The original Dukes of Hazzard show didn’t air until a decade after the ’69 Chargers it starred were built, but the series became such a part of Charger heritage that it was only a matter of time before someone transplanted the iconic orange paint and ‘01’ numbers onto the 2025 EV.
Of course the electrified Charger isn’t on sale yet, so we’re only looking at renders here from @adry53customs, but you just know life will be imitating art within a week of customers getting their hands on the first examples to leave the dealer lot.
And maybe you disagree, but some of us here think it looks even better in orange than the gray worn by the prototype in the real-life teaser images Dodge released earlier this month.
Renders @adry53customs
That’s definitely got something to do with the molten-look metallic-effect of that orange, which really accentuates the black grille and the unique sunken hood with its massive central power bulge. But orange paint is only part of a General Lee transformation. We’ve no idea where the digital doors are fixed shut with rendered weld, but the ‘01’ door graphics are present, and the wheels are modern-looking updates of the show cars’ Rocket Vectrons.
And no General Lee would be complete without a Confederate flag on the roof, though some people might wish it wasn’t there, so dramatically have attitudes changed since the final Dukes of Hazzard season aired in 1985. The flag is seen by some as a symbol of slavery and racism, an opinion that gained greater prominence after the death of George Floyd in 2020.
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Soon after, Mississippi voted to remove the emblem from the state’s flag after 126 years, though John “Bo Duke” Schneider from the original show said making a fuss about the General Lee’s roof was an example of political correctness working overtime. But then we are talking about a guy who recently took to X, formerly Twitter, to share a since-deleted post calling for President Biden to “be publicly hung”, reportedly prompting an investigation by the Secret Service.
The creator of the renderings, @adry53customs, suggests that in a future dominated by boring electric cars his General Lee would stand out. But we’d rather take the hybrid-assisted Hurricane inline six motor that’s also expected to feature in Dodge’s Charger lineup, and we have a feeling the Duke boys would concur.