- The 2027 Dodge Charger Super Bee enters the lineup as the most powerful version of the gas-powered Sixpack.
- Along with a 600-hp twin-turbo straight-six, the Super Bee has track-focused hardware like unique aero, upgraded brakes, and wider summer tires.
- Dodge hasn’t said yet how much the new Super Bee Launch Edition will cost, but production will be limited.
The Dodge Charger name has existed for six decades, with the original version debuting for the 1966 model year. While a lot has changed in the past 60 years, Dodge will still sell you a big, vibrantly colored car with distinctive decals and 400-plus horsepower under the hood. The main difference is that every modern-day Charger lacks a Hemi V-8, with a Hurricane twin-turbo inline-six now powering the two- and four-door models. To help make the six-cylinder Charger more desirable, Dodge has revealed the most powerful model yet, and it bears a familiar name. Enter the 2027 Dodge Charger Super Bee.
The Super Bee moniker first appeared in 1968, with Dodge giving the mid-size Coronet coupe the muscle-car treatment, complete with an available 425-hp Hemi V-8. The Super Bee would migrate to the redesigned Charger for a one-year run, before rising from the ashes over 35 years later as a limited-production version of the 2007 Charger SRT8; the budget-friendly muscle car would get another lease on life with a 2012 version that we tested and a 2023 “Last Call” special edition. Now, the Super Bee is back, only this time without an eight-cylinder heartbeat for the first time ever.
Despite missing the V-8, Dodge gives the Charger Sixpack’s Hurricane twin-turbo 3.0-liter straight-six a power boost, with the high-output engine’s horsepower figure rising from 550 to 600. It still makes the same 531 pound-feet of torque. To unlock the extra ponies, Dodge recalibrated the engine tune, upgraded the cooling system, and bolted on larger Garrett turbochargers. The 56mm snails are claimed to provide over 30 psi of boost, and peak torque now arrives sooner at 3000 rpm versus 3500. Dodge claims the highest-output Hurricane, paired with the Charger’s eight-speed automatic and all-wheel drive, will send the Super Bee to 60 mph in 3.4 seconds and through the quarter-mile in 11.8 seconds. Those times are 0.3 and 0.4 second quicker, respectively, than the existing Sixpack Scat Pack.
The new Charger Super Bee isn’t just a straight-line speed machine, though. It’s equipped with myriad chassis upgrades intended to help it turn a faster lap around a racetrack. That includes the aforementioned cooling improvements, which start with the car’s redesigned front end. Along with newly styled headlights and a textured grille mesh featuring a fresh Fratzog emblem, the Super Bee’s unique snout can inhale more air to keep things cool, and Dodge claims it increases downforce by over 100 pounds at 150 mph. Engineers also installed auxiliary radiators behind the front bumper and repackaged other parts in the vicinity to further benefit cooling.
Stopping power comes from a quartet of 16-inch Brembo brake rotors clamped by six-piston front calipers and four-pot rear units, and the brake pads are said to provide a 27 percent larger surface area for better fade resistance and pedal feel. The Super Bee is also shod with sticky Goodyear Eagle F1 Supercar 3 summer tires; the 305-section-width rubber is mounted on wide 20-inch-by-11-inch forged wheels painted gloss black. The suspension wasn’t left out of the party either, with the Super Bee adopting a new set of CDC (continuous damping control) dual-valve adaptive dampers. Dodge also made some of the front bushings and the rear anti-roll bar stiffer, plus it increased the front and rear spring rates, all intended to make the Charger feel more responsive and nimble.
If the Super Bee’s Hyper Lime brake calipers don’t expose its identity, the Launch Edition’s extroverted appearance will help you pick it out of a police lineup. Dodge plans to offer three distinct themes. There’s the highlighter-like Sucker Punch color that’s decorated with a gloss-black hood decal, rear-end section, and turbo-inspired Super Bee “Stinger” logos. Of course, if you don’t like the look of vibrant yellow paint, the Diamond Black option inverts the colors for a less flashy appearance. Finally, the Shady theme ditches the Sucker Punch elements and pairs the gloss-black decals with a gray body.
Inside, the Super Bee has something its Charger kin doesn’t: cloth seats. Naturally, they have bee-themed headrest logos, eye-catching Citrus Peel inserts, and body-hugging bolsters. The dash, doors, and center console are traced with Silver and Sour Lemon contrast stitching. Dodge also decided to give the squared-off steering wheel more prominent paddle shifters, and there’s a new button that lets the driver activate a rear-wheel-drive mode for drifts, donuts, or other tomfoolery.
Drag, Race Prep, and Track modes are also new to the gas-fed Charger lineup, and they all do what their names suggest. The previous generation’s Torque Reserve feature is back too, allowing the engine to build boost before a drag-strip launch. And if you’re confident enough to record your driving experience, Dodge has introduced a built-in data recorder that lets you relive the sights and sounds of your Super Bee session; just don’t do anything incriminating.
It’s currently unclear when the 2027 Dodge Charger Super Bee Launch Edition will go on sale—or how much it’ll cost. We expect it to exceed the Scat Pack’s current starting prices of $56,990 (coupe) and $58,990 (sedan). The Launch Edition will be built alongside its Charger siblings at the Windsor assembly plant in Ontario, Canada, but production will be limited. To how many? Stay tuned.
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Eric Stafford’s automobile addiction began before he could walk, and it has fueled his passion to write news, reviews, and more for Car and Driver since 2016. His aspiration growing up was to become a millionaire with a Jay Leno–like car collection. Apparently, getting rich is harder than social-media influencers make it seem, so he avoided financial success entirely to become an automotive journalist and drive new cars for a living. After earning a journalism degree at Central Michigan University and working at a daily newspaper, the years of basically burning money on failed project cars and lemon-flavored jalopies finally paid off when Car and Driver hired him. His garage currently includes a 2010 Acura RDX, a manual ’97 Chevy Camaro Z/28, and a ’90 Honda CRX Si.
