This King Daytona is one of the very last Dodge Chargers ever

Production of the Dodge Charger and Challenger will be wound up before too long, but don’t forget both cars are going out with a bang with seven ‘Last Call’ special editions: the orange beast you see above is number five in that swansong.

Anointed as the Dodge Charger King Daytona, it’s inspired by the 1969 model owned by William ‘Big Willie’ Robinson, described by Dodge as the ‘monarch’ of the West Coast drag-racing scene of the Sixties and Seventies.

Big W nicknamed his car ‘King Daytona’, and Dodge’s homage to that famous car gets much orange and a sprinkling of more power.

Only a sprinkling, mind: based on the SRT Hellcat Redeye, the King Daytona ups the supercharged 6.2-litre engine’s ante from 797 to 807hp, while all the other additions are merely aesthetic.

The ‘Go Mango’ exterior is coupled with reams of orange stitching inside, as well as satin black graphics and rear spoiler, chrome badging, 20-inch carbon wheels, Nappa/Alcantara seats, a suede headliner, a powered sunroof and a Harmon Kardon sound system, among much else.

Only 300 will be made, with pricing info to come when order books open in the autumn.

“The special-edition Dodge Charger King Daytona honors [sic] a true icon of muscle car history,” said Tim Kuniskis, CEO of the Dodge brand under parent company Stellantis. “The final Dodge ‘Last Call’ models will continue to celebrate the legacy of the Dodge Charger and Challenger by paying tribute to two vehicles that hold a special place in our brand’s history.”

We’ve already seen the Challenger Shakedown and Charger Super Bee, plus Scat Pack Swinger models of both cars. That means there are only two left, with the penultimate one being revealed next week and the grand finale coming at SEMA in Las Vegas in November.