Listen to the Dodge Charger Daytona's Latest Fratzonic Exhaust System

by Chris Teague

Published: August 8th, 2024

listen to the dodge charger daytona s latest fratzonic exhaust system

Electric vehicles don’t make much noise. So little, in fact, that automakers are required to install a system that projects sound at low speeds to alert pedestrians and other drivers to their presence. Dodge is dipping its toe into the EV pool with the upcoming Charger Daytona, and we finally got to hear its fabled Fratzonic Exhaust system, now in its third iteration after the car’s debut a couple of years ago.

The early versions made a wild sound that leaned into the car’s electric powertrain, but the latest and presumably production-ready system sounds a lot like a recorded V8. Dodge released a video on Instagram with a Charger Daytona accelerating past the camera, and the near pitch-perfect engine sound is close to spot-on for a V8 exhaust note.

Dodge achieved the sound using a speaker driver and other components that don’t function like the countless fake engine noise speakers seen in BMWs and other vehicles today. The system can generate lower frequencies to hit the V8’s signature sound, and Dodge said it can reach the same 126 dB sound level as a Hellcat-powered car. The Charger Daytona doesn’t use recorded sounds as a result, with the Fratzonic Exhaust generating the noise.

Owners will be able to rev the car at a standstill, and Dodge said each version of the Daytona would get a unique sound. Volume and tone will vary with the selected drive mode. Take a listen for yourself and let us know what you think.

[Images: Dodge]

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Chris Teague

Chris grew up in, under, and around cars, but took the long way around to becoming an automotive writer. After a career in technology consulting and a trip through business school, Chris began writing about the automotive industry as a way to reconnect with his passion and get behind the wheel of a new car every week. He focuses on taking complex industry stories and making them digestible by any reader. Just don’t expect him to stay away from high-mileage Porsches.

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TheMrFreeze on Aug 09, 2024
EVs need to make SOME sort of sound to let pedestrians/bicyclists/etc know they're coming. Yeah, it's ultimately fake engine noise, but at least Dodge put some effort into it to make it sound interesting instead of sticking a speaker under the hood and playing some tones off of a Casio keyboard

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- 28-Cars-Later on Aug 09, 2024
  I personally notice an oddly sci-fi sound when a Toyota hybrid is near and its something I personally would recognize as a pedestrian (and if driving toward me at speed I'd probably notice tire or wind noises as well). While biking, not so sure, but I think they are focusing on putting passive safety into the cars now vs reactive alerts such as noise for safety etc.
  
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Gray on Aug 10, 2024
Don't need it. I can make my own vroom vroom sounds with my mouth while driving.

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