designed to appeal to people who love V8s – and, in doing so, has managed to alienate both the people who love V8s and people who love EVs (the electric “exhaust” noises too, are laughable). That said, in my brief experience behind the wheel of a two-door Charger Daytona, I kind of liked it. With a vintage, NASCAR-style high wing, an aerodynamic nosecone, and Hugger Orange paint, I might have even been a player.

The stupid exhaust is unforgivable, though. Head on down to the comments and let us know if you agree that it’s a fatal flaw in Dodge’s plan.

SOURCE | FEATURED IMAGE: turbobuckeye Anthony Carter; via Mopar Insiders.