Electrified three-row SUV will borrow title from Nineties Supra rival whereas Durango might up-size to body-on body chassis to compete with Chevy Tahoe
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by Chris Chilton
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Dodge has spent a lot of the final 20 years constructing a picture round its highly effective V8 engines, however with these engines about to take their final gasp of air the model is pivoting to electrical and electrified energy, and it’s resurrecting the title of a Nineties hero to assist it do it.
That’s in line with Motor Pattern and Alisa Priddle, which reiterates a rumor heard in March at a Stellantis seller occasion that Dodge is bringing again the Stealth badge. The title has lain dormant since Chrysler axed its model of the Mitsubishi 3000 GT in 1996, however the brand new Stealth received’t look something just like the outdated one. That was a two-door coupe however the brand new one will probably be a three-row SUV marketed as a alternative for the aged Durango.
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Whereas MT says the Durango title itself might reside on by transferring as much as the identical body-on body platform because the Jeep Wagoneer duo, turning into a extra reasonably priced XXL SUV to rival machines just like the Chevy Tahoe, the Stealth will go the unibody route, both by way of Stellantis’s new STLA Giant platform that may accommodate each electrical and hybrid powertrains, or the WL platform at present discovered below the Jeep Grand Cherokee L.
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You received’t discover a V8 nestling between the entrance wheels whichever chassis route Dodge takes, however the mixture of hybrid help and the brand new Hurricane 3.0-liter, twin-turbo, inline six ought to present loads of muscle with the choice to finish not less than a part of a journey purely on electrical energy. Jeep will in all probability give us our first have a look at this powertrain setup when the Wagoneer 4xe goes on sale subsequent 12 months, however we’ll have to attend somewhat longer to see it below a Dodge hood.
MT estimates that the brand new Stealth will go on sale in late 2024 for the ’25 mannequin 12 months the place it can be part of the model’s subcompact Hornet, a rebadged Alfa Romeo Tonale which has been serving to introduce Dodge consumers to the thought of hybrid efficiency vehicles.
Supply: Motor Pattern