As Dodge Unveils Four-Door Charger Daytona Sedan, Stellantis Postpones Canadian Production
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More information about the four-door Dodge Charger Daytona was unveiled today, including the fact that it will not feature a base R/T trim in 2026. The revelation follows just a day after news broke that the two-door R/T, which was supposed to be produced in Canada, has been postponed for the 2026 model year.
Dodge said that it is currently assessing the effect of U.S. trade policies, which will impact production of the 2026 Charger Daytona R/T, the base version of its all-electric, two-door muscle car, in a statement to AutoNews Canada. The vehicle is built at the automaker’s Windsor Assembly plant, which is operated by 4,500 workers.
Fortunately, Unifor, the union that represents workers at the plant, told AutoTrader in a statement that it does not expect the decision to affect staffing levels at the plant.
“The plant is currently ramping up for the launch of additional Charger models, and this continued work is expected to maintain current employment levels for now,” said Lana Payne, Unifor national president. “However, ongoing attacks on Canada by the Trump Administration will only foster more economic uncertainty and job instability in the auto sector for Canadian and American workers.”
Dodge’s parent company, Stellantis, has been among the first automakers to feel the effects of the ongoing trade war between Canada, the United States, and Mexico. In April, the automaker announced a two-week plant shutdown in Windsor and temporarily laid off around 900 workers at plants in the U.S.
Unifor argued earlier this week that the Foreign Extraterritorial Measures Act should be used by the Canadian federal government to punish companies that move production out of Canada in response to U.S. tariffs. The union argued that under the measure, Ottawa has the power to penalize companies up to $1.5 million and can sentence individuals who are found to be harming Canadian interests by complying with foreign measures up to five years in prison.
The news comes as Dodge provided more details on the four-door version of the 2026 Charger. Similar in shape, size, and content to the two-door version of the car, the new four-door version of the all-electric Charger Daytona offers 670 hp, now that the Scat Pack option is the only trim available.
That allows the four-door Charger Daytona to accelerate to 97 km/h (60 mph) in just 3.3 seconds. Dodge estimates that the four-door Charger Daytona will be able to drive as many as 388 km per charge. Once the battery is depleted, owners will be able to go from 20 to 80 per cent state of charge in as few as 24 minutes at a DC fast-charging station.
Inside, the four-door Charger Daytona will be similar to the two-door, featuring a 16-inch instrument display and a 12.3-inch infotainment screen embedded in a dashboard that was inspired by the 1968 Dodge Charger.
Like the two-door version, a version of the four-door Dodge Charger that is powered by an internal-combustion engine is coming. Dubbed the Sixpack, it will be powered by Stellantis’ 3.0L twin-turbocharged inline six. More details on that model are expected in the second half of 2025.
