Dodge Durango

The celebrated Hemi V-8 engines are now the only engines available in the 2026 Dodge Durango.

The venerable Dodge Durango SRT Hellcat is not only being continued, it’s being given the Jailbreak treatment the brand used on the last-generation Charger and Challenger.

After repeatedly topping the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety’s list of most stolen cars in recent years, the Dodge Charger has been replaced in the top 20 of this year’s study by another muscle car.

There are lots of choices among the cheaper-to-buy-and-drive mid-size SUVs that, when properly configured, can safely tow at least 5,000 pounds.

Shopping for a three-row SUV means balancing priorities of seat quantity versus comfort. If the number of seats trump all, many three-row SUVs offer a second-row bench, but other models give up the second-row middle seat for captain’s chairs.

Need to tow tons but don’t want a pickup truck? There are plenty of SUVs that can tow as much as a truck and haul up to eight family members and their toys in comfort.

There are three fresh wheel designs and a new Blacktop Redline Package for the V-8-powered Durango R/T, but little else changes for Dodge’s SUV for 2026.

While the headline trumpets the V-8-powered Durango R/T as starting below $50,000 and the Hornet below $30,000, that ignores the unavoidable destination charge.

After initiating its last call for Hemi V-8s last year, Dodge is continuing to sell them in the Durango for 2025.

The latest recall from Stellantis involving two of its brands’ SUVs stems from a malfunction in the antilock brake system module.