Stellantis has excellent news for Hemi fans who nevertheless are not convinced that the new Hurricane inline six will make an sufficient replacement. A senior exec told reporters that the High Output version of the three.-liter gas motor, which currently outguns the old naturally-aspirated six.four V8, is just the begin, and that even much more effective versions are on the way.

So far Stellantis has confirmed two versions of the Hurricane Six: a base version with 420 hp (426 PS) and 468 lb-ft (634 Nm) of torque and a High Output variant generating 510 hp (517 PS) and 500 lb-ft. The HO’s numbers give it a decisive edge more than the six.four Hemi, which is nevertheless offered in some Jeep and Ram items, and generates 471 hp (478 PS) and 455 lb-ft (617 Nm) although consuming a ton much more gas. But the HO is nevertheless no match for the old supercharged Hellcat motor with its 700+ hp (710 PS) output, so Stellantis has plans to squeeze much more ponies from the inline six.

“We have more power,” Micky Bly, senior vice president and head of international propulsion systems at Stellantis, told reporters this week, such as reps from Auto News. “We just haven’t released it yet.”

How significantly much more energy? Consumer expectations demand Stellantis produces anything with much more muscle than the Hellcat, but our take is that topping 700 hp is undoubtedly going to need electrification, even if Bly’s group can squeeze a couple of much more horses out of the non-hybrid version of the Hurricane engine.

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At the other finish of the scale, the Hurricane I6 will spawn a two.-liter inline 4, and Bly confirmed that a 3-cylinder engine primarily based on an current European Stellantis motor will be added to the U.S. lineup quickly, as will new huge and modest diesels fitting either side of the present three. unit. And the ten-year Stellantis veteran and former GM powertrain engineer also mentioned that the ageing Pentastar V6 will reside on in spite of the compact Hurricane potentially getting modest sufficient to replace it.

Whether that is merely simply because the expense of re-engineering some older autos to take the newer six is not worth it, or simply because the uncomplicated Pentastar’s presumably vastly reduced develop expense aids hold retail costs down, Bly didn’t say. But he did confirm that it would get an update quickly, and hinted that the adjustments would contain hybrid (we’re guessing of the mild assortment) help.

“The Pentastar is a very good, lower-cost, rock-solid, high-quality stalwart of our collection, and we have no plans to replace it,” Bly mentioned. “In fact, shortly, you will hear of an improvement coming, and it will be a bit of an electrification story.”