Dodge Might Nonetheless Stuff Hurricane I6 In New Charger, CEO Says

When Stellantis unveiled the 3-liter, twin-turbocharged Hurricane inline six earlier this yr — the engine designed to interchange the 5.7- and 6.4-liter V8s in Dodge, Ram, and Jeep’s arsenal — lots of people understandably replied “these would work nice in a Challenger!” After which Dodge determined to not do this. However the model is aware of not everyone seems to be on board with the entire “e-muscle” factor, and it’s for maybe that motive that CEO Tim Kuniskis provided a glimmer of hope that the brand new straight-six will someday discover a dwelling within the Charger Daytona, or no matter Dodge’s forthcoming manufacturing muscle automotive is.

On Tuesday, each The Drive and Carscoops individually reported Kuniskis’ feedback in regards to the Hurricane engine from a media question-and-answer session final week. The upshot is that the STLA Giant platform on which that future EV shall be constructed can nonetheless assist an internal-combustion powertrain, and so Kuniskis doesn’t essentially have his palms tied if he needs to tear out the batteries and electrical motors and stuff the Hurricane in at a later date. Courtesy The Drive:

“We mentioned that our subsequent technology automobiles are constructed on the STLA Giant Automotive Platform. The STLA Giant Automotive Platform is a multi-energy platform. It has the flexibility to run an ICE engine,” mentioned Kuniskis. “I can take the ground pan out. I can take the battery out. I can put a drive-shaft tunnel in there. The platform is made to have the ability to do this. It’s modular,” he defined.

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Kuniskis demurred, although, noting that “I can put an ICE engine in it. It doesn’t imply we’re going to.” Dodge at present has no official plans to make use of the Hurricane in a muscle automotive utility, and Kuniskis was very clear on that time. “We’re actually not launching with something like that. We’re launching full battery electrical,” he added.

And that’s the rub — Dodge isn’t doing any of this but, even when its chief govt needs you to know that it may. Kuniskis and firm are hoping the Dodge trustworthy get used to the thought of EVs in time, so it possibly gained’t should. Credit score to the 1969 Dodge Charger Man, who just about scoped this out yesterday earlier than these tales had been ever printed.

It’s a dangerous play. On one hand, individuals are likely to heat as much as issues extra shortly after they don’t have any selection. On the opposite, I don’t know that the pining for inner combustion will ever die down over time inside this viewers. Could possibly be fairly the other, really. So, consider the Hurricane as a final resort — a card Dodge will pull if and when it must, earlier than tightening emissions controls ultimately take the Hurricanes away from us, too. You can begin sending your letters to Mr. Kuniskis now — simply save the dying threats, please. Jesus Christ.