Good afternoon everyone!

Greetings from Spain. Always dreamed about the Challenger and it seems in less than two years I would be having the founds to get it.

However as the fuel here is almost twice as in America (2 USD per liter), I think I'm gonna wait for a hybrid variant option that has been rumored to release at some point of early 2020s

Apparently electric options, if they ever come, will be from mid 2020s on, and that is too far away in time for me.

I would like to know your feedback about this decision consider everything: I will be driving it in Spain, fuel consumption, release date of newly variants, etc...

Thank you all for keeping this awesome forum up!

 

I am not finding much info on hybrid challenger/chargers..... Most are just rumors an innuendo. The most specific mention I have found was 'sometime in the mid 2020's' for a hybrid powertrain. And that is likely to be a mild hybrid. So, likely a minimum of a four year wait, at best.....

 

I live in the US, but I work for a Spanish company, and (in normal non-covid times) I go to Marbella about three times a year, and I just yesterday bought my Challenger.

I'm pretty confident that you've driven one and know already, but just in case: You really should drive one first because it's a big car. It doesn't look like it necessarily, but it is, as weird as it might sound, bigger than it looks. You're from there, and presumably grew up there so you're used to the narrow streets and how crazy people drive, but you really should get a feel for how much space it takes up when you're driving it before you pull the trigger on buying one.

Not that I'm trying to dissuade you, it's one hell of a car, and you'd get extra cool points for a car that you don't see every day in Spain.

 

The new Challengers come in different engine options. I have seen from other posts about vehicles sold outside the US there where some with an LP option along with gas. Not sure if that's available in the Challengers or where you live.

 

Thank you for your input. I once found a Destroyer Gray Hellcat on my way to work and left a note. The kind owner called me, we met and he even let me drive it! We were talking about the Challenger for more than 2 hours.

And yes, after driving it, I noticed space could be a problem in some situations. But I also thought it was going to be bigger. Look at this picture I took. It's bigger... but not that much. By the way, are widebodies even bigger? Width-wise I mean.

Now my battle is against taxes. I already took some steps ahead to make my drime come true only to find, long story short, I have to pay +55% of the original invoice of the car in taxes. This is seriously letting me down.

Nah, they are either not available or available at ridiculous prices. I'd rather wait for new variants, especially after the words of the Challenger CEO Tim Kuniskis.

As for the engine I was planning on getting a Scat Pack because after reading and talking to lots of people, I think it will be the best for a daily driving.

Strangely enough, it's the one engine I couldn't put my hands on (yet). I've tested 6.2 Hellcat and 5.7 R/T. Scat Pack... never an opportunity so far.

 

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