2025 Dodge Stealth reported to replace the aging Durango

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With all the “Last Call” business happening at Dodge – it feels like a dozen Charger and Challenger special editions bowed this year, doesn’t it? – you might’ve missed out on the rumours that, despite the decade-plus-old Durango still huffing and puffing away, the American automaker is poised to resurrect the “Stealth” nameplate on a new SUV. That’s right, Stealth, as in the Mitsubish-built Dodge-badged sports coupe of the early 1990s. Nostalgia, man.

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If you’ll recall, the latest iteration of the Jeep Grand Cherokee runs on Stellantis’ new WL platform, while the Durango suspiciously didn’t get such an update, and still rolls on the old WK2 platform, which is partly what’s led MotorTrend to surmise the Stealth will replace the aging Durango sport-ute—it’d be crazy to build a new product on an old platform, after all.

Want more speculation? It’s been suggested that Dodge could, in theory, reinvent the Durango into its own version of the full-size Jeep Wagoneer, since SUVs are still all the rage. Throw in the all-new small Hornet crossover, and Dodge’s offerings are starting to look decent, compared to the January 1, 2024 showrooms some people were picturing, barren, as they’ll be, of new Challenger and Chargers.

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But back to the hottest potato, the return of the Stealth. Speculation 2.0 says the STLA Large platform for EVs and hybrids could underpin this new Stealth, which is where I’d put my money, too, given the state and direction of the modern auto industry. Power-wise, it’s sage to expect Dodge’s Hurricane 3.0L twin-turbo inline-six-banger underhood, replacing the once-optional-soon-extinct HEMI V8 of the Durango. And, hey, fun fact: the original ’90s Stealth R/T coupe had a 3.0L twin-turbo six-cylinder, too. No word on specific power figures, but I feel they’ll end up in the 300s. 

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With all this recycling of names, we have to wonder: could a modern-day Dodge Journey come back into the fold, but this time, not be grossly underpowered? Think of it this way: the Journey could be smallest; then the Hornet, Stealth, and then Durango, giving Dodge 400 per cent more SUVs and crossovers than it has today.

For a company that’s built its reputation on muscle and performance, making the upshift to electrification will be tricky at best, seeing as it’s one of the last manufacturers to offer anything electrified in an already thin lineup. But for now we’ll keep our ears to the ground on these Stealth rumours, and will be sure they don’t slip by undetected.