This is Dodge’s first electrified vehicle

DETROIT – The to start with electrified vehicle for the Dodge brand name under Stellantis will be a plug-in hybrid crossover termed the Hornet, a resurrected title most not too long ago used for a 1970s station wagon.

The compact crossover will be Dodge’s new entry-level car or truck, with a starting off selling price of fewer than $30,000 for a Hornet GT model with a 2.-liter turbo four-cylinder motor. The plug-in hybrid product, which Dodge is calling the Hornet R/T, will begin at about $40,000.

Although the Hornet just isn’t just one of Dodge’s signature muscle automobiles, it is an significant automobile for the brand’s product sales and electrification technique. It marks a return to the decreased-priced mainstream industry pursuing the discontinuation of the Dart sedan and Journey crossover in 2016 and 2020, respectively.

“We consider the opportunity is huge with the expansion of this section,” Dodge CEO Tim Kuniskis mentioned throughout a media briefing. He declined to go over income anticipations for the motor vehicle, which was unveiled Tuesday evening at an celebration in Pontiac, Michigan.

The compact crossover section is one particular of the largest segments in the industry, but Kuniskis reported Dodge will posture the Hornet in another way than rivals.

Dodge says the Hornet will have the top rated general performance in the segment and supply exceptional areas, which include a “Power Shot” manner for the plug-in hybrid that instantaneously gives 25 far more horsepower to the car.

The Hornet R/T PHEV will have more than 285 horsepower and 383 foot-lbs of torque, in accordance to Dodge. It will be equipped to travel much more than 30 miles prior to a 1.3-liter turbocharged internal combustion engine turns on to electricity the vehicle. Dodge claims the GT product will have at the very least 265 horsepower and 295 foot-pounds of torque.

The Hornet GT is expected to arrive in U.S. showrooms late this 12 months, followed by the plug-in model subsequent spring. The automobiles will be produced at a plant in Italy together with the Alfa Romeo Tonale, which has a shared a system and parts but distinct design characteristics.

Dodge also confirmed a concept vehicle called Hornet GT GLH (Goes Like Hell) – a further resurrected title from the Dodge Omni GLH in the mid-1980s – that could be designed applying aftermarket pieces or go into production at a later date, giving supplemental efficiency to the vehicle lineup.

The unveiling of the Hornet arrives a day soon after the corporation verified it would discontinue the Dodge Charger and Challenger muscle mass cars and trucks at the end of upcoming calendar year. They are anticipated to be replaced by at the very least one new electrical general performance vehicle starting off in 2024.

Stellantis was fashioned by the merger automaker of Fiat Chrysler and France-based Groupe PSA. It has 14 car models like Alfa Romeo, Chrysler, Dodge, Fiat, Jeep and Peugeot. The corporation is investing $35.5 billion in auto electrification and supporting systems by 2025.

The Hornet identify was very first utilised for a auto made in the 1950s by Hudson Motor, designed popular in current yrs by Disney’s “Vehicles” franchise. It was then made use of by American Motors in the 1970s, adopted by Chrysler, now identified as Stellantis, for a concept motor vehicle that never designed it into manufacturing in 2006.