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Electrifying! Dodge Charger Daytona EV prices and window sticker
Feb 4, 2025
See what you get for your money, and just how big a discount they slap onto the hood - already!
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hi this is Mopar Dave and I'm here to
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talk about the Charger Daytona scatpack
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the electric vehicle which is just now
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reaching dealers so let's go into this
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remembering as we go that you're not
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expected to pay the sticker price they
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have huge rebates on this already and
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they might stay the same they might get
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bigger more likely they'll drop the
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price a bit when they get into the 2025
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because they're still selling brand new
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2024's at the dealership they're pulling
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a reverse from normal practice normally
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you know you come out with the next
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model year around August 1st or so maybe
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September 1st Dodge is doing something
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different also Jeep with the Wagoner s
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they're coming out with the 2024's in
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2025 that's not at all insane so let's
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take a look first of all the first thing
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that cre us is the base price
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$65,000 plus a $2,000 destination charge
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which I think is one of the highest
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destination charges in the industry this
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is for the two version scatpack
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all-wheel drive it's all electric using
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the 400 volt system with dual motors one
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front one rear uh both electric drive
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it's got a one-speed gearbox I think
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most of us were expecting a two-speed
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there is still a two-speed transmission
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coming right now you got the one-speed
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so what have we got mechanical limited
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slip differential a high performance
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brake suspension as you'd expect you've
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got uh aerodynamic panels underneath
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uh it comes with the SRT performance
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Pages which is very nice it comes with
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the Power Shot where you can uh get
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increased acceleration on demand as an
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electric car comes with the goofy
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OneTouch drive mode and various custom
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uh Drive modes relatively new to dodge
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the head-up display this is a nice thing
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to have it shows you key uh facts and
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figures right in the windshield if
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you're the driver if you're the
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passenger you can't see it at all
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usually you can remotely turn on Heat or
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the air conditioning which is kind of
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clever that's because it's an electric
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car I guess uh they would both be
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electrically operated rather than from
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belts uh it's got adaptive cruise
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control it can go all the way down to
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stop and go traffic uh an intersection
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Collision prevention system which is
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nice blind spot uh detection rear cross
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path which is something that you can't
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do no matter how good a driver you are
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you cannot do cross path detection
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because it uses sensors that are in a
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place that you are not so if you're
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backing off from between two big SUVs
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you can't see if anybody's coming but
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there are sensors around your rear
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bumper that can and inside you've got
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the 12-in touchscreen display 16-in
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gauge cluster that's customizable Alpine
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9 speaker stereo with subwoofer very
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nice navigation system and eight-way
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power seat so what brings the price of
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this car up to a theoretical but you
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won't really pay it
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$82,000 you've got your Scat Pack
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illuminated door pole handles that goes
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into the less useful stuff windshield
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wiper deiser is interesting because I
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thought that they had given up on those
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with the minivans when daimer stripped
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them out in search of ever lower costs
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those things are absolutely terrific the
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frunk that's a front trunk it's not that
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big but since you also have a regular
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trunk that's not a bad thing to have
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some extra storage and a bunch of luxury
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stuff and you've got your very
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adjustable seats so that's a very nice
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uh package we' also got the heated
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second row seats ventilated front seats
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power hatch that's trunk lid but it's a
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hatchback so it takes the glass with it
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and some other convenience features The
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suround View Camera is a nice safety
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thing to have and then we're into the
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Sun and sound package $2,500 for an
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Alpine 18 speaker audio system and a
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glass roof then $3,500 for more
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performance stuff that's the widebody
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competition suspension so the tires are
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moved out a bit bigger uh so you've got
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bigger tires adaptive suspension Brembo
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higher performance brakes uh different
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Wheels different tires this car has the
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drive experience recorder for another
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$1,000 so throw in your $2,000 mandatory
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destination charge if you want to
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actually have your car as opposed to
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leaving it at the factory and that's
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your price
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82177 but we'll get back to this this is
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not by any means the price that you will
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pay comes with an 8-year 4 100,000 M
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Electric powertrain and high voltage
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battery warranty the battery warranty is
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actually mandated by the government as
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of model year 2027 so they've got it 3
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years early which is nice this one has a
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theoretical driving range of 241 miles
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the engine and the transmission are both
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made in the United States so now let's
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look at what you'll actually pay for
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this supposedly $82,000 car according to
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the dealership that we looked at the one
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that has this particular car the
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employee price drops off about
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$88,000 so you end up with a real
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$74,400
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$35 price including the destination and
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then there's two current rebates each
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one for
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$2,000 I'm assuming that these are
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different rebates and that they won't
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say when you get to the dealer oh wait
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you're getting the employee price so you
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can't use the national friends and
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family bonus cash so there let's just
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assume that they're on the level there's
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$4,000 more off and so the final price
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for this car is$
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7,435 now keep in mind on social media
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you will almost certainly see people
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want about it's really an $882,000 car
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or yeah okay even with that price or
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even with that price every electric car
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is $7,000 but let's take a look back
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here at all these options we're seeing a
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$67,000 car with about what $4,000 plus
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7600 or so with over $10,000 worth of
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rebates and discounts so basically you
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end up with around a $56,000 car when
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all a sudden and done
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that's really probably going to be the
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base price as you would buy it and it
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comes pretty darn well equipped and I'll
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tell you you can go to gasoline powered
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vehicles and spend a lot more especially
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if you're looking at SUVs I mean this is
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a huge vehicle inside this is not a
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normal size charger or Challenger this
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thing is Big so you're getting more than
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you might think so overall yeah the
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price is $882,000 and you look at it and
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you say oh gosh $882,000 for a car with
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a 241 M range and 0 to 60 is really good
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but it's not that good in the end when
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you add it all up it's actually a pretty
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good deal for gasoline or an electric
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car and keep in mind an electric car if
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you can charge it at home it's a lot
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easier on your pocketbook usually than
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gasoline is and I say this as a guy
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who's only got gasoline powered cars
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right now I don't even have a hybrid
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when you're comparing it to gasoline
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powered cars this is a 630 horsepower
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car I'm pretty sure that it easily
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outraces the old Charger Daytona Gat
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pack which could come to these prices
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equipped like this compared to the last
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V8s that they made it is still a deal so
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that's what I want to leave you with
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expensive not as expensive as you'd
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think because they're discounting the
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you know what out of it 2025 they might
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start with a lower list price and cut
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back on all the insane incentives this
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is still a 2024 model 2025 is still
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coming and it's a lot more reasonable
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than people people on social media will
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make it sound just to get this out of
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the way some people will say well they
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won't sell any of them because nobody
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wants electric cars we just want V8s and
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for that I have to go to a recent
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Automotive news article which pointed
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out that Ford actually sold more Mustang
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EVS than actual Mustangs and of the
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Mustangs that they sold not all of them
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are V8s anyway that's Dave signing out
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