Sureties in this life include death, taxes, and a seemingly infinite number of so-called special editions from the house of Stellantis.
Seeking to milk the most it can out of its Hemi cash cow before the thing finally goes dry for good, Dodge is introducing the 2025 Durango SRT Hellcat Brass Monkey edition. It seeks to keep the Hemi-powered party going, marking the two decades of the venerable Hemi being available under the hood of new Durango SUVs in some form or another.
This particular form takes the shape of a supercharged 6.2-liter V8 cranking out 710 horsepower and launching the thing to 60 mph from rest in just 3.5 seconds. The quarter mile is dispatched in 11.5 seconds on the way to a 180 mph top speed. Keep in mind this is a huge machine with the curb weight mirroring that of the USS Enterprise (actually, it is roughly 5,300 pounds – but still, that’s a lot of mass to move at such a fleet pace, not to mention the footprint and center of gravity. Murica!).
The rest of the package is comprised largely of appearance kit. Most of the exterior jewelry gets dipped in a pot of bronze-ish paint, including the 20-inch wheels. Badging gets the Brass Monkey treatment as well. The hood is painted satin black, as do the exhaust tips and calipers for the Brembo-branded brakes.
Inside, look for SRT-grade seats in a so-called Sepia Laguna leather, complete with the required silver hued SRT logo embroidered on the seatbacks. Keep that in mind when you’re browsing what’s on the block at Barrett Jackson thirty years from now lest someone try to pass a milquetoast Durango off as a Brass Monkey edition. You’ve been forewarned. Other interior details include a suede headliner and different wrapping on the instrument panel.
It should surprise precisely zero readers that Dodge stores are having a bit of a go at it right now. Official sales numbers are down 24 percent through the first three quarters of this calendar year for a total of 119,294 deliveries, a drop aided by the departure of Charger and Challenger. Taking those two models out of the equation leaves the Hornet and Durango, a duo which have 62,436 deliveries through Q3 compared to 57,954 during the same timeframe last year.
All special-edition models of the 2025 Durango are available now for ordering at dealerships.
[Images: Dodge]
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