New V8 muscle vehicles rumoured as US automobile large reverses course – report

After the automotive business dedicated to a future swap to electrical automobiles (EVs), it looks as if each week one other automobile firm is reversing its stance – with vital funding being poured again into petrol engine growth.

And that would quickly imply a minimum of one new V8-powered muscle automobile.

One of many largest automakers, Stellantis – dad or mum firm of 14 automobile manufacturers, together with Chrysler, Dodge, Jeep, and Ram – has introduced it’s doubling its funding in US manufacturing to the tune of US$10 billion (A$15bn), in keeping with a report from enterprise outlet Bloomberg.

Stellantis is alleged to be reopening shuttered factories in a number of US states, particularly to assist new merchandise from Chrysler, Dodge, and Jeep, which the report claims “might end in a brand new Dodge V8 muscle automobile”.

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The announcement comes lower than two years after the corporate ended manufacturing of its ‘Hemi’ V8 – a cornerstone of the enterprise, powering fashions from all of its American manufacturers – following a company-wide push in the direction of electrification from former CEO Carlos Tavares.

Regardless of a brand new 3.0-litre twin-turbo inline six-cylinder ‘Hurricane’ engine being developed to exchange the Hemi, the ageing V8 was put again into manufacturing shortly after the departure of Tavares – and now manufacturing seems to be ramping again up.

On the identical time, Dodge has axed plans for the Charger Banshee – a high-performance EV, designed to exceed the output of the model’s well-known V8-powered Hellcat fashions.

Whereas the return of a V8 Dodge Challenger has lengthy been rumoured, Bloomberg suggests the elevated manufacturing might additionally see the return of a Chrysler product powered by a V8 – citing individuals near the model.