This car has alot of potential to be great, as does the STLA: Large platform. While Stellantis leadership could definitely cause the downfall of the Mopar brand, I say this with alot of trepidation, there is still hope for the MOPAR brand with the STLA Large platform and the Hurricane powertrains. A new generation of pony cars, muscle cars and high performance on and off-road Crossovers and SUVs along with a segment beating set of mid-size trucks, both on and off road performers, could really turn things around for Dodge. The thing is though, Stellantis really needs to do this next generation of vehicles right. It's one thing to evolve into something but what Stellantis needs to truly understand is what the American market it really into and not necessarily the entire American market, but the Chrysler, Jeep, Dodge & Ram market. We like Mopar because it's not Toyota, it's not Honda, it's not Tesla, it's none of those. We like Mopar out of passion for the brand and what the brand means. We love the Mopar brands because of heritage and history. We love the brands because they're fun, they're rebellious, they're Dodge! To some of us, that means something. It's why the Charger means something, it's why the Jeep Wrangler means something, it's why the Chrysler 300 means something, it's why the Ram Power Wagon and Warlock mean something. It's why SRT, and Direct Connection mean something. To be honest, America is still in love with the 60's and '70's automotive era and it's obvious that the love affair will never die. People still want that connection between driver and car and it goes well beyond the Muscle car. Jeep could easily do with the Cherokee what Ford has done with the Bronco and bring back an STLA LArge platform SJ-Type Cherokee/Grand Cherokee geared to more of that off-roading all-terrain type Jeep since the Wagoneer, Grand Wagoneer and Wagoneer S have pretty much taken over the luxury aspect. a 2.0L 4Xe and a Standard Output Hurricane powertrain would be plenty for this vehicle and make it a vehicle with a 2 and 4 door option just like the Bronco but roughly Durango sized for both options. Along with that a Dakota with some nods to the D100 trucks of the '70's along with two performance packages (Midnight Express & Red Express) along with a Warlock package that would be the same as a RHO in the Ram 1500 pickup truck lineup and would be competitive with the Ranger Raptor but with 510hp, where as the Midnight Express would have 425hp and the red express would have 550hp. Let the Charger handle the Muscle car realm and then bring out a Dart Demon as a fastback/hatchback pony car to take on the Mustang, just making it slightly bigger, with a four door option and a hatchback on every model with AWD.
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