Dodge Stealth reportedly returning as an SUV to switch Durango
The Dodge Stealth might rise from the grave.
On Monday, Automotive Information Canada reported Stellantis will exchange the Dodge Durango with a Dodge Stealth SUV. The Durango is is alleged to reside on till the center of 2027.
Sam Fiorani, vice-president of world forecasting at AutoForecast Options in Pennsylvania, advised Automotive Information Canada there is not any plans for one more mannequin to be spun off from Jeep for Dodge.
The most recent information contradicts what was outlined within the 2023 UAW settlement with Stellantis. Plans could have modified because the 2023 settlement mentioned a redesigned Durango, code-named D6U, would enter manufacturing on the Detroit Meeting Advanced in 2026. A next-gen Jeep Grand Cherokee, code-named J6U, was mentioned to enter manufacturing on the Detroit plant in 2027.
A brand new, barely smaller, SUV carrying the Stealth title will go into manufacturing at Stellantis’ Windsor plant in Ontario, Canada in early 2026, in keeping with Fiorani.
On Sunday, Automotive Information reported the Stealth might be a five-passenger SUV and experience on Stellantis’ STLA Massive platform. The brand new platform is designed with the power to help electrical and gas-powered powertrains. The STLA Massive platform additionally underpins the electrical Dodge Charger, which is now in manufacturing on the Windsor plant.
Fiorani mentioned a bigger variant of the brand new SUV was within the plans and was to bear the title Durango, however has since been cancelled.
Dodge Durango SRT Hellcat
In the present day’s Durango is a long-wheelbase model of the earlier era (WK2) Jeep Grand Cherokee. The Durango is presently constructed on the Detroit Meeting Advanced in Detroit, Michigan.
Fiorani mentioned manufacturing of the Durango will come to an finish in July 2027.
The present Durango is the one Dodge out there with a V-8 engine. With the loss of life of the Dodge Charger and Challenger Hellcats, together with the Ram 1500 TRX, the Durango Hellcat is the final Hellcat standing. It was introduced again for 2023, revived once more for 2024, and carries ahead into 2025.
