Dodge has reconfirmed that production of the Durango SUV will continue into the 2025 and has unveiled the latest in its line of special editions.
The 6.4-liter Hemi V8-powered $91,390 Durango 392 SRT AlcHEMI was announced in January as part of a “Last Call” run of limited edition models and just 1,000 were scheduled to be built through July.
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That engine has been cut for the 2025 model year, but the 360 hp 5.7-liter V8 and 710 hp supercharged Hellcat 6.2-liter V8 are still in the lineup and featured in the latest special editions, which have lost the “Last Call” moniker.
The Durango R/T 20th Anniversary marks the 20 years since the first Hemi V8-powered Durango was launched in 2004. It comes with the 5.7-liter V8 and features a HEMI hood graphic, 345 badges for its 345 cubic-inch displacement, a set of 20-inch Brass Monkey wheels, bronze-stitched sport seats, black accents and second row captains chairs.
It also gets a standard Tow N Go package with adaptive suspension, sport-tuned steering and Brembo brakes with six-piston calipers. A one-day SRT Track Experince at the Radford Racing School in Chandler, Az. Pricing starts at $66,970 before destination fees for a Plus trim while a Premium model with an upgraded audio system, electronic driver aids, trim and other features lists for $70,470. It is being offered with the choice of Diamond Black, White Knuckle, Destroyer Grey or Vapor Grey paint.
The Durango SRT Hellcat Silver Bullet comes in just one color and trim, but it is an all-in configuration. The Triple Nickel-painted SUV features the 710 hp supercharged 6.2-liter Hellcat V8 and checks all of the Durangos options boxes and adds a list of unique appearance features that includes a black hood and exhaust tips; grey badges; red six-piston Brembo brakes; Ebony Red Nappa leather seats with SRT Hellcat stitching and premium interior upholstery and trim. It’s priced at $113,325, which is slightly more than a loaded 2024 Durango SRT Hellcat Premium.
The order books for both models are now opened. Dodge refers to both as “limited-production,” but hasn’t announced a cap on the number it will build or when production will end. It had previously planned to wrap up all V8-powered Durango production by December 31, but has not confirmed that is still the case. Jeep recently extended production of the V8-powered Wrangler Rubicon 392 into 2025, even after releasing a Final Edition version for 2024.
Dodge currently has just two new 2024 models for sale, the Durango and Hornet SUV, but production of the Charger Daytona is scheduled to begin before the end of the summer.
The all-electric two-door will be followed by a four-door version early next year, but it won’t be until the second half of 2025 that it will be available with an internal combustion engine in a version called just Charger.
Dodge won’t be putting a V8 under the hood, but is using a 3.0-liter straight-six turbocharged engine it calls the SIXPACK that will come in 420 hp and 550 hp tunes.
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The Charger Daytona is meant to sound like it has ICE in its veins, however, and is equipped with the Fratzonic Chambered Exhaust system, which emulates the sounds and vibrations of a V8 engine.
Dodge has demonstrated the final version of the Fratzonic sound, which it has been working on for the past couple of years. Transducers pump the synthetic exhaust note through tubes that are designed to make it sound more analog as it exits the rear bumper at up to 126 decibels.