STLA Big platform: we know the engines to match thanks to Dodge

With the creation of Stellantis, born from the merger between FCA/PSA, New platforms will host all new types (or near) group brands. Small STLA, Medium STLA, Large STLA and STLA frame, the information is distributed bit by bit. If we already know all the models that will have these platforms until 2028, or that the Great STLA will offer a wide variety of body styles, The parallel engine still remains a secret. And today we know more thanks to Dodge!

As a reminder, STLA’s big platform it will be used mainly for medium and large sedans and SUVs. Models such as Alfa Romeo Stelvio, Alfa Romeo Giulia, Maserati Levante, Maserati Quattroporte, but also Jeep Wagonner S and Dodge Charger will/are based on this system. And sure enough, Stellantis has just revealed the new Dodge Charger Daytona and the engines that go with it.

So we learn that the big STLA platform is compatible with the following engines:

• GME 3.0L L6 420 ch
• GME 3.0L L6 550 ch
• power 496 hp
• electric 670 hp

3.0L GME L6 engine, alias Hurricane, unknown, is 6 cylinders in line already used in the United States by Jeep. You can read or re-read “This smooth 6-cylinder engine that you will never see in Alfa Romeo”. It even seems to get 40 hp from 510 hp in the Jeep to 550 hp in the Dodge.

Regarding the electronic version, Dodge uses a 400V design (cheaper than 800V) and a 100.5 kWh battery. The 496 hp version promises 510 km of range, compared to 418 km for the 670 hp version. Still with the most powerful electric motor, 0 to 100 km / h is announced in 3.3 seconds.

So it is a safe bet that in Europe, the future Alfa Romeo Stelvio and Giulia, which will only be offered 100% electric, will receive the same engine and a battery of at least 100 kWh. It still has no engine. Jean-Philippe Imparato, CEO of Alfa Romeo, announced the electric Giulia Quadrifoglio of 1000 hp and 0 to 100 in less than 3 seconds. For hot versions, there may be, it would technically be possible to have 6 cylinders in line in an Alfa Romeo…if there was no anti-heat law in Europe. In the USA, they still have options (in Jeep and Dodge).