Ten additional states will now allow sales of Durango Hellcat, Dodge says – Jalopnik

The federal government may now be happy to let automakers pollute as much as they want, but for now, California’s emissions rules still apply in California, as well as the other states that follow CARB. That’s not a problem for most car manufacturers, but it is is a problem for the Dodge Durango Hellcat. The 710-hp supercharged 6.2-liter V8 engine doesn’t meet the latest CARB requirements, meaning it couldn’t be sold in 17 states. But as the Drive reports10 states have now apparently decided to allow the Durango Hellcat after all.

In a recent statement, Stellantis said:

In October, the Dodge Durango SRT Hellcat was approved to open for orders in 10 additional CARB states, including Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Maine, Maryland, Minnesota, Nevada, New Jersey, Rhode Island and Virginia. It is currently still banned for sale in seven states, up from 17 by August 2025. We will continue to make policy changes and anticipate approval for ordering in all 50 states by the end of this year. We plan to open for orders of the Durango R/T 392 in the first quarter of 2026.

So if you live in one of those states and need a 6,000-pound SUV that gets 13 mpg, then congratulations. You are free to buy a brand new, 15 year old Dodge Durango Hellcat for yourself. And from the sounds of it, Dodge thinks it can sell the Durango Hellcat in all fifty states in less than six weeks.

But for now, the only states where Dodge still doesn’t sell the Durango Hellcat are California, Massachusetts, New York, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Vermont and Washington. How long that will last and whether they will change their minds by the end of the year remains to be seen. And even if they toe the line and refuse to work with Dodge on the Durango Hellcat, it’s not like those residents will be forced to suffer the fact that they can only buy a V6-powered Durango, as the 5.7-liter V8 is already available nationwide in the Durango. And if 360 hp isn’t enough raw V8 power, there’s also the 6.4-liter R/T version that delivers 475 hp.

Of course, none of these V8-powered Durangos are the Hellcat, and for some people, if it’s not a Hellcat, it just doesn’t cut it. They need that supercharger and the knowledge that their three-row family SUV is the most powerful three-row family SUV in the Dodge lineup. Don’t you care about those people, Gavin Newsom? Will you?