Dodge simply can’t let go of the Hellcat V8. Regardless of the LX-platformed Charger and Challenger having pushed off into the nice dealership within the sky, and the Ram 1500 switching to inline-6 energy, the supercharged V8 is sticking round within the Durango SUV for now. For 2025, the Durango Hellcat returns as soon as once more with a brand new particular version mannequin referred to as the Hammerhead.
Outdoors, you’ll be capable of inform a Durango Hammerhead other than different Durangos by its particular exterior shade referred to as Night time Strikes, a darkish blue that appears nearly black. You additionally get 20-inch Satin Carbon wheels and vibrant exhaust shops.
Inside, the Hammerhead will get its title from the Hammerhead Grey Laguna leather-based inside with Sepia-colored Hellcat logos embroidered within the seatbacks. There’s additionally a “premium wrapped instrument panel” with contrasting stitching, and carbon-fiber and lightweight black chrome inside accents. The steering wheel will get a contact of premium therapy too, lined in leather-based and suede accented by Sepia and silver stitching. All the opposite ordinary tech and premium options are customary like a ten.1-inch touchscreen, a set of driver-assistance options and a 19-speaker Harmon Kardon audio system.
Energy for the Durango SRT Hammerhead comes from Dodge’s supercharged 6.2-liter Hellcat V8 with a monstrous 710 horsepower. Dodge says this is sufficient to scoot the Hammerhead to 60 mph in 3.5 seconds, an 11.5-second quarter-mile time and a claimed 180-mph prime pace,ludicrous for a car weighing shut to six,000 kilos.
All of that is going to value you a fairly penny. Excluding vacation spot fees, the 2025 Durango SRT Hammerhead will set you again $113,720. The Hammerhead is the second particular version Durango Hellcat that Dodge has launched this yr, after the Durango Hellcat Silver Bullet. It’s additionally — shockingly — the fourth Durango mannequin to be priced over $100,000. There’s the $101,995 Durango SRT Hellcat Plus that’s one rung above the “base” Hellcat, the $107,200 SRT Hellcat Premium and the aforementioned Silver Bullet, which has the identical MSRP because the Durango Hammerhead. Wild instances we stay in.
What makes this all particularly humorous is how the Durango Hellcat was initially imagined to be a one-year-only automobile when it was launched for 2021. Dodge then determined to convey the automobile again for the 2023 mannequin yr, and a bunch of householders sued the corporate. Dodge now guarantees the Durango will exit manufacturing after 2024, however who is aware of, Stellantis may at all times change its thoughts.