Again in October 2021, we reported on rumors that Stellantis might be engaged on a brand new inline-six engine, displacing 2.9 liters to maintain it pleasant for international markets. Now, an attention-grabbing new report claims a boosted model of that engine might wind up beneath the hood of the next-generation Dodge Challenger, a automobile that has a future as mysterious as this alleged engine.
It is all only a rumor at this level so take this with a grain of salt. Nameless sources allegedly informed the web site StellPower that Stellantis was shifting ahead with the GME T6 engine, an inline-six-cylinder mill that might function a substitute for the 5.7-liter Hemi V8 within the next-generation Challenger. In actual fact, this report says the Challenger would be the first automobile to obtain the brand new engine. Whether it is certainly a Hemi substitute, that will imply upwards of 350 to 400 horsepower. For reference, the present 5.7-liter V8 makes 375 hp within the Challenger R/T.
Getting there with a 3.0-liter I6 will surely imply pressured induction, and we won’t assist however draw comparisons to BMW’s six-pot that makes as much as 503 hp in a number of purposes. If it is a future engine for the Challenger, it would not be a stretch to see variations spanning a spread of Challenger fashions from delicate to wild. And lest you suppose it is sacrilege to drop an I6 right into a Challenger, Chrysler as soon as constructed an I6 Hemi that was used to nice success for the Australian-spec Valiant Charger. The recent variations of that traditional muscle automobile are literally fairly priceless immediately.
We have contacted Dodge to see if there’s any reality to this rumor, however with nothing official relating to both the engine or the next-generation Challegner circulating in newsrooms, it is unlikely we’ll uncover the reality anytime quickly.
