2026 Dodge Durango SRT Hellcat Jailbreak in Inexperienced Machine (entrance). A Jailbreak Customized Shade program will permit choose Dodge clients to color their Durango SRT Hellcat Jailbreak in almost any colour conceivable, together with Stryker Purple (proven at rear).
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Stellantis subsidiary Dodge introduced two new muscle vehicles on Friday, flexing its 2026 mannequin 12 months lineup and touting customization choices for its clients.
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 response to Dodge, it supplies 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 personalized 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 likely be out there in a high-output, 550-horsepower choice, in addition to a standard-output, 420-horsepower variant — referred to as the Charger R/T. It is going to even be out there 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 clients have informed us they need: the ability to decide on what fuels them,” mentioned Dodge CEO Matt McAlear in an announcement.
The launches come as Stellantis has been attempting to recuperate from monetary points. New CEO Antonio Filosa final week on the automaker’s earnings name teased that the corporate can be bringing again in style nameplates that had been discontinued within the U.S. and launching new merchandise in an effort to reconnect with clients.
The announcement provides the Jailbreak customization function to Dodge’s beforehand introduced 2026 mannequin 12 months Durango lineup. It additionally builds on the present Charger lineup, which incorporates all-electric choices by the Charger Daytona. The brand new muscle vehicles be part of Dodge’s choices at some point earlier than the tenth anniversary of the automaker’s “Roadkill Nights” drag racing occasion, which attracts tens of hundreds of individuals in Pontiac, Michigan.
McAlear mentioned throughout the media occasion that U.S. gross sales for the present Durango rose greater than 50% from the primary quarter of 2025 to the second quarter. Retail gross sales for the Durango have been up 47% over the primary half of 2024, he added.
2026 Dodge Charger fashions, together with (clockwise from entrance) the SIXPACK-powered Dodge Charger Scat Pack Plus in Peel Out, all-electric Dodge Charger Daytona Scat Pack Plus in After Darkish, SIXPACK-powered Dodge Charger R/T Plus in Bludicrous and all-electric Dodge Charger Daytona Scat Pack Plus in Triple Nickel.
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‘It is about alternative’
McAlear informed reporters final week that the 2026 lineup is supposed to satisfy clients the place they’re and meet the calls for of the market at giant.
“It is all about choices and giving each buyer what they want and a configuration they need. It is about alternative,” McAlear mentioned at a media occasion final week.
Dodge’s lineup build-out comes as automakers are grappling with altering insurance policies surrounding electrical autos underneath the Trump administration.
McAlear mentioned a number of months in the past, he believed there can be a couple of 30% industry-wide EV combine. However now, given altering EV insurance policies, he mentioned he would not see that quantity being greater than 20% for some time.
“Whereas regulatory requirements will at all times transfer and attitudes round EVs will proceed to evolve, we all know one factor that does not change: individuals’s need for efficiency,” McAlear mentioned throughout the media occasion.
By way of pricing, the 420-horsepower Charger R/T will likely be out there 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 mentioned.
Ordering will open this month for some choices, however Dodge mentioned different customizations will develop into out there within the first half of 2026.