I think some here are out of touch with goverment regulations for emissions and economy. Even the electrics. Trust me if it wasn't for goverment laws electrics wouldn't be here, yet. The technology cost is astromical. Fuel economy and emisions regulations have to met. The fact that Stelantis wants to promote performance is a plus. As far as it not being accepted? It currently only powers one vehicle. Is it crap? How do we know? It hasn't been around long enough to have any data. I can say we've been towing with this engine in a Ram 1500 4x4 and it pulls a 24 ft enclosed with ease. I like the old stuff as well as anyone. The ram RHO has been said to run 13.1@105. Plenty of hot rod cars here that are slower. As a racer I'd love to see coroperate $ help. But why did that ever happen in the first place? To sell product. Face it this is business. The Chinese are coming. If you want to stay competitive you have to have a smart business plan.
Doug
Doug I respect your opinions a great deal, and I know what you're saying, but Ford and GM are still selling V8s similar to what they have been for the last 20+ years.
People genuinely loved what Chrysler has done for the last decade plus with the 392 and Hellcat engines and packages available on the LX platform. They regained a reputation similar to the one they held in the 60s and 70s. Chrysler was cool again, they finally stopped selling fleet vehicles. Not only were they cool they became Detroit's bad boy automaker. Thats over now.
This looks and feels like Lee Iococa's K car 80s and 90s Chrysler all over again. Chrysler didn't sell hotrods in the 80s or 90s, and sadly we're back there. And before someone tries to claim them as something they're not, Turbo 4 banger K cars aren't hotrods, neither was a Viper, a Prowler, or a souped up Neon. And neither is this.
No offense to any of those cars either, some are fast and some are cool (some are neither like the Prowler), but they aren't hotrods.