Dodge Announces 'Murica's Fastest Three-Row SUV With Six-Seat Durango SRT
If you desperately and regularly need to get three rows of people somewhere fast, Dodge has your perfect solution.
The Durango SRT is a six-seat, 475bhp muscle monster that will hit 60mph in 4.4 seconds and smash the quarter-mile in 12.9 seconds, despite sharing size and weight stats with an ocean liner. Top speed isn’t confirmed yet.
With a 6.4-litre Hemi V8 providing the power behind the practicality, the hottest Durango will tow up to 3.9 metric tons as well as catapulting 12 clenched buttocks towards the horizon. Peak torque is 470lb ft at 4300rpm.
You’re not likely to miss it on the road courtesy of a wider body kit and lower ride height, part of which are front and rear springs stiffened by three and 16 per cent respectively. On the bonnet there’s a functional cold air intake and vents to improve cooling.
Naturally it’s an automatic, which seems fair enough in an SUV, but there are now seven user-selectable drive modes for the driver to play with. Switch to Sport Mode and shift times are 50 per cent faster than standard, while up to 65 per cent of the V8’s freedom goes to the rear wheels.
Manually down-shifting via the steering wheel-mounted paddles activates a rev-matching function to blip the throttle, which is a good thing when the engine is attached to an exhaust specifically designed to be loud, deep and beefy.
As well as Sport Mode, there’s Auto, Snow, Tow, Eco (no idea why) and Valet, which apparently changes the engine’s characteristics to mimic the V6 from the Charger, locking out access to first gear and shifting earlier than normal. Launch control and the paddle shifters are disabled.
For some reason there’s even a Track Mode, with 160-millisecond gear shifts and up to 70 per cent of the torque going to the rear axle. Dodge promises a ‘pronounced rear-wheel drive experience’.
So, if you like the idea of terrifying your wife, children and children’s friends all at the same time, this is probably the car for you.
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Why? BECAUSE MERICA
Nice one, never heard of that before
How long before there’s a Hellcat and then a Demon?
I can’t imagine a Demon version of this. It would have no back seats.
They’re working on a hellcat grand cherokee. Of course they couldnt name it that because it’s a different brand but its the same motor. Its called the trackhawk
Leaked Picture Of The New Dodge Durango SRT Demon
America.. Hungry for power since 1776
*1776
Will the high-performance version be named Hellsoccermom?
No, just Demon because that’s what soccermoms are.
The Hellcougar
FCA is really desperate at the moment and don’t want to put out a new car. First the Demon and now this. This is literally them scrounging the SRT parts bin.
Yes this and the Demon appeals to the 12 year olds but they wont buy one, these won’t bring sales. Just make a proper no nonsense economy car. I know this is odd coming from a petrolhead myself but it’s necessary.
We need boring economy cars so we can have our over the top muscle cars.
there there, let it out
Dodge really has put them self in a position of ‘Murica power and they tried to make good little cars with the Dart and 200, both of which sold way worse than the praise they initially recieved. This WILL bring sales, as the best selling SRT on the market is the Grand Cherokee. There are a bunch of brands in FCA, and so much funding is being thrown at Alfa and Jeep lately that Dodge and Chrysler are on the backburner. A new Ram 1500 is coming next January.
Fun for the whole family!
For soccer mums who are always late for practice.
Am i the only one who actually likes this?
I’d really like to know why most of you guys don’t really like it…
I freakin love it! I’d legitimately consider buying one. Of course, I am American… 😆
Im still leaning Jeep SRT mainly because im not a fan of the durangos rear end. I feel like its soft compared to the mean front end it has. Plus it’s a little long for my eyes but if they change the back end i might be able to join the durango team
It’s size would be a pain in the ass. I always liked big cars but once I found myself in an underground parking lot in a Range Rover Sport I started seeing how inconvenient they are in European cities.
It’s the most useless thing on the planet…. I love it and I freaking want one!!
I don’t think I would buy this thing (well, maybe used…), but I love the fact that something this stupid exists.
That’s completely pointless. I love it and I want one.