The next-generation Dodge Durango looks to be back on.
In a memo first spotted by Automotive News, Stellantis reconfirmed plans to build a redesigned Durango at its Detroit Assembly Complex, which already builds the current-generation Durango. That was subsequently announced in a press release from the UAW, along with confirmation that Stellantis was moving ahead with plans to build a new midsize pickup truck at an idled Illinois factory.
Both the midsize pickup and the new Durango were outlined in a 2023 UAW agreement with Stellantis, along with several other new models. That agreement stated that a redesigned Durango, codenamed D6U, would enter production in 2026.
2025 Dodge Durango
But in September 2024, Automotive News Canada reported that the Durango would be replaced by a slightly smaller SUV wearing the Stealth name, which originated with Dodge’s rebadged version of the Mitsubishi 3000GT sports car in the 1990s.
The 2024 report said the Dodge Stealth SUV would be a five-passenger model based on the STLA Large platform that also underpins the redesigned Dodge Charger, and would enter production in 2026 at Stellantis’ plant in Windsor, Ontario, Canada. That report also said production of the current-generation Durango would end in July 2027.
2025 Dodge Durango
However, this could be another example of Stellantis attempting to walk back commitments it made to the UAW in its 2023 contract with the union. The midsize pickup truck discussed in the same Stellantis memo and UAW statement as the Durango was allegedly due to be delayed before the UAW put pressure on Stellantis to follow through.
A new Dodge Durango would likely be quite different than the current version, a long-wheelbase derivative of the previous-generation (WK2) Grand Cherokee that is now the only Dodge available with a V-8 engine, and the last Stellantis product of any kind to use the 6.2-liter supercharged Hellcat V-8.