This Is the New Dodge Charger with a Hemi V8

The new Dodge Charger may not come with a V8 — at least not yet — but there’s now one way to get a brand-new muscle car with a Hemi under the hood. This week, Dodge unveiled the 2025 Dodge Charger Hustle Stuff Drag Pack, a dedicated drag racer built for competition, complete with a supercharged V8.

The car features the latest visual updates from the new Charger lineup, with lightweight carbon-fiber components including the hood, doors, front fascia, and trunk lid. Thanks to the carbon treatment, the Hustle Stuff is about 100 pounds lighter than the previous Challenger Drag Pack.

Under the hood, Dodge has upgraded its supercharged 5.8-liter V8 with a new GEN III Hemi aluminum block, H-beam connecting rods, Diamond aluminum pistons, a forged crankshaft, and a lightweight one-piece billet supercharger drive tensioner.

Power is sent through a Coan Racing XLT three-speed automatic transmission with a high-performance torque converter. Dodge claims the Charger can run the quarter mile in under eight seconds. The car’s name is a tribute to the Mopar Hustle Stuff parts catalog from the 1970s.

The Charger also benefits from revised suspension geometry, featuring a reinforced four-link rear setup and a 9-inch Mark Williams Enterprises rear axle with a 4.30:1 gear ratio.

Among available options is a lightweight engine components package that includes a Blackbird intake cover and an external oil pump setup, plus a rear sway bar. Another package adds a data recorder, lightweight Racetech carbon-fiber seats (shedding about 20 pounds), and a lightweight transmission package with a carbon-fiber driveshaft that saves an additional 7 pounds.

The standard exterior color is Knuckle White, but buyers can choose from 18 others, including B5 Blue, Frostbite, Go Mango, Plum Crazy, Sinamon Stick, and Sublime. Optional graphics packages are also available.

Dodge will build just 50 units of the Hustle Stuff Drag Pack, designed for NHRA Sportsman racers and fully NHRA-certified for Factory Stock Showdown competition. Each car includes an NHRA-certified chromoly roll cage (SFI 25.5/7.50 ET), lightweight Sabelt racing seats, SFI-rated harnesses, and a window net.

Pricing starts at $234,995 before destination. Orders for the 2026 Dodge Charger Hustle Stuff Drag Pack open on October 31. And if you’re one of the 50 lucky owners — and among the first to win an NHRA Factory Stock Showdown race — Dodge will reward you with a $26,000 cash prize.