Unveiled with a moniker from the history of the automobile business is the 2023 Dodge Hornet.
The Hudson Hornet, a full-size automobile that rose to fame in NASCAR in the early 1950s, along with the Hudson name, were both acquired by AMC. The AMC Hornet compact automobile series, which was available from 1970 to 1977, came next.
When Chrysler bought out its competitor in 1987, it preserved all the greatest assets, including Jeep and a number of model names that were transferred to Stellantis, the current owner of Dodge.
The Dodge Hornet is a compact SUV that is based on the recently released Alfa Romeo Tonale but has been redesigned and reengineered to look and feel more like a Dodge. It falls somewhere between its predecessors.
Dodge is entering a new age. The Charger and Challenger, two popular V-8-powered vehicles with a throwback theme, have been crucial to the brand's survival for at least the last ten years. Hell, it even had a 710-hp Durango with an estimated combined fuel economy of 13 mpg. Dodge has said goodbye, even if the Hellcat SUV and numerous special editions of the muscle-car pair will return in 2023. The choice is being made as the company turns sharply to the left in order to move toward an electrified future that will start with the new 2023 Dodge Hornet.
The Hornet is a small SUV that is similar to the Alfa Romeo Tonale in terms of its platform and some other components. It has a wheelbase of 103.8 inches, is 178 inches long, and can reach a height of 63.8 inches. It's also Dodge's first completely new vehicle since the short-lived Dart compact sedan, which was available from 2012 to 2016. The Hornet is the brand's first plug-in hybrid vehicle, but Dodge is highlighting the new hybrid's performance rather than emphasizing its fuel economy. The Hornet was even marketed by CEO Tim Kuniskis as "the first electrified performance vehicle from Dodge."
Dodge wants to reveal a concept version of its electric muscle car this week as well, so don't fear that all of its future performance cars will be hybrid crossovers. So it's not completely eroding from its roots. Additionally, the 2023 Hornet has several real performance features that are not specific to the plug-in hybrid vehicle. Along with the PHEV, a standard non-hybrid variant is available with a turbocharged gasoline engine and many of the same features and choices.
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