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The wild 710bhp Dodge Durango Hellcat is back for another production run
Demand forces Dodge’s hand to bring back the limited-edition SUV hot rod
Dodge has announced the Durango SRT Hellcat will return for another production run because of a “crazy amount” of customer enthusiasm for its overpowered V8 family wagon. A 2023 edition of what Dodge calls “the most powerful SUV on the planet”.
You might proffer alternative observations upon sampling its angry Hemi V8, but suffice to say, it comfortably outmuscles the current crop of outsized, overpowered SUVs. It's matched (sorta) only by its Jeep Trackhawk sibling and, weirdly, the Aston Martin DBX707.
Underneath sits that now familiar 6.2-litre supercharged Hellcat V8 punching out 710bhp and 645lb ft of torque, allowing a 0-60mph time of just 3.5s. Hilariously, Dodge quotes an actual NHRA (National Hot Rod Association) certified quarter mile time of 11.5s and a top speed of 180mph.
We’re told that cast-iron (literally) engine gets a dedicated cooling circuit for the charge air coolers, twin-screw rotors in the supercharger set close to minimise air leakage, a bypass valve regulating boost pressure, forged rods and pistons, sodium-cooled valves and even a cold-air scoop, among many other things.
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Demand forces Dodge’s hand to bring back the limited-edition SUV hot rod
Dodge has announced the Durango SRT Hellcat will return for another production run because of a “crazy amount” of customer enthusiasm for its overpowered V8 family wagon. A 2023 edition of what Dodge calls “the most powerful SUV on the planet”.
You might proffer alternative observations upon sampling its angry Hemi V8, but suffice to say, it comfortably outmuscles the current crop of outsized, overpowered SUVs. It's matched (sorta) only by its Jeep Trackhawk sibling and, weirdly, the Aston Martin DBX707.
Underneath sits that now familiar 6.2-litre supercharged Hellcat V8 punching out 710bhp and 645lb ft of torque, allowing a 0-60mph time of just 3.5s. Hilariously, Dodge quotes an actual NHRA (National Hot Rod Association) certified quarter mile time of 11.5s and a top speed of 180mph.
We’re told that cast-iron (literally) engine gets a dedicated cooling circuit for the charge air coolers, twin-screw rotors in the supercharger set close to minimise air leakage, a bypass valve regulating boost pressure, forged rods and pistons, sodium-cooled valves and even a cold-air scoop, among many other things.
The wild 710bhp Dodge Durango Hellcat is back for another production run
Demand forces Dodge’s hand to bring back the limited-edition SUV hot rod
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The Dodge Durango Hellcat Is Back For 2023
Fans of horsepower, practicality, and cats rejoice.
It’s an interesting time to be Dodge right now. The brand has built itself around performance, muscular high-displacement V8s in a world that’s increasingly overrun with two-liter turbo-fours, but that can’t last forever. The company’s most performance-oriented cars, the Challenger and Charger, are already dead. What’s the brand to do?
If you guessed “stick a big engine in its single remaining vehicle,” you’re right. Dodge’s sole survivor, the Durango, is once again getting the supercharged 6.2-liter Hellcat engine that it had lost in 2022. Cue fanfare.
Dodge claims 710 horsepower and 645 lb-ft of torque for the hopped-up seven-seater, enough to push the Durango Hellcat to sixty miles per hour in a claimed 3.5 seconds. Stellantis even says the NHRA has certified an 11.5-second quarter mile time at 180 mph — that’s 1.64 seconds per seat, beating out even the fastest of single-seat Top Fuel dragsters.
Beyond the engine, the Durango SRT gets a few bonus bits to make owners feel special. Revised power steering and suspension, SRT drive modes, launch control with wheel hop mitigation, and Brembo calipers. Despite the brand’s encouragement to “Customize the Cat,” there’s no option to embroider cat ears onto the front headrests. Missed opportunity, really.
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Fans of horsepower, practicality, and cats rejoice.
It’s an interesting time to be Dodge right now. The brand has built itself around performance, muscular high-displacement V8s in a world that’s increasingly overrun with two-liter turbo-fours, but that can’t last forever. The company’s most performance-oriented cars, the Challenger and Charger, are already dead. What’s the brand to do?
If you guessed “stick a big engine in its single remaining vehicle,” you’re right. Dodge’s sole survivor, the Durango, is once again getting the supercharged 6.2-liter Hellcat engine that it had lost in 2022. Cue fanfare.
Dodge claims 710 horsepower and 645 lb-ft of torque for the hopped-up seven-seater, enough to push the Durango Hellcat to sixty miles per hour in a claimed 3.5 seconds. Stellantis even says the NHRA has certified an 11.5-second quarter mile time at 180 mph — that’s 1.64 seconds per seat, beating out even the fastest of single-seat Top Fuel dragsters.
Beyond the engine, the Durango SRT gets a few bonus bits to make owners feel special. Revised power steering and suspension, SRT drive modes, launch control with wheel hop mitigation, and Brembo calipers. Despite the brand’s encouragement to “Customize the Cat,” there’s no option to embroider cat ears onto the front headrests. Missed opportunity, really.
The Dodge Durango Hellcat Is Back For 2023 - Jalopnik
It’s an interesting time to be Dodge right now. The brand has built itself around performance, muscular high-displacement V8s in a world that’s increasingly overrun with two-liter turbo-fours, but that can’t last forever. The company’s most performance-oriented cars, the Challenger and Charger...
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Dodge Durango Hellcat Owners Sue Over New Dodge Durango Hellcat
The Durango Hellcat is back for 2023, and some owners of the 2021 Durango Hellcat aren't happy about it.
There is a Durango Hellcat for 2023, because Dodge likes selling cars, though some buyers of the 2021 Durango Hellcat aren’t happy about it. Seven of them have now sued Stellantis, Dodge’s parent company, because they say they wouldn’t have paid so much for their 2021 Hellcats (which sold out pretty quickly) if they’d known another was coming, or even never bought them at all.
The suit was filed Wednesday in U.S. District Court in Delaware. The Durango Hellcat owners are identified as Stacy Phillips, Lawrence Willis, Eli Negron III, Christian Papana, Jason Van Genderen, Mark Hollingsworth, and Jeffrey G. Heintz, Sr., all of whom bought their Hellcats for up to $114,225.
The heart of their complaint is that Dodge initially insisted that the 2021 Durango Hellcat would be the only Durango Hellcat, before Dodge decided that it wouldn’t be, thus devaluing 2021 Durango Hellcats, around 3,000 of which were sold, according to the suit. The plaintiffs accuse Stellantis of unjust enrichment and false advertising, among other things. From their complaint:
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The Durango Hellcat is back for 2023, and some owners of the 2021 Durango Hellcat aren't happy about it.
There is a Durango Hellcat for 2023, because Dodge likes selling cars, though some buyers of the 2021 Durango Hellcat aren’t happy about it. Seven of them have now sued Stellantis, Dodge’s parent company, because they say they wouldn’t have paid so much for their 2021 Hellcats (which sold out pretty quickly) if they’d known another was coming, or even never bought them at all.
The suit was filed Wednesday in U.S. District Court in Delaware. The Durango Hellcat owners are identified as Stacy Phillips, Lawrence Willis, Eli Negron III, Christian Papana, Jason Van Genderen, Mark Hollingsworth, and Jeffrey G. Heintz, Sr., all of whom bought their Hellcats for up to $114,225.
The heart of their complaint is that Dodge initially insisted that the 2021 Durango Hellcat would be the only Durango Hellcat, before Dodge decided that it wouldn’t be, thus devaluing 2021 Durango Hellcats, around 3,000 of which were sold, according to the suit. The plaintiffs accuse Stellantis of unjust enrichment and false advertising, among other things. From their complaint:
Dodge Durango Hellcat Owners Sue Over New Dodge Durango Hellcat
The Durango Hellcat is back for 2023, and some owners of the 2021 Durango Hellcat aren't happy about it.
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And the last Hellcat standing is... the Dodge Durango
Stellantis already confirmed its other Hellcat-powered models will go out of production
Well, here's an unlikely headline: Dodge's last Hellcat-powered vehicle won't be a Challenger or a Charger, but a Durango SUV. Stellantis North America this week confirmed the Durango Hellcat will stick around for the 2024 model year, after recently announcing the end of the line for the Hellcat-powered Ram TRX pickup. The Hellcatified Dodge Charger, Challenger, and Jeep Grand Cherokee Trackhawk have already gone out of production.
What's kind of weird about this whole thing is that, when the Durango Hellcat was first announced for the 2021 model year, it was supposed to be a one-and-done limited-run SUV. Dodge brought the Durango Hellcat back for 2023 due to popular demand, but we assumed that'd be its last hurrah. Guess not. Hey, we aren't mad.
The Durango Hellcat heads into 2024 unchanged, its supercharged 6.2-liter V8 still making an absurdly wonderful 710hp and 645lb ft of torque. That's enough power to get this three-row SUV to 60 mph in 3.5 seconds. Insert heavy metal guitar riff here.
Other Durango models see some small changes for 2024, including expanded availability of the popular Tow N Go package that increases the SUV's max tow rating to 8,700 pounds. Additionally, blind-spot monitoring is now standard across the entire Durango lineup. The SUV's 295hp V6, 360hp Hemi V8, and 475hp Hemi V8 engines all stick around, too.
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Stellantis already confirmed its other Hellcat-powered models will go out of production
Well, here's an unlikely headline: Dodge's last Hellcat-powered vehicle won't be a Challenger or a Charger, but a Durango SUV. Stellantis North America this week confirmed the Durango Hellcat will stick around for the 2024 model year, after recently announcing the end of the line for the Hellcat-powered Ram TRX pickup. The Hellcatified Dodge Charger, Challenger, and Jeep Grand Cherokee Trackhawk have already gone out of production.
What's kind of weird about this whole thing is that, when the Durango Hellcat was first announced for the 2021 model year, it was supposed to be a one-and-done limited-run SUV. Dodge brought the Durango Hellcat back for 2023 due to popular demand, but we assumed that'd be its last hurrah. Guess not. Hey, we aren't mad.
The Durango Hellcat heads into 2024 unchanged, its supercharged 6.2-liter V8 still making an absurdly wonderful 710hp and 645lb ft of torque. That's enough power to get this three-row SUV to 60 mph in 3.5 seconds. Insert heavy metal guitar riff here.
Other Durango models see some small changes for 2024, including expanded availability of the popular Tow N Go package that increases the SUV's max tow rating to 8,700 pounds. Additionally, blind-spot monitoring is now standard across the entire Durango lineup. The SUV's 295hp V6, 360hp Hemi V8, and 475hp Hemi V8 engines all stick around, too.
And the last Hellcat standing is... the Dodge Durango
Stellantis already confirmed its other Hellcat-powered models will go out of production
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The Dodge Durango SRT Hemi dies in 2024: here’s one of the last models
And in a surprising move, Dodge names it the Durango SRT ‘Last Call’
This is the Dodge Canyonero - sorry, Durango - SRT 392 AlcHEMI, a series of ‘Last Call’ special editions of one of the world’s most powerful SUVs marking the end of the line for one of the world’s most powerful SUVs.
So farewell ya big ugly V8 Hemi-powered lug. This first of the last is *only* a 392, which means 6.4-litres of supercharged Hemi action, allied to 4WD allowing for 0-60mph in 4.7s, though other versions of the Durango SRT are available.
Like the mad Hellcat and its 6.2-litre s’charged V8, carrying 710bhp/645lb ft of torque and the ability – where applicable, you rascals! – from 0-60mph in 3.5s. Entirely, almost comically inappropriate, probably good fun on a deserted airstrip.
Dodge is only building 1,000 392 AlcHEMI SUVs in 2024 – once again, the final year of Hemi production – split between four colours (250 units per colour). Additional features over the regular Hemi, as if anyone cares about anything outside a V8 able to out-accelerate a good majority of performance cars, include 20in forged SRT wheels, Brembos, decals, stripes, black detailing and carbon fibre interior accents.
And in a surprising move, Dodge names it the Durango SRT ‘Last Call’
This is the Dodge Canyonero - sorry, Durango - SRT 392 AlcHEMI, a series of ‘Last Call’ special editions of one of the world’s most powerful SUVs marking the end of the line for one of the world’s most powerful SUVs.
So farewell ya big ugly V8 Hemi-powered lug. This first of the last is *only* a 392, which means 6.4-litres of supercharged Hemi action, allied to 4WD allowing for 0-60mph in 4.7s, though other versions of the Durango SRT are available.
Like the mad Hellcat and its 6.2-litre s’charged V8, carrying 710bhp/645lb ft of torque and the ability – where applicable, you rascals! – from 0-60mph in 3.5s. Entirely, almost comically inappropriate, probably good fun on a deserted airstrip.
Dodge is only building 1,000 392 AlcHEMI SUVs in 2024 – once again, the final year of Hemi production – split between four colours (250 units per colour). Additional features over the regular Hemi, as if anyone cares about anything outside a V8 able to out-accelerate a good majority of performance cars, include 20in forged SRT wheels, Brembos, decals, stripes, black detailing and carbon fibre interior accents.
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Dodge reveals 707bhp Durango Hellcat 'Hammerhead' and yeah we thought that too
Sadly, it is not named after a TG corner, but instead its 'Hammerhead grey' interior. There's still time for a Durango Follow Through
Dodge has just released its third special edition Hemi V8-powered Durango, dubbed the ‘SRT Hellcat Hammerhead’, and yeah, we thought that too, but... it's not that.
Changes include a unique ‘Night Moves’ exterior paint - which is unmistakably, er, dark blue - and its 'Hammerhead grey' interior (hence the name), along with a spate of other stylistic changes. Still, we can but hope the next one’ll be called Follow Through.
Anyway, that fresh new coat is paired up with a satin black hood, part-carbon 20in alloys and fancier exhaust tips. Blacked-out Brembo stoppers are also in place to neutralise the 707bhp on tap, which is sent through an eight-speed auto box and all-wheel drive to get to 60 in 3.5s, a quarter-mile in 11.5s and a Vmax of 180. Impressive, for something that weighs as much as Chicago.
The interior, meanwhile, gets that aforementioned grey leather and many Hellcat logos, a 10.1in infotainment screen with the usual smartphone connectivity and a 19-speaker Harman Kardon audio unit. There’s also forged carbon and chrome accents, and much leather, suede and sepia used throughout. It certainly looks the part.
Sadly, it is not named after a TG corner, but instead its 'Hammerhead grey' interior. There's still time for a Durango Follow Through
Dodge has just released its third special edition Hemi V8-powered Durango, dubbed the ‘SRT Hellcat Hammerhead’, and yeah, we thought that too, but... it's not that.
Changes include a unique ‘Night Moves’ exterior paint - which is unmistakably, er, dark blue - and its 'Hammerhead grey' interior (hence the name), along with a spate of other stylistic changes. Still, we can but hope the next one’ll be called Follow Through.
Anyway, that fresh new coat is paired up with a satin black hood, part-carbon 20in alloys and fancier exhaust tips. Blacked-out Brembo stoppers are also in place to neutralise the 707bhp on tap, which is sent through an eight-speed auto box and all-wheel drive to get to 60 in 3.5s, a quarter-mile in 11.5s and a Vmax of 180. Impressive, for something that weighs as much as Chicago.
The interior, meanwhile, gets that aforementioned grey leather and many Hellcat logos, a 10.1in infotainment screen with the usual smartphone connectivity and a 19-speaker Harman Kardon audio unit. There’s also forged carbon and chrome accents, and much leather, suede and sepia used throughout. It certainly looks the part.
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