It’s coming, or so the world’s governments have decreed. It’s the denouement of the internal combustion engine age, an era of Barracudas and Wildcats, Firebirds and Mustangs, Javelins and Camaros, Challengers and Chargers. So, fittingly, Stellantis celebrated “Dodge Speed Week” from Aug. 15-19, as the company revealed where it’s headed in the age of the electron even it celebrated with the last of its fossil-fueled muscle cars.
Certainly Dodge’s future is a mix of remarkable and the mundane.
There’s the graceful, yet muscular Charger Daytona SRT Concept, a Dodge Charger SRT Hellcat Widebody at once new and classic, one that recalls the best of Chrysler Corporation’s muscle car era without slavishly replicating it. While it certainly looks as if it could be Dodge’s first battery electric vehicle, executives remained mum. What we will see before that is the 2023 Dodge Hornet, a new compact utility vehicle that shares much of its styling and underpinnings with the Alfa Romeo Tonale. The base model features a turbocharged gas engine, although there’s also a plug-in hybrid model being offered as well. The 2023 model year will also see a convertible version of the Dodge Challenger, and the return, however briefly, of the Dodge Durango SRT Hellcat.
