There’s a difference between a race and rally. In terms of the Dodge Charger, you would race an R/T, SRT, or the all-mighty Hellcat, but you would rally, well, a Rallye - Edition, that is. To drive a Charger Rallye, you choose brains over raw brawn, a V6 over a HEMI, but the underlying car has game no matter its game.
Nothing is given up in sportiness and attitude as the car’s got swagger streaming from its pinched gloss black crosshair grille, 19-inch alloys, hunkered fenders, spoiler, and LED taillamps. Fans of The General Lee will recognize the side cove and fast rear roofline. While it’s clearly a Charger, stylists updated the car last year with a more sloped hood, HID headlamps, and curved rear that better ties the car to younger Dodges like the Dart and Durango. With a couple of facelifts behind it, the Charger has aged gracefully over the past decade.
It’s a big car, able to seat four very comfortably in black leather seats with beige inserts—heated/cooled in front, heated in rear. Grip the beefy heated leather-wrapped steering wheel. Designers added a hint of the expansive center console’s machined aluminum affect to the background of the reconfigurable LCD instruments.
As in other Chrysler products, the Uconnect infotainment system with touchscreen, voice commands, and redundant controls below could be mastered by crayon-toting toddlers. Booming Beats audio with 552 W amp, navigation, rearview camera, Bluetooth, USB, and navigation take it to the streets. Press the sport mode for more sass.
