Dodge’s future is instantly quite a bit clearer and it contains electrification however not Hellcats.
We sat down with Dodge CEO Tim Kuniskis on the 2021 LA auto present, and he laid out some of what is going to occur at Dodge over the following two years.
Relating to Hellcat fashions, Kuniski confirmed to Motor Authority “I’ll have this automotive, this platform, this powertrain as we all know it by way of the top of ’23. There’s two extra years to purchase a Hellcat, then it is historical past.”
The 2021 Dodge Durango SRT Hellcat was a one-and-done mannequin. The three-row folks mover was accessible with a Hellcat engine for a single yr. The rationale was no secret: that engine would now not meet emissions laws on that platform. However that is not the case for all Hellcats.
“You possibly can nonetheless meet emissions with these vehicles. You are going to pay a variety of compliance fines,” Kuniskis stated, noting a line within the sand needed to be drawn.
Beginning in 2024, Dodge is transferring on from the Hellcat period with new platforms, new vehicles, and electrification.
Dodge 24 Months Of Muscle calendar
Kuniskis shared a 7×11 piece of cardstock with us referred to as “24 Months of Muscle” that can function the roadmap to 2024. This introduction calendar for efficiency lovers options 26 storage doorways, 4 of which have been revealed to date, together with the revival of a efficiency elements program and Direct Connection, plus Jailbreak fashions for the 2022 Charger and Challenger SRT Hellcat Redeyes. Some doorways characteristic symbols that tease what’s coming and never all the things is in chronological order, however there are 22 extra doorways to open.
The finale to those subsequent 24 months and the ultimate door on the calendar is the electrical Dodge muscle automotive set to launch in 2024.
Three large doorways will open within the coming yr.
Dodge electrical idea automotive teaser
Within the first quarter of 2022, Dodge will present an idea model of the electrical 2024 muscle automotive. The idea EV will likely be a full-on working mannequin able to excessive efficiency driving, in line with Kuniskis. Dodge may even reveal the EV’s efficiency specs, together with all of the expertise Stellantis is patenting. The manager stated Dodge plans to “do electrification totally different than everyone else.” “That is why I am ready, till I’ve all my patents carried out,” Kuniskis famous.
One other necessary door would be the introduction of a plug-in hybrid. It’s going to be a “new, new automotive” Kuniskis confirmed, not a present automotive.
A 3rd large reveal will happen in 2022, however Kuniskis would not say what it’s. “You are going to be enthusiastic about it,” Kuniskis stated with a smirk.
Kuniskis additionally stated there’ll completely not be a Hellcat model of the Chrysler Pacifica regardless of the decision to Hellcat all of the issues. Actually, that was only a pipedream given the Pacifica’s front-wheel-drive structure.
As for shoving the Hellcat motor into the Jeep Wrangler, Kuniskis stated “that quantity of energy and that quantity of pace whereas elevating the middle of gravity, even for me it is, ah, getting a little bit edgy. It is higher balanced with the burden of the 392.”
