Dodge Announces 'Murica's Fastest Three-Row SUV With Six-Seat Durango SRT

For most people, an SUV simply needs to be comfortable and spacious, but Dodge sees no reason not to make a seriously rapid one as well...
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.

Dodge Announces 'Murica's Fastest Three-Row SUV With Six-Seat Durango SRT

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.

Dodge Announces 'Murica's Fastest Three-Row SUV With Six-Seat Durango SRT

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.

Dodge Announces 'Murica's Fastest Three-Row SUV With Six-Seat Durango SRT

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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Comments

Anonymous

The engine displacement is not correct, should be 6.4-litre, since the 6.1 was discontinued on 2010.

02/07/2017 - 15:15 |
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Cody's Car Conundrum

In reply to by Anonymous (not verified)

I was just about to comment that!

02/07/2017 - 19:11 |
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Anonymous

I’m hoping they bring back the Magnum with hellcat or scat pack

02/07/2017 - 15:41 |
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Anonymous

Can you say later faggots?

02/07/2017 - 16:18 |
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Anonymous

-With a 6.1-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 4,300rpm.-

02/07/2017 - 16:36 |
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Anonymous

6.4L* not 6.1

02/07/2017 - 16:54 |
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Anonymous

MURICA !!!

02/07/2017 - 16:59 |
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Dat muscle guy (Sam Stone)(Camaro Squad)(Die augen leader)(E

4.4 seconds??? Wat???

02/07/2017 - 17:19 |
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Interestingly, the 2011 Challenger (which got the same 6.4 liter engine) could run a similar 0-60 time of about 4.4 seconds with the old 5 speed auto.

4.1 Seconds to 60 could be achieved with the manual I believe.

02/07/2017 - 19:21 |
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Arny Cunningham

Im a massive Mopar guy and honostly even though ive been waiting for the Demon or a hellcat Ram, im just like

02/07/2017 - 17:26 |
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Patrick McClammy
02/07/2017 - 17:31 |
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Anonymous

I thought it was a 6.4 litre

02/07/2017 - 17:32 |
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Cody's Car Conundrum

In reply to by Anonymous (not verified)

It is, the author got it wrong.

They haven’t used the 6.1 since 2010.

02/07/2017 - 19:17 |
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