Dodge Gained’t Completely Rule Out Straight-Six ICE Charger After 2024, CEO Says

Dodge thought of extending the lifetime of its gas-powered muscle automobile period by changing its pushrod V8s with the brand new Stellantis Hurricane inline six, and hasn’t utterly dominated out utilizing it in future, CEO Tim Kuniskis has revealed throughout a media briefing final week.

The Hurricane motor was unveiled earlier this yr and can quickly discover its manner underneath the hoods of assorted Jeep and Ram autos which have to this point relied on old-school single-cam, pushrod, 16-valve Hemi V8 energy. Although the virtually 20-year outdated Hemi V8 produces loads of grunt, notably in supercharged Hellcat kind, it’s heavier, dirtier and 15 % thirstier than the brand new six.

At 3.0-liters, the Hurricane is round half the scale of the V8 and encompasses a light-weight aluminum block, twin overhead cams and twin turbos. It’s presently rated at 400 hp (406 PS) and 450 lb-ft (610 Nm) in standard-output kind with 22 psi of enhance, and 500 hp (507 PS) and 475 lb-ft (644 Nm) in high-output guise operating 26 psi.

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These numbers would make the 2 variations of the six perfect replacements for the naturally-aspirated 5.7-liter and 6.1-liter V8s fitted to the present Charger and Challenger, theoretically delivering related efficiency however utilizing much less gasoline within the course of. And although the ability figures are a way off the supercharged Hellcat’s 700+ hp (710 PS), the Hurricane’s cast backside finish means there’s most likely a lot extra to return in future variations, and it has, after all, been designed to work as a part of a hybrid package deal the place wanted.

However Dodge finally determined to not go to the difficulty of re-engineering its present Charger and Challenger to accommodate the Hurricane engines, or to engineer the subsequent technology automobiles to take the six, no less than at launch. As a substitute, it can kill off each the present Charger and Challenger, and their a lot liked V8s, subsequent yr. The muscle automobiles’ radical alternative might be a manufacturing model of the Charger Daytona SRT Idea, a two-seat, faintly retro-look EV that was unveiled in August, has been revamped for a SEMA look this week, and ought to be on sale by 2024.

The 2024 Charger might be constructed on Stellantis’s new STLA structure and to this point the one powertrains Dodge has talked about have been electrical. However chatting with Carscoops final week, Dodge CEO Tim Kuniskis didn’t rule out the potential of an ICE-powered, six-cylinder model of the Charger sooner or later.

“I’ve been very clear… that our subsequent automobiles are constructed on the STLA Giant platform, the STLA Giant is a multi-energy platform,” Kuniskis defined.

“I can put an ICE engine in there. Doesn’t imply we’re going to. We’re actually not launching with something like that. We’re lunching with full battery electrical and we expect that by the point we get to that time the providing we’re going to have goes to be actually engaging out there place. If some day we needed so as to add ICE to that automobile, might we? It’s completely [possible]. However we’ll perhaps by no means get there.”

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