The Dodge Stealth could rise from the grave.
On Monday, Automotive News Canada reported Stellantis will replace the Dodge Durango with a Dodge Stealth SUV. The Durango is said to live on until the middle of 2027.
Sam Fiorani, vice-president of global forecasting at AutoForecast Solutions in Pennsylvania, told Automotive News Canada there's no plans for another model to be spun off from Jeep for Dodge. The Durango was spun off from a Grand Cherokee.
The latest news contradicts what was outlined in the 2023 UAW agreement with Stellantis. Plans may have changed as the 2023 agreement said a redesigned Durango, code-named D6U, would enter production at the Detroit Assembly Complex in 2026. A next-gen Jeep Grand Cherokee, code-named J6U, was said to enter production at the Detroit plant in 2027.
A new, slightly smaller SUV wearing the Stealth name will go into production at Stellantis' Windsor plant in Ontario, Canada in early 2026, according to Fiorani.
On Sunday, Automotive News reported the Stealth will be a five-passenger SUV and ride on Stellantis' STLA Large platform. The new platform is designed with the ability to support electric and gas-powered powertrains. The STLA Large platform also underpins the electric Dodge Charger, which is now in production at the Windsor plant.
Fiorani said a larger variant of the new SUV was in the plans and was to bear the name Durango, but has since been cancelled.
Dodge Durango SRT Hellcat
Today's Durango is a long-wheelbase version of the previous-generation (WK2) Jeep Grand Cherokee. The Durango is currently built at the Detroit Assembly Complex in Detroit, Michigan.
Fiorani said production of the Durango will come to an end in July 2027.
The current Durango is the only Dodge available with a V-8 engine. And with the death of the Dodge Charger and Challenger Hellcats, along with the Ram 1500 TRX, the Durango Hellcat is the last Hellcat standing. It was brought back for 2023, revived again for 2024, and carries forward into 2025.
