Meet Stellantis' New Inline-Six: The Hurricane

Stellantis is releasing a powerful new internal combustion engine for its 2023 vehicles as the company hasn’t fully committed to going electric. 
Written by Serena Aburahma
Reviewed by Kathleen Flear
One of the most essential
car parts
is the vehicle's engine. The right one will offer plenty of horsepower, better performance, and
good gas mileage
Many people got excited when Stellantis announced that the brand was producing a new engine for the upcoming model year. What will this engine offer, and will it be worth it?

Is the Stellantis Hurricane engine just another engine?

Compared to other engines, the Stellantis Hurricane engine seems a bit more exciting for many reasons. 
This 3.0-liter Inline-six, set to come out with the 2023 model year, has a double overhead camshaft, is direct-injected, and will have bore and stroke measurements of 84.0 and 90.0 millimeters, according to
Car and Driver
.
Its block heads will consist of aluminum cylinders with a thin iron coat lining them versus the traditional iron sleeves. Using this process will shave approximately three pounds of weight off the engine. 
The Stellantis Hurricane engine is set to come in two different variants: standard and high-output units. 
The standard one produces about 400 hp and 450 lb-ft of torque with a 22.4 lbs of boost before a water to air intercooler chills it down. 
The higher output variant offers 500 hp and 475 lb-ft of torque with its own cylinder head crankshaft and forged aluminum pistons using only 91 octane fuel. 
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Why is Stellantis offering the Hurricane engine?

With the world scrambling to produce electric vehicles, why is Stellantis opting for an internal combustion engine instead? The automaker isn't interested in going fully electric yet, even though the brand plans to go that route in the future. 
Stellantis just isn't ready at this time, but we're expecting the company to be 50% electric by 2030. In fact, the brand has
plans to push Chrysler
to primarily sell car and light pickup EVs by the end of the decade.
In the meantime, the brand developed a clean sheet inline-six engine instead to meet the current emissions regulations, which many initially thought would be called the Tornado
Stellantis plans to build them in a revamped part of its Saltillo South plant in Mexico, which produces the company's Hemi V8s. Reportedly, Stellantis intends to create about 250,000 Hurricanes each year. 
While the brand hasn't admitted to it, many think that the Hurricane could replace its traditional V8 as well as its Pentastar V6 engines, especially if the two struggle to meet the emissions requirements. 
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What vehicles will use the new turbocharged engine?

The Stellantis Hurricane engine is built for rear-wheel-drive vehicles with north/south engine installations, according to
Autoweek
. It limits the models some, but there are still quite a few that could come with the anticipated clean sheet engine. 
Stellantis’ Jeep brand has the Gladiator, Grand Cherokee, Wagoneer, Grand Wagoneer, and Wrangler models that fall in that configuration. 
For Ram, you can expect the 1500 and 2500 pickups to also have one under the hoods. Dodge has the Challenger and Charger models available to sport the Hurricane as well.

Is the new engine going to be worth it?

We expect the Hurricane to be more than worth it in the long run. Especially if you keep it and your vehicle well protected with a good insurance policy. However, that might be difficult nowadays with prices going up on virtually everything. 
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