Short Report: The 2017 Dodge Charger Daytona 392 makes no apologies, even if you do

The 2017 Dodge Charger Daytona 392 packs a 6.4-liter HEMI V8 good for 485 horsepower and a mid-12-second quarter mile into a four-door sedan built to carry a family. Hellcat-inspired styling, forged 20-inch wheels, and six-piston Brembo brakes back up the numbers, all without the Hellcat’s price tag. It is proof that Dodge’s definition of a “sleeper” still means business.

If a â€œsleeperâ€ is defined as an unassuming car that can blow the doors off most vehicles around it on a racetrack or drag strip, then weâ€™re living in a golden age of sleepers.

Practically every German luxury sedan thatâ€™s not powered by a four-cylinder wears stately sheet metal and packs upwards of 350 or 400 horsepower, so if every sedan is a sleeper, are any of them, really?

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A four-door sedan that can run the quarter mile in the low twelves sounds like a contradiction, the kind of spec sheet that should not exist outside of a two-seat sports car. Yet Dodge built exactly that, wrapped it in a family-friendly body with room for the kids and the groceries, and dared anyone to underestimate it at a stoplight. Underneath the satin black hood graphics and the Hellcat-inspired styling sits a 6.4-liter engine borrowed from some of the brand’s angriest machines. The question is not whether this sleeper can back up its looks, it is how many unsuspecting sports car owners have already found out the hard way.

A 6.4-Liter Heart in a Family Sedan’s Body

The Daytona 392’s 6.4-liter HEMI V8 produces 485 horsepower and 475 lb-ft of torque, enough to push the four-door Charger from 0-100 km/h in about 4.3 seconds and through the quarter mile in the mid-12-second range. Power routes through an 8-speed automatic transmission to the rear wheels only, keeping the driving experience old-school even as the numbers stay thoroughly modern.

Hellcat Looks Without the Hellcat Price

The Daytona package borrows its attitude from the supercharged Hellcat, adding satin black hood, roof, and deck-lid graphics, a satin black spoiler, embroidered performance seats, and a performance steering wheel with die-cast paddle shifters. The 392 upgrade brings wider 20×9.5-inch forged aluminum wheels, a high-performance suspension, and six-piston front with four-piston rear Brembo brakes. Inside, an 8.4-inch Uconnect touchscreen handles Apple CarPlay, Android Auto, and the rest of the sedan’s everyday duties.

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