If you’ve been watching Dodge lately and wondering where muscle cars are actually heading, their lineup right now gives a pretty clear answer. They aren’t walking away from fast, loud cars they’re just changing the plumbing under the hood. The Dodge 2027 lineup is going to bring pretty much everything from camper, SUV, longer batteries and sports cars.
2027 Dodge Charger SIXPACK
When Dodge announced they were retiring the classic naturally aspirated V8s, people panicked. But the SIXPACK shows they weren’t planning to build slow cars. Instead, they dropped in the Hurricane engine a 3.0-liter twin-turbo inline-six—and it hits surprisingly hard. The entry setup makes around 420 horsepower, while the higher-output tune pushes that to 550.
To put that in perspective, that’s more punch than the old 5.7 and 6.4-liter HEMIs ever made out of the box. You get all-wheel drive for actual bad-weather traction on your commute, but Dodge knew better than to lock you into that: tap a screen setting, and it sends everything to the rear wheels so you can still roast tires.
Plus, offering both a coupe and a four-door means you don’t have to trade rear-seat space for performance styling.
2027 Dodge Hornet
The Hornet plays a very different role. It’s an Italian-sourced compact crossover designed to survive tight city parking and daily stop-and-go traffic without feeling completely lifeless.
The base turbo four-cylinder moves out fine, but the plug-in hybrid version is the interesting pick. You can plug it in overnight and run your basic grocery runs on battery power alone without waking the gas engine.
But when an on-ramp opens up, pulling both paddle shifters triggers a temporary boost mode that dumps every bit of juice into the drivetrain. It’s practical, but it avoids that numb, rental-car feel common in the class.
2027 Dodge Charger Daytona
If you just care about being pinned to your seat, the all-electric Daytona is where things get wild. Because EVs don’t have to wait around for gears to drop or revs to build, the top-trim Scat Pack unloads all 670 horsepower the split-second you touch the pedal.
It rips you to 60 in roughly three seconds flat. The coolest trick, though, is how they handled the sound. Dodge knew nobody buying a muscle car wants to buzz around in dead silence like an oversized appliance, so they built a physical chamber underneath that literally pumps out deep, vibrating bass.
You actually feel it in your chest and through the floorboards, which goes a long way toward giving it that familiar muscle car drama without burning a drop of gas.
2027 Dodge Durango
Look, not everyone wants to crawl in and out of a low-slung coupe. Dodge knows plenty of people just need a proper, heavy-duty hauler with three real rows of seats, and that’s why the Durango is still kicking.
It hasn’t gone soft, either. Underneath, it still drives like a stout, rear-drive-based truck, meaning you can hook up a loaded boat trailer and never worry about straining the chassis. More importantly, it’s the last real sanctuary if you refuse to let go of the old-school V8 rumble. Step up to the SRT models—especially the supercharged Hellcat—and you’re essentially driving a 700-plus horsepower family bus that can drop the kids off at practice and then walk away from actual sports cars at a drag strip.
