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Is the Dodge Durango hanging around? The latest news!
Jul 28, 2025
In 2:20, we tell the latest Durango news, talk about engine options, review where it’s been, and finish on a high note!
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So, here we are in mid 2025 and we're
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told that the Dodge Durango has been
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given another 2 years to get into the
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2027 model year with few if any changes.
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The Hellcat engine is expected to go
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back into production so that they have
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enough for 2026 Durango and it's also
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expected to go into the Ram for new TRX
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and the Durango will keep on making the
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SRTs. The Durango was originally
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scheduled to get a Hurricane Straight 6
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engine, but that hasn't even been put
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into the Jeep Grand Cherokee yet, which
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is crazy because the newer Jeep was
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supposed to have it years ago. Anyway,
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the Durango's been around for a long
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time. This generation came out in 2011,
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although it's been changed a lot since
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then. It was based on the Grand Cherokee
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of the time, but it had fewer
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concessions to off-road use, as well as
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having three rows of seats and higher
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tow ratings. The 8-speed automatic
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showed up in 2014. An upgraded V6 engine
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with variable valve lift and wider
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timing showed up in 2016. And the
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shifter change from the knob to a
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traditional design with the 2018s, which
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was also the first year for bad cams in
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the Pentar, which is just a coincidence,
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I'm sure. Uh, since then there have been
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changes to the interior and exterior.
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The most visible of which came with the
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2021s and changes to the options and
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engines. This 710 horsepower Hellcat
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started out in 2021. It was supposed to
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be a single-year option, so probably
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some collectors got it and then
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regretted it. And it came back and it
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was still in production, or rather the
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Hellcat Durango is still sold in 2025
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with a quoted 8,700 lb towing capacity,
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3.5 seconds 0 to 60 and list price of
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$85,000.
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And that's going to again come back for
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2026 quite probably alongside the 392
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and the 5.7 Hemi. All going back into
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production supposedly starting in
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August, although it'll probably take
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them a while to ramp it all up. So
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that's the Durango news. Uh really more
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of the same. Sales might have gone down,
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but they're still apparently high enough
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to keep the Durango on the lot. I hope
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that you will visit motel.com/nell
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for more Mopar news as well as stealth
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power which is where the story
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originates.
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