Durango Jailbreak and Charger Sixpack

Stellantis subsidiary Dodge introduced two new muscle vehicles on Friday, flexing its 2026 mannequin yr lineup and touting customization choices for its prospects.

The 2026 Dodge Durango SRT Hellcat Jailbreak is a brand new three-row muscle SUV that includes a 710-horsepower Hemi V-8 engine. In keeping with Dodge, it gives greater than 6 million potential mixtures for personalisation by a number of wheel selections, inside seat colours, seat belt colours, and exterior colours and designs. It can be custom-made to incorporate seating for 5, six or seven passengers.

The second new automobile is the 2026 Charger Scat Pack, that includes a Sixpack twin-turbo inline-six engine. The Charger will probably be accessible in a high-output, 550-horsepower choice, in addition to a standard-output, 420-horsepower variant — known as the Charger R/T. It can even be accessible as a two-door coupe or four-door sedan.

“This subsequent technology Charger lineup delivers probably the most horsepower and most torque of any muscle automotive in its class, the widest physique of any automotive within the {industry}, an award-winning inside, and, maybe most necessary, what our prospects have informed us they need: the facility to decide on what fuels them,” stated Dodge CEO Matt McAlear in an announcement.

The launches come as Stellantis has been making an attempt to get better from monetary points. New CEO Antonio Filosa final week on the automaker’s earnings name teased that the corporate could be bringing again common nameplates that had been discontinued within the U.S. and launching new merchandise in an effort to reconnect with prospects.

The announcement provides the Jailbreak customization characteristic to Dodge’s beforehand introduced 2026 mannequin yr Durango lineup. It additionally builds on the prevailing Charger lineup, which incorporates all-electric choices by the Charger Daytona. The brand new muscle vehicles be part of Dodge’s choices someday earlier than the tenth anniversary of the automaker’s “Roadkill Nights” drag racing occasion, which attracts tens of 1000’s of individuals in Pontiac, Michigan.

McAlear stated in the course of the media occasion that U.S. gross sales for the prevailing Durango rose greater than 50% from the primary quarter of 2025 to the second quarter. Retail gross sales for the Durango had been up 47% over the primary half of 2024, he added.

Dodge’s lineup build-out comes as automakers are grappling with altering insurance policies surrounding electrical automobiles beneath the Trump administration.

McAlear stated a number of months in the past, he believed there could be a couple of 30% industry-wide EV combine. However now, given altering EV insurance policies, he stated he does not see that quantity being increased than 20% for some time.

“Whereas regulatory requirements will all the time transfer and attitudes round EVs will proceed to evolve, we all know one factor that does not change: folks’s need for efficiency,” McAlear stated in the course of the media occasion.

By way of pricing, the 420-horsepower Charger R/T will probably be accessible beginning at $49,995. The 550-horsepower Charger Scat Pack will value $54,995, whereas the all-electric two-door Charger Scat Pack has a price ticket of $59,995.

Dodge is placing collectively pricing for the SRT Hellcat and the Jailbreak customization entry, McAlear stated.

Ordering will open this month for some choices, however Dodge stated different customizations will turn into accessible within the first half of 2026.