The Dodge Durango SRT Hellcat was first launched as a one-year-only mannequin manner again for the 2021 mannequin yr, and Dodge briefly stored its phrase and discontinued it for 2022 following a brief manufacturing run of about 3,000 models. Then-CEO Tim Kuniskis was even quoted saying, “you’ve solely acquired one shot [to buy one].” When 2023 got here alongside, Dodge reintroduced the Durango SRT Hellcat, and a few 2021 Durango Hellcat consumers felt so slighted by the choice that they filed a category motion swimsuit towards Dodge. Regardless of that, the corporate stored producing extra Hellcat-powered Durangos by means of 2023 and 2024, and now will proceed to take action for not less than yet one more yr by means of 2025.
Initially Dodge estimated that solely 2,000 of the single-year particular version muscle machine have been going to be constructed, making it a really uncommon, probably collectible mannequin, however that manufacturing quantity was raised to round 3,000 models. Then, after not providing it for the 2022 mannequin yr like the corporate had promised, Dodge introduced the Durango Hellcat again once more for the 2023 mannequin yr, which angered among the consumers of the 2021 mannequin on the idea that it was marketed as a single-year limited-run automobile. One individual concerned within the swimsuit already owned an everyday Durango SRT, however selected to purchase the Durango SRT Hellcat due to that exclusivity and potential collectibility. In the event that they have been pissed off again then, they have to really feel extremely slighted now that the collectible “single-year” particular version has entered its fourth yr of manufacturing.
Proprietor frustrations apart, the 2025 Dodge Durango R/T will be part of the Jeep Wrangler 392 as the one remaining Stellantis fashions with naturally aspirated Hemi V8s below their hoods, and the 2025 Durango SRT Hellcat would be the solely automobile left in manufacturing with the 710-horsepower supercharged 6.2-liter V8. The Durango GT will even proceed manufacturing with its 3.6-liter Pentastar V6. 2025 Durangos are presently accessible for ordering at dealerships, and there’s no point out of an anticipated manufacturing finish date in the mean time. Desire a new Hellcat? Get a Durango.