And we get Dodge trying to make a fake steak by emphasizing the gristle, tendons and tossing in a couple fake bone chips as well. One of the few nice benefits of an EV is the lack of noise, and the relative simplicity for the driver.
Like our clown of a Prime Minister here in Australia saying this to us about 6 months ago ,,, ready for this ? ' You can put solar panels on the roof of our cars and ' Charge ' them up at night when you are sleeping ready for the next day ' I shit you not , he really said that so he is either dumb as dog shit or thinks we are ?
Also the only vehicles Chevy/GM makes anymore that are front engine, rear wheel drive are trucks and SUVs. Chevy no longer offers anything resembling a muscle car anymore.
I've never experienced a time-line where people who are in charge, have absolutely no business being in charge of anything, like I've experienced over the last couple years.
The ONLY thing Dodge needed to do, was/is to design a Charger, with a decent HEMI V8, that looks AS CLOSE TO A 1968 CHARGER, INSIDE AND OUT ! (As much as possible with current safety standards). PERIOD.
68 Charger RT’s with 426/440, Dana 60 rear, with the round tail lights and hideaway headlights were the pinnacle of MOPAR. I don’t think the leadership at the top know what the public want. 😢
I think a heck of a lot more people would like them if the range got better, the prices came down, and the leftist scum didn’t try to FORCE us to own them.
We do like them… but only in certain use cases. They’re not for everyone, but they need to exist. I have no interest in buying one now but probably will at some point. My opinion on them has changed over the last decade
I think the channel name is Stached training. It's some fire chief with a big ass mustache and he shows nice clips of what firefighters have to deal with on these EV fires, it's not good at all.
The reason Uncle Tony's comment was so funny is because it was so accurate of a description. That vehicle does look like a rolling electric dumpster. For the record, I didn't actually pee myself.
1968: I want a bigger carb, headers and a high lift cam for more performance. 2024: I want to change a few lines of code for more performance. This trend sucks
Who in their right mind is going to be buying these EVs when they start showing up as used cars. Not me. When my washing machine starts making noise out to the curb it goes.
Exactly, it's an insult to intelligence. They should have gone full Ho-Mo and gave them new names like a Challenger "Pride", "Accepted" and a base model like "Challenger Disphoria".
I'm a mechanic and am appalled at the bad quality of modern cars. New Mopars are not like the old Mopars. The new engines are nowhere near as well made as the old ones.
And this is with EVERY brand. You pay Mercedes money for a car and get same cost cutting plastic engine parts and integrated designs as the cheapest KIA.
I'm an old Chevy guy, but I feel for Mopar Uncle Tony. This must be eating you up alive. Let's face it, the car companies are all dead. Just keep your Classic and upgrade to the max. I'm going whole hog on my 67 Camaro and 57 Bel Air.
I would like for us all to make a vow. “I will not call that stupid, goofy, dumb, gimmicky Fratzonic speaker and exhaust. I will call it a Speaker.” Secondly, what a mess Dodge is. No one is going to pay 70k+ for this car, much less, a 2024 leftover in 2025!!!
This is what the world needed. Uncle Tony speaking up for the true Mopar fans, and how this is a mockery of that legacy and history 👍 💪. Happy Holidays everyone. ICE for life. Want an EV get a Tesla. Some of us like wrenching 🔧 on our cars without the need for a Computer science or Electrical engineering degree.
Its turkey bacon. Do I like bacon? Yes. Do I like turkey? Yes. Do I want my turkey posing as bacon? NO! Just accept who you are dodge. Dont be facon. Nobody wants a facon car
The Charger EV is a mess, a manager at a big dealer here in Long Island told me he thinks they'll be the WORLD'S Largest Charger dealer, they have ZERO at the dealership.
Tony, I am your age, I grew up with Chrysler all around; my neighbor was an exec there and other neighbors were engineers there. Hell you know how they supported the people who bought their products with pride. I posted this before and will repeat it, Chrysler died when Daimer took it over, and Fiat bought a more dismal line to the market. All Dodge is for Stellantis is just a profit marketing the cars to sell to anyone who wants speed but won't support them after a sale. You remember what it was like, I sure do and it is sad to think that people today expect more from a company that is just there to sell a car with no need to respect the people who used to believe in the company.
They were dead back in the 1970s, revived by Iacocca in the 80's with FWD, but didn't really have anything that the real enthusiast would want for almost 20 YEARS..The LX platform saved their ass.
I feel for you tony in a Ford guy I worked a long time at ford dealerships so I hated the e mack and will never buy one I will be happier with a 1972 galaxy 500 and it's variants.
I could. Fire them all and get guys like: Professor " P ", UTG, Dead Dodge, Dallas and Andy and Ben A. and mickey fucken mouse; as he would do a better job, Cheers.
Many companies keep trying the pay for upgrade unlocks and people always say it’s stupid and they don’t like it. The companies end up doing it anyway because people are also stupid and will pay for it. Forget if it was BMW or Mercedes that did service fees to be able to use the heated seats. Quit paying and your heaters quit working. At the end of the day they don’t actually care about enthusiasts and the driving experience. They only care about making money. The idea of an experience is much cheaper than building an actual experience.
Dodge is trying to feed us EVs, and gm just put out the most awesome non electric motor to date by any manufacturer. My wife just brought home a 96 LT1 corvette for me to play with. I think God's trying to tell me something, and I'm thinking about listening. That LT1 is pretty fucking bad ass!
They are very underappreciated because the LS1 totally leaped over it in potential and inexpensive service. That being said it is not too difficult to work around the water pump/optispark situation. Plus you can make a 383 or a 327 out of it like the old school badass motor that it is.
@QuietDriver97 it's a 300 net hp stock 350. It's better than the old school ones. With the "old skool" gross rating, they're about 365hp. Opti is not as bad as the internet says. If you change the cap and rotor like a normal distributor, they work good. When they get wet they do jump spark between wires because of the shitty placement, but works waaaaay better than a points ignition when wet
Throughout history Chrysler did a lot of mistakes and faced a couple of difficult times. But I think this is the most shameful and ridiculous moment in Mopar history...I believe that not even the late 70s during the crisis and the release of the K-Cars, Mopar enthusiasts were so upset like right now. Seen this EV trash called a Charger, carrying all Mopar names from the past, seen what Ford is doing with the Mustang and GM with the new Corvette, as a Mopar guy, I feel this is humiliating. I would prefer that they kept the old platform unchanged. I live in Brazil, and seeing Fiats, Citroëns and Peugeots with Mopar decals, is just a shame.
CNC machine tool builders (haas would be a well known example) have been gouging buyers on software options for many, many years. The options are ALL in the control. And for however many thousand dollars they deem it worth, they will send a tech out to put in an unlock code, flip a one to a zero, or vise-versa, and you have your option. Do you get to keep the unlock code? Hell no!
@@richardthompson6366 Google the 1971 movie ' On Any Sunday ' its about motorcycling in the 70's . The opening scene is a group of boys on their bicycles riding in a group towards the camera all screaming ' Broom Broom ' , so cool and brought back fond memories . Real Broom Broom , not a computer pretending .
@@richardthompson6366 We could not afford that , we put playing cards on the front forks with a clip so it ran against the spokes ,,, the faster we went the louder the sound ,, awesome !
just wait til they find all the catches, all the got-ya, all the "upgrade opportunities"... Today, it's all about the gotchas, you're right-on with that.
I saw the algorithm recommend your video and I was thinking about watching it. Then TK told me to come watch, so here I am! Great video. Thanks! Heading over to watch Ritch’s video next. 😅
When I first saw the ad for this thing on the TV I was with my family, started screaming at how stupid the commercial was. "they're telling you it's good, they're not showing you it's good, they're forcing you to believe it's good" My family didn't believe me, put up a ad from like 10 years ago. Not a single line of dialogue, just the noises and it driving around a city all crazy. They were like "oh.... That was good"
that car sounds Kinda like, years ago when people put baseball cards on a bike tire to sound like a motorcycle. At least that's how I would feel driving it.
Fake exhaust, fake shifter, what is wrong with the management at Stellantis do they have no vision or do they think this will appease buyers ? No way would I ever spend my money on this crap.
Chevy is smart and made their new corvette a hybrid so they didn’t have to trash a hundred years of engine development. Stelantis is a soulless organization that has no concept of what makes a good vehicle. They are just leaching out the nostalgia from their most loyal customers and driving brands into the ground for short term profits.
@ Lamborghini’s new car is a PHEV. Same with the new Koenigsegg. Idk why Chrysler just spent the last decade developing the hellcat, demon, and hellaphant just to toss it in the trash. Could you imagine a twin charged hellaphant that uses a hybrid battery to get off the line quicker and reduce turbo and supercharger lag? EV’s have shit range going flat out and are now limited by battery size and output voltage. I do NOT want to be the tech that has to service the new Lucid with their 1000 volt system. That’s like insta death by accidentally touching a screwdriver in the wrong place. Nor do I want to be the consumer that is on the hook for a $50k mega battery in the quest for more and more range.
GM=Government Motors. As a Chevy guy I'm quite aware they could not do these things without preferential treatment. They have all of the funding and Government contracts to let them continue.
All I want is a simple car with basic features that are easily repaired. Is this to much to ask. All those features add no value and no one is going to pay to repair fake shifers and exhast. This thing is a turd that needs fushing!
This makes me laugh! I remember I had a fake plastic motorcycle engine for my bicycle. It had a “ throttle “ on the handle bars , ie volume control. It made sounds like a motorcycle while you rode your bike . It was called Varoom 2 😂
And after a few thousand miles the speaker under the hood will be activated to simulare a lifer tick to give you that authenic dodge experience. Dont worry though..dodge will turn it off for 4k and a software update.
Perfectly said Uncle Tony! Had they made that “Scat Pack” blistering fast and at least beat all the cheaper ev cars, then they’d at least had something to brag about. Now their biggest claim to fame is the fake exhaust. Ugh 🤦♂️
Construction equipment like Cat and John Deere do the same thing. If you buy an engine it will come in various power outputs and if you want the higher output you pay a substantial fee and all it is is a software change to schedule more fuel delivery.
It depends on how big the power change is. For some of them it takes different injectors, turbo, and pistons. If doing it properly you basically have to give them the serial number and they’ll let you know what it can be programmed to. Most of the factory programmers won’t even let you change it beyond what that engine is built for anymore.
This car is the Equivalent to that isle in autozone with all the fake carbon fiber Accents' neon underglow, and chrome skull shifter knobs. 🤢🤮 the second they said it was a EV i didnt like it. But adding fake engine noise, Embarrassing.
yeah, Tony, it's a total shock that at this time in history, when money is God like never before, where dividend payments are a priority over innovation, where we elevate flawed people into positions of power based on their perceived ability to make money, not to make the lives of the average Joe better, that Stellantis is trying to make a buck off of something that probably cost almost nothing to develop. Total effing shocker.
Like you I am an original old MOPAR guy! Now I’m a little more old school since I’m retired and a 77 year old marine Vietnam era veteran, retired from the automotive profession. As a kid I loved cars and hot rods so much that my parents bought my first tool box full of tools back in the mid 50s because that’s what I wanted to be, a mechanic! My dad always had Plymouth’s in that era & for a long time Plymouth’s had flathead 6 cylinder motors , so that is what I cut my teeth on built and raced them! Electric cars have been around for a long time! They like most everything else are categorized in the great group of invented things as there is nothing new under the sun! There is no real extraordinary reason we should be forcing this type of transportation down people’s throats at this time in history especially the fact that they throw in everyone’s face that an electric car will save the planet! Bullshit! The first red flag is you have to buy one of these Dodge , & the rest of the major automobile manufacturers have found out that go Woke & go broke was not just a flash in the pan! Which Harley Davison found out this past year! Hopefully we will get back on track with the new trump administration taking charge in a few days! The out going administration has been the worst disaster to this country since the Second World War and damned near threw us into world war three! Some say we are actually in world war three right now! ? I totally agree with you! All these people that have followed the mandates of the Biden administration have gone down a loosing path of destruction actually meant to weaken , destabilize & destroy this great country! I’m not saying that there should not be any electric cars! But no matter what is invented as long as it’s safe! Should be “ available “ ! But not mandated for the public to purchase it! Most definitely do not try to market an electric car as something it’s not! Give it its own name! The dodge charger is Iconic! Marketing people today are imbeciles! Creative they are not! Uncle Tony 👍🇺🇸🦡🇺🇸…. Mad Mike S.
The reason for the auto industry insanity is because of the driving forces guiding the decision making and direction of these companies. American consumer desires is probably 4th on the list behind investors (trying to spike stock prices by following hype trends), government regulators (trying to squeeze the industry towards efficiency), dealer repair monopoly (restricting owner and independent shop ability to repair and modify) and another big one nobody talks about; chinese market consumer tastes / requirements. That is a huge driver behind the push to crossovers and EVs is the demand for them in China which at this point is becoming the worlds largest auto market
No you are the one that should speak up you have more experience in one finger than all these other TH-camrs. Keep doing what you are doing and keep passing your knowledge on to the next generation. Enjoy your videos and live streams.
Have you ever thought they want to rubbish the iconic names by going electric....? In 20 years or so peoples memories of 'muscle cars' will be that they were sh*te !
When they first debuted the EV charger they were bragging that if you wanted to go to the track you could just call them up and have the upgrades turned on for the weekend. that's when I knew it was a ripoff. sometimes I wish they would just shut down dodge and quite running it's name into the ground.
Man it is so sad new charger is goofy they should reverse gears and remake 87 to 89 dodge daytona make it cheap rear wheel drive 5.7 hemi offer 6 spd and auto and make it handle really good they would out sell everyone performance doesn't have to be expensive just inexpensive and fun simple works
If it’s software.. it’s a right to own issue. Say you buy the lower trim model and hack YOUR vehicle to put out the top spec of the hardware. Where would that not be considered legal? 😂
I weep for the new "motor heads" (or voltage heads?) who will never know the thrill of going to a Dodge dealer or Plymouth dealer and walking the lot and see Chargers, Challengers, Super Bee's, Roadrunners, GTX's Duster's and Darts with 440's 383's 340's 413's 426's and Hemi's. 4 BBL Dual 4 BBL or six Packs. And convincing the salesman to let you drive a Hemi car with a 4 speed. Good times. In 1971 I had an A12 69 1/2 Super Bee in High School. I paid for it working at Woolwoths after school.
I feel ya Tony... I'm only 25 but I've been a lifelong Mopar fan, so I'm curious being that you're part of the older generation of Mopar fans, but is this what the 80's felt like as a Mopar guy? Nothing particularly exciting being released, the cars you liked being killed prior, and just an overall poor brand image seems like how the 80's get described to me by older Mopar fans. And that's how I feel about the brand currently. I want them to start building actual good cars again, something that's exciting, good looking and makes all the right sounds. I'm so tired of watching my favorite brand get destroyed by incompetent European idiots that don't have a clue how the North American market works and don't have a clue what it wants, and the fact that they've killed everything good that the brand had to offer makes me so mad, because now that I'm at an age where I'm making decent money and can afford one of the cool cars they had to offer, they're no longer in production and it's replacement is whatever the hell this thing is... Yeah... hard pass! You're right Tony, this is an embarrassment. I'm not part of the old school Mopar clan, just because I wasn't there, but I'm doing my best to keep it alive. Currently I'm in the process of 392 hemi swapping my 2012 Ram 1500, and I'm building a chassis and redoing the suspension on my 79 Volare Duster drag car that's powered by a built small block and backed by a 904. And because that's the Mopar I know, I too am embarrassed by this. My GM and Blue Oval friends have already been teasing me about it haha. Dodge really needs to get it together, but hopefully now that that dirt lump Tavares is gone we can get back to our regularly scheduled Mopar program haha.
Not wasting money on one of those. It’s like going hunting with a cap gun. Looks like a gun and sounds like a gun but useless. And you paid how much for the cap gun.
All these fake features are like vegans wanting meat-flavored vegetable protein.
Amen....bunch of dam weirdos
And we get Dodge trying to make a fake steak by emphasizing the gristle, tendons and tossing in a couple fake bone chips as well. One of the few nice benefits of an EV is the lack of noise, and the relative simplicity for the driver.
Maybe they should call it “The impossible Charger” like BK does with their fake Whopper!
Like our clown of a Prime Minister here in Australia saying this to us about 6 months ago ,,, ready for this ?
' You can put solar panels on the roof of our cars and ' Charge ' them up at night when you are sleeping ready for the next day '
I shit you not , he really said that so he is either dumb as dog shit or thinks we are ?
It’s a great analogy that I’ve been talking about for a long time.
Calling this a Charger is like calling the Mach E a Mustang.
I would love to have a SUV version of the Mach E body, but with a 5 liter engine. An ICE SUV with the look of the Mustang.
I don't like electric cars either, but you have to admit that charger is a pretty good name for an EV.
Also the only vehicles Chevy/GM makes anymore that are front engine, rear wheel drive are trucks and SUVs. Chevy no longer offers anything resembling a muscle car anymore.
Well its the future like it or not thanks to tree huggers and stupid regulations which are all poised for nothing but EV bullshit! its what you get!
You ever see the munroe group check out the Mach e vs the tesla.. the had "notes" for days on how ford's design by committee has made the Mach e... 😂
The fake engine sound in the Charger, is like attaching a playing card to your bicycle fork to make your bike sound like a motor. Lol
Remember the “ Vroooom” engine sound for a bicycle ?
Yeah, I did that when I was ten! But then I was only ten.
Never heard it said that way, but totally on point.
Putting a baseball card on a bicycle is way cooler! 😂
Absolutely!
I've never experienced a time-line where people who are in charge, have absolutely no business being in charge of anything, like I've experienced over the last couple years.
They make The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight, look like The Charge Of The Light Brigade!
Absolutely... it's beyond it All, world is in trouble with certain people being where they are.
The dumbing down of society
We must have gone to different school districts 😂
When majority shareholders call the shots.
The EV Charger is dead on delivery. Long live the Hemi.
100% 👍👍
Just like the hornet
Hemi is on its end to its long road i think
@Z_732 it's got several more years in it. Until they get the new Magnum V8 sorted.
Perhaps you mean V8.
Am i the only one that thinks they screwed up the name? It should be the ReCharger.. 😂
Good one
Needacharger
Dodge Batterycharger
I blame Amps, Volts, and Whats?
Cell-Cat
The ONLY thing Dodge needed to do, was/is to design a Charger, with a decent HEMI V8, that looks AS CLOSE TO A 1968 CHARGER, INSIDE AND OUT ! (As much as possible with current safety standards). PERIOD.
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They would sell a whole bunch of those, I don’t understand why they don’t do it…….. I would love to see them do a modern version of a 70 Super Bee.
That makes too much good sense for today's "executives."
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68 Charger RT’s with 426/440, Dana 60 rear, with the round tail lights and hideaway headlights were the pinnacle of MOPAR. I don’t think the leadership at the top know what the public want. 😢
Just admit it Tony, you dont like EVs. None of us like them!
I think a heck of a lot more people would like them if the range got better, the prices came down, and the leftist scum didn’t try to FORCE us to own them.
We do like them… but only in certain use cases. They’re not for everyone, but they need to exist. I have no interest in buying one now but probably will at some point. My opinion on them has changed over the last decade
I'd like to try driving the Ionic5 N.
I think the channel name is Stached training.
It's some fire chief with a big ass mustache and he shows nice clips of what firefighters have to deal with on these EV fires, it's not good at all.
Its like fat chicks you don't really want one but your not to good to drive one every once in a while when there is nothing else available
I'm sorry, I think I peed myself when you called the Tesla truck a dumpster.😂
😂
A Tesla truck does look like a dumpster.
I mean, is he wrong??? Lol. Park one near an actual dumpster and you won't be able to tell the difference.
Yuck
The reason Uncle Tony's comment was so funny is because it was so accurate of a description. That vehicle does look like a rolling electric dumpster. For the record, I didn't actually pee myself.
Real Chargers don't need chargers have a good day
Tony, I genuinely feel sorry for you & all of the Mopar community, this car is an embarrassment plain & simple
1968: I want a bigger carb, headers and a high lift cam for more performance. 2024: I want to change a few lines of code for more performance. This trend sucks
A perfect example of providing the public with a product they don’t want. Talk about not knowing your customer base! The managers of Dodge need fired!
Who in their right mind is going to be buying these EVs when they start showing up as used cars. Not me. When my washing machine starts making noise out to the curb it goes.
You can find used EV's 6 months old, 1 year old at half the original price and I'm still not interested
Some people buy purely on aesthetics. Think people that buy 4 cylinder mustangs. That type of person would buy new or used.
At least you can attempt a repair with the washing machine.
When that battery pack is 10 years old the thing is done. Junk. Plenty of conventional cars have many miles left at that point.
Bruh you can’t fix a washing machine?
The Charger is no more than a meme at this point.
I have a Fartsonic Exhaust after I go to Taco Bell 😅
Beano before, quiet after.
@@joshhomanThat takes the fun out of it.
Best comment!
Exhaust? You mean speaker 😂
(Not a bot) Your energy the last few videos has been off the charts. When you're having fun it's so much more fun to watch. Merry Christmas!
Me too , Uncle Tony's on a roll here and its great .
What urks me is the use of old names and badges, like calling the gas version the Six Pack despite it being a I6. Its absolute bull.
Exactly, it's an insult to intelligence. They should have gone full Ho-Mo and gave them new names like a Challenger "Pride", "Accepted" and a base model like "Challenger Disphoria".
They sent the fry cook to answer the press questions 😂
I'm a mechanic and am appalled at the bad quality of modern cars. New Mopars are not like the old Mopars. The new engines are nowhere near as well made as the old ones.
cars made in the last 35-40 years are just proof that car culture, design, and performance are going down hill at an alarming rate!!!
And this is with EVERY brand. You pay Mercedes money for a car and get same cost cutting plastic engine parts and integrated designs as the cheapest KIA.
The 23 challenger my now ex wife was in love with was a colossal shitbox. Constant electronic bugs was just the start.
@@chrismay2298 Most EVERY Chrysler vehicle Ive ever owned had electrical issues. They’ll NEVER be another one in my driveway. JUNK.
I'm an old Chevy guy, but I feel for Mopar Uncle Tony. This must be eating you up alive.
Let's face it, the car companies are all dead. Just keep your Classic and upgrade to the max. I'm going whole hog on my 67 Camaro and 57 Bel Air.
When the bottom was falling out in 2008 the GOV definitely re-shuffled automakers into their vision.
I would like for us all to make a vow. “I will not call that stupid, goofy, dumb, gimmicky Fratzonic speaker and exhaust. I will call it a Speaker.”
Secondly, what a mess Dodge is. No one is going to pay 70k+ for this car, much less, a 2024 leftover in 2025!!!
I'm an old school MoPar-ite like Tony.. I wouldn't take a FREE one.
Stellantis is committing crimes against gearhead humanity with this shiz...
This is what the world needed. Uncle Tony speaking up for the true Mopar fans, and how this is a mockery of that legacy and history 👍 💪. Happy Holidays everyone. ICE for life. Want an EV get a Tesla. Some of us like wrenching 🔧 on our cars without the need for a Computer science or Electrical engineering degree.
Its turkey bacon. Do I like bacon? Yes. Do I like turkey? Yes. Do I want my turkey posing as bacon? NO! Just accept who you are dodge. Dont be facon. Nobody wants a facon car
I give the ev community 3 months to find a software workaround to increase the power for free.
Some kid is hitting doobies and figuring it out as we speak I’m certain.🤣
Remember those illegal music download ads? "You cant download a car". Well looks like dodge made it happen
The Charger EV is a mess, a manager at a big dealer here in Long Island told me he thinks they'll be the WORLD'S Largest Charger dealer, they have ZERO at the dealership.
Tony, I am your age, I grew up with Chrysler all around; my neighbor was an exec there and other neighbors were engineers there. Hell you know how they supported the people who bought their products with pride. I posted this before and will repeat it, Chrysler died when Daimer took it over, and Fiat bought a more dismal line to the market. All Dodge is for Stellantis is just a profit marketing the cars to sell to anyone who wants speed but won't support them after a sale. You remember what it was like, I sure do and it is sad to think that people today expect more from a company that is just there to sell a car with no need to respect the people who used to believe in the company.
Exactly why they should just go under already.
They were dead back in the 1970s, revived by Iacocca in the 80's with FWD, but didn't really have anything that the real enthusiast would want for almost 20 YEARS..The LX platform saved their ass.
The "get eaten by a dumpster" part was pretty humorous, uncle Tony.
Tony is 110% correct. Thank You for speaking your mind and hopefully, you will be able to sway the Mopar Exec’s.
I feel for you tony in a Ford guy I worked a long time at ford dealerships so I hated the e mack and will never buy one I will be happier with a 1972 galaxy 500 and it's variants.
Selling a 2024 model year car in 2025 is like an inversion of 1993 when they were selling Dodge/Plymouth Neons as 1995 models.
I think that "SH1TPACK" would be better name.
LMAO LMAO LMAO LMAO..!...good one..!
It'd fit on a license plate beautifully
Brilliant!
Well shit is scat so they sure did it.
They need to put a fake blower on hood.😂
And origami spoiler
No REAL rap song will ever start:
“Rolling thru my hood in my EV…” 😂😂😂
Buying new cars is stupid. Break as often as an old one, probably Break more often.
Is there anybody in American business today that could return Mopar to it’s former glory ?
Teflon Don could probably revive it. He's busy right now though.
I could. Fire them all and get guys like: Professor " P ", UTG, Dead Dodge, Dallas and Andy and Ben A. and mickey fucken mouse; as he would do a better job, Cheers.
@@7spadefish7 No, Because there car makers like Chrysler, GM, Ford and AMC around anymore.
No. Everything this size is owned by investment firms who don’t care about the same things we do.
The 2016 delusions are still alive 🤪
Other manufacturers are using a similar strategy. It's despicable.
Many companies keep trying the pay for upgrade unlocks and people always say it’s stupid and they don’t like it. The companies end up doing it anyway because people are also stupid and will pay for it. Forget if it was BMW or Mercedes that did service fees to be able to use the heated seats. Quit paying and your heaters quit working.
At the end of the day they don’t actually care about enthusiasts and the driving experience. They only care about making money. The idea of an experience is much cheaper than building an actual experience.
I agree... but if you want a real driving experience, buy a classic muscle car.
20k extra to get a software upgrade that's already programmed in??
SCREW YOU Stellantis!!
I'd buy a Mustang first.
Yep, those new Mustangs are nasty
No ev for me.........
This video is probably your greatest modern work... Bravo Sir... Cannot be said any better.
The car looks pretty decent. Just needs a Hemi and a diet.
Uncle Tony declares war on the corporate turdwaffels.
Dodge is trying to feed us EVs, and gm just put out the most awesome non electric motor to date by any manufacturer. My wife just brought home a 96 LT1 corvette for me to play with. I think God's trying to tell me something, and I'm thinking about listening. That LT1 is pretty fucking bad ass!
They are very underappreciated because the LS1 totally leaped over it in potential and inexpensive service. That being said it is not too difficult to work around the water pump/optispark situation. Plus you can make a 383 or a 327 out of it like the old school badass motor that it is.
@QuietDriver97 it's a 300 net hp stock 350. It's better than the old school ones. With the "old skool" gross rating, they're about 365hp.
Opti is not as bad as the internet says. If you change the cap and rotor like a normal distributor, they work good. When they get wet they do jump spark between wires because of the shitty placement, but works waaaaay better than a points ignition when wet
Throughout history Chrysler did a lot of mistakes and faced a couple of difficult times. But I think this is the most shameful and ridiculous moment in Mopar history...I believe that not even the late 70s during the crisis and the release of the K-Cars, Mopar enthusiasts were so upset like right now. Seen this EV trash called a Charger, carrying all Mopar names from the past, seen what Ford is doing with the Mustang and GM with the new Corvette, as a Mopar guy, I feel this is humiliating. I would prefer that they kept the old platform unchanged. I live in Brazil, and seeing Fiats, Citroëns and Peugeots with Mopar decals, is just a shame.
Merry Christmas Tony and Kathy!
CNC machine tool builders (haas would be a well known example) have been gouging buyers on software options for many, many years. The options are ALL in the control. And for however many thousand dollars they deem it worth, they will send a tech out to put in an unlock code, flip a one to a zero, or vise-versa, and you have your option. Do you get to keep the unlock code? Hell no!
Last time I checked, muscle cars mean V8!!
and 2 doors only
It’s crazy these cars are disasters. They have an entire lot they can’t move in Canada as they are all bricks.
Inordinately expensive bricks.
Going ' Brooom Broom ' out of the exhaust , NO Uncle Tony it goes ' Broom Broom ' out of the speakers mounted under the rear bumper 🤣🤣🤣
I remember the noise makers that used to go on a bikes handlebars that you would twist to make motorcycle sounds, ha ha!
I used to go and make Broom Broom noises in a broke down old car in my uncle's backyard when I was 6. 😂
@@richardthompson6366 Google the 1971 movie ' On Any Sunday ' its about motorcycling in the 70's .
The opening scene is a group of boys on their bicycles riding in a group towards the camera all screaming ' Broom Broom ' , so cool and brought back fond memories .
Real Broom Broom , not a computer pretending .
@@richardthompson6366 We could not afford that , we put playing cards on the front forks with a clip so it ran against the spokes ,,, the faster we went the louder the sound ,, awesome !
What a joke, making the sound of what it is supposed the replace!!!!! Far out guys and girls.
just wait til they find all the catches, all the got-ya, all the "upgrade opportunities"... Today, it's all about the gotchas, you're right-on with that.
I wouldn't take one for free if they gave it to me, golf carts belong at the golf course.
Oh that is Fast, but wait till your power bill is 8k a month.
I saw the algorithm recommend your video and I was thinking about watching it. Then TK told me to come watch, so here I am! Great video. Thanks! Heading over to watch Ritch’s video next. 😅
When I first saw the ad for this thing on the TV I was with my family, started screaming at how stupid the commercial was.
"they're telling you it's good, they're not showing you it's good, they're forcing you to believe it's good"
My family didn't believe me, put up a ad from like 10 years ago.
Not a single line of dialogue, just the noises and it driving around a city all crazy.
They were like "oh.... That was good"
As a guy who’s a few years older than UT, I’ve gotta say this is my favorite video of his. Love it; made me smile…
that car sounds Kinda like, years ago when people put baseball cards on a bike tire to sound like a motorcycle. At least that's how I would feel driving it.
Fake exhaust, fake shifter, what is wrong with the management at Stellantis do they have no vision or do they think this will appease buyers ? No way would I ever spend my money on this crap.
Tony them using those names is disgusting 😣😣
Chevy is smart and made their new corvette a hybrid so they didn’t have to trash a hundred years of engine development.
Stelantis is a soulless organization that has no concept of what makes a good vehicle. They are just leaching out the nostalgia from their most loyal customers and driving brands into the ground for short term profits.
More companies should do a hybrid system it's more efficient in my opinion than a EV.
@ Lamborghini’s new car is a PHEV. Same with the new Koenigsegg. Idk why Chrysler just spent the last decade developing the hellcat, demon, and hellaphant just to toss it in the trash. Could you imagine a twin charged hellaphant that uses a hybrid battery to get off the line quicker and reduce turbo and supercharger lag?
EV’s have shit range going flat out and are now limited by battery size and output voltage. I do NOT want to be the tech that has to service the new Lucid with their 1000 volt system. That’s like insta death by accidentally touching a screwdriver in the wrong place. Nor do I want to be the consumer that is on the hook for a $50k mega battery in the quest for more and more range.
GM=Government Motors. As a Chevy guy I'm quite aware they could not do these things without preferential treatment. They have all of the funding and Government contracts to let them continue.
@@QuietDriver97 Dodge got bailed out in 2008 right along with Chevy
@@ViTALMaTThews I'm aware.
All I want is a simple car with basic features that are easily repaired. Is this to much to ask. All those features add no value and no one is going to pay to repair fake shifers and exhast. This thing is a turd that needs fushing!
Who in their right mind at Stellantis thought it was a good idea to make this into an EV?
What like the current Chargers are something special? Then why do they only exist in trailer parks and on the street next to gov't subsidized housing?
I’ve been in the tribe since 1975. As a matter of fact all my high school buddies called me the government man because I drove a 1973 Plymouth duster.
Dodge charger was always a 2 door they screwed up right from the start
This makes me laugh!
I remember I had a fake plastic motorcycle engine for my bicycle. It had a “ throttle “ on the handle bars , ie volume control. It made sounds like a motorcycle while you rode your bike . It was called Varoom 2 😂
The kids that rode them grew up and work for dodge
Wrong name. Should be called “Charged”
And after a few thousand miles the speaker under the hood will be activated to simulare a lifer tick to give you that authenic dodge experience. Dont worry though..dodge will turn it off for 4k and a software update.
...and Uncle Tony brings back reality to this crazy world
Perfectly said Uncle Tony! Had they made that “Scat Pack” blistering fast and at least beat all the cheaper ev cars, then they’d at least had something to brag about. Now their biggest claim to fame is the fake exhaust. Ugh 🤦♂️
Construction equipment like Cat and John Deere do the same thing. If you buy an engine it will come in various power outputs and if you want the higher output you pay a substantial fee and all it is is a software change to schedule more fuel delivery.
It depends on how big the power change is. For some of them it takes different injectors, turbo, and pistons. If doing it properly you basically have to give them the serial number and they’ll let you know what it can be programmed to. Most of the factory programmers won’t even let you change it beyond what that engine is built for anymore.
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you and your family! Look forward to another year of education and commentary.
What mods have you done to your Charger? "It's got a simulated exhaust delete." 😑
Pay an up charge to not be embarrassed?
I added new emojis to the infotainment system..
@@jasonruetz2306 mine came with a double dose of chick repellent at no cost.
I have been waiting for HIM ( the mopar Godfather) to finally speak on this!! 🍿
70K and no hemi? That is a Retarger
This car is the Equivalent to that isle in autozone with all the fake carbon fiber Accents' neon underglow, and chrome skull shifter knobs. 🤢🤮 the second they said it was a EV i didnt like it. But adding fake engine noise, Embarrassing.
Dodge making a Charger EV is just sacrilege.🤬
Stellantis wants to make all vehicles EVs as soon as they can, the future is going to suck!
yeah, Tony, it's a total shock that at this time in history, when money is God like never before, where dividend payments are a priority over innovation, where we elevate flawed people into positions of power based on their perceived ability to make money, not to make the lives of the average Joe better, that Stellantis is trying to make a buck off of something that probably cost almost nothing to develop. Total effing shocker.
Dodge is now a Poser.
Like you I am an original old MOPAR guy! Now I’m a little more old school since I’m retired and a 77 year old marine Vietnam era veteran, retired from the automotive profession. As a kid I loved cars and hot rods so much that my parents bought my first tool box full of tools back in the mid 50s because that’s what I wanted to be, a mechanic! My dad always had Plymouth’s in that era & for a long time Plymouth’s had flathead 6 cylinder motors , so that is what I cut my teeth on built and raced them! Electric cars have been around for a long time! They like most everything else are categorized in the great group of invented things as there is nothing new under the sun! There is no real extraordinary reason we should be forcing this type of transportation down people’s throats at this time in history especially the fact that they throw in everyone’s face that an electric car will save the planet! Bullshit!
The first red flag is you have to buy one of these Dodge , & the rest of the major automobile manufacturers have found out that go Woke & go broke was not just a flash in the pan! Which Harley Davison found out this past year! Hopefully we will get back on track with the new trump administration taking charge in a few days! The out going administration has been the worst disaster to this country since the Second World War and damned near threw us into world war three! Some say we are actually in world war three right now! ? I totally agree with you! All these people that have followed the mandates of the Biden administration have gone down a loosing path of destruction actually meant to weaken , destabilize & destroy this great country! I’m not saying that there should not be any electric cars! But no matter what is invented as long as it’s safe! Should be “ available “ ! But not mandated for the public to purchase it! Most definitely do not try to market an electric car as something it’s not! Give it its own name! The dodge charger is Iconic! Marketing people today are imbeciles! Creative they are not! Uncle Tony 👍🇺🇸🦡🇺🇸…. Mad Mike S.
When I saw the EV Charger on the MotorWeek channel I LAUGHED at the exhaust... soundtrack. What an absolute joke!
The reason for the auto industry insanity is because of the driving forces guiding the decision making and direction of these companies. American consumer desires is probably 4th on the list behind investors (trying to spike stock prices by following hype trends), government regulators (trying to squeeze the industry towards efficiency), dealer repair monopoly (restricting owner and independent shop ability to repair and modify) and another big one nobody talks about; chinese market consumer tastes / requirements. That is a huge driver behind the push to crossovers and EVs is the demand for them in China which at this point is becoming the worlds largest auto market
They're pushing this crap with marketing.
No you are the one that should speak up you have more experience in one finger than all these other TH-camrs. Keep doing what you are doing and keep passing your knowledge on to the next generation. Enjoy your videos and live streams.
I wonder how many more techs will leave the repair industry because of this ev switch?
What Stellantis and the climate change mafia have done to Chrysler is sad and pathetic.
Elite CEOs thinking they know what muscle car guys want. Stelantis, big swing and a miss
Have you ever thought they want to rubbish the iconic names by going electric....? In 20 years or so peoples memories of 'muscle cars' will be that they were sh*te !
good point. We will be dead and the world will lose a icon worth remembering and all will be good.
We all beat to a different drum. I am an elder from the Pontiac & Mopar Tribe. You are 100% right !!! New does not mean better !!!
When they first debuted the EV charger they were bragging that if you wanted to go to the track you could just call them up and have the upgrades turned on for the weekend. that's when I knew it was a ripoff. sometimes I wish they would just shut down dodge and quite running it's name into the ground.
Uncle Tony's Garage Friend keep up the great work !!! 🇺🇸🇺🇸💪💪👍👍👍
Mopar elder makes excellent Tesla commercial 🤠
hardly. they're just as big a joke but slander nikola's name instead of the dodge brothers.
Man it is so sad new charger is goofy they should reverse gears and remake 87 to 89 dodge daytona make it cheap rear wheel drive 5.7 hemi offer 6 spd and auto and make it handle really good they would out sell everyone performance doesn't have to be expensive just inexpensive and fun simple works
If it’s software.. it’s a right to own issue. Say you buy the lower trim model and hack YOUR vehicle to put out the top spec of the hardware. Where would that not be considered legal? 😂
this will lead to new rules protecting "i. p." and punishment for anyone found with hacked firmware.
@ still won’t stop people from doing it. It’s no different than modifying a vehicle today. People will always find a way.
I weep for the new "motor heads" (or voltage heads?) who will never know the thrill of going to a Dodge dealer or Plymouth dealer and walking the lot and see Chargers, Challengers, Super Bee's, Roadrunners, GTX's Duster's and Darts with 440's 383's 340's 413's 426's and Hemi's. 4 BBL Dual 4 BBL or six Packs. And convincing the salesman to let you drive a Hemi car with a 4 speed. Good times. In 1971 I had an A12 69 1/2 Super Bee in High School. I paid for it working at Woolwoths after school.
I feel ya Tony... I'm only 25 but I've been a lifelong Mopar fan, so I'm curious being that you're part of the older generation of Mopar fans, but is this what the 80's felt like as a Mopar guy? Nothing particularly exciting being released, the cars you liked being killed prior, and just an overall poor brand image seems like how the 80's get described to me by older Mopar fans. And that's how I feel about the brand currently. I want them to start building actual good cars again, something that's exciting, good looking and makes all the right sounds. I'm so tired of watching my favorite brand get destroyed by incompetent European idiots that don't have a clue how the North American market works and don't have a clue what it wants, and the fact that they've killed everything good that the brand had to offer makes me so mad, because now that I'm at an age where I'm making decent money and can afford one of the cool cars they had to offer, they're no longer in production and it's replacement is whatever the hell this thing is... Yeah... hard pass! You're right Tony, this is an embarrassment. I'm not part of the old school Mopar clan, just because I wasn't there, but I'm doing my best to keep it alive. Currently I'm in the process of 392 hemi swapping my 2012 Ram 1500, and I'm building a chassis and redoing the suspension on my 79 Volare Duster drag car that's powered by a built small block and backed by a 904. And because that's the Mopar I know, I too am embarrassed by this. My GM and Blue Oval friends have already been teasing me about it haha. Dodge really needs to get it together, but hopefully now that that dirt lump Tavares is gone we can get back to our regularly scheduled Mopar program haha.
When these companies start flying in rechargeable Jets and yachts I'll start buying electric vehicles
Tony, Please run for President and make things right. You are right. Why are these American Automotive Compies so wrong?
Stellantis, that's why.
They're not really American anymore.
Not wasting money on one of those. It’s like going hunting with a cap gun. Looks like a gun and sounds like a gun but useless. And you paid how much for the cap gun.
It's still a car so it's not really useless.