Dodge brings Charger Widebody ‘concept’ to Spring Fest

Last week we asked if an Instagram user had really

seen a Dodge Charger Widebody

cruising suburban Detroit. The answer is yes, he had.

Dodge

brought its

Charger

Widebody concept to Spring Fest 14, a celebration of everything built on

Chrysler’s

LX platform. Note the use of the word “concept,” and a

Fiat

Chrysler spokesperson telling journos, “We are

taking a Charger design concept

to Spring Fest to gauge feedback from the huge

Dodge Charger

,

Challenger

, and

Chrysler 300

enthusiast base that attends the California event each year.”

Mark Trostle, head of design for

Dodge

and SRT,

shared a few snaps

of the

Charger

Widebody to Instagram.

Now ignore the word “concept.” Of course a thing isn’t done until it’s

done

, but two years ago a thread on

Charger Forums mused on a Photoshop

of the sedan as a widebody. User ResumeSpeed chimed in to say, “Rear is not accurate as it’s being revised. 2020 model year.

Two Charger WB models

: Hellcat and 392 Scat Pack.” Fast forward to February of this year when

Mopar Insider

said its sources confirmed a thick-hipped

Charger R/T Scat Pack and Hellcat

with “drastically different looking front and rear fascias.” Then, earlier this month,

Allpar received a slide

from what looks like an internal Dodge presentation explaining the “2020 Dodge Charger Hellcat Wide Body.” The sedan in the slide looks almost exactly like the “concept.”

And now this. They even designed it with the

Dodge Durango SRT

grille treatment, which seems like a logical part of that 2020 revision. Giving the Charger a nip and tuck, a little more tire, and a $6,000 surcharge similar to the

Challenger Widebody makes too much sense

to merely toy with and then file away. Check out

this video

for a complete walkaround, and stay tuned.