The Dodge Super Bee Is Back With 600 Horsepower And Enough Sting To Smoke A Hellcat
Dodge knew reviving the Super Bee would start an argument. Mopar fans do not take legendary badges lightly, especially when the original recipe involved a thumping V8, rear-wheel drive, and enough tire smoke to upset an entire neighborhood. The new Charger has already divided the faithful, and sticking another sacred name on its decklid was never going to calm things down. Dodge therefore needed more than loud graphics and a cartoon bee to win over the old-school crowd. Its answer is a limited-production Charger built to launch harder, stop later, survive longer track sessions, and remind the doubters that six cylinders can still bring a nasty sting.
The Most Powerful Super Bee Ever Has Six Cylinders
The 2027 Dodge Charger Super Bee Launch Edition packs a twin-turbocharged 3.0-liter SIXPACK inline-six producing 600 horsepower and 531 lb-ft of torque. That makes it the most powerful Super Bee ever, beating the 485-hp 2023 model by 115 hp. It also outruns the previous car by hitting 60 mph in 3.6 seconds and crushing the quarter-mile in 11.8 seconds. For some extra Mopar bragging rights, it is even one-tenth quicker to 60 mph than the original 707-hp Charger SRT Hellcat. Yes, the new Bee has ditched the HEMI V8, but it certainly has not misplaced its stinger.
Dodge did not find the additional grunt with a cheeky ECU flash and an optimistic dyno. The Super Bee receives larger 56-mm Garrett turbochargers pushing more than 30 psi of boost, a revised intake, upgraded intercoolers, and a dedicated engine calibration. Peak torque arrives at 3,000 rpm and hangs around until 5,900 rpm, so this thing should pull like a freight train once those turbos wake up. Torque Reserve builds boost before launch, while strengthened half-shafts help keep the driveline from coughing up expensive metal parts. Drivers can also switch from standard all-wheel drive to full rear-wheel drive at any speed, because a Super Bee still needs to roast its rear tires occasionally.
Dodge Gave The Super Bee Serious Track Hardware
Straight-line speed is only part of the new Bee’s party trick. Dodge says the Super Bee has more than 50 percent greater high-temperature cooling capacity and over twice the low-temperature cooling capacity of the regular SIXPACK Charger. Its redesigned front fascia moves 30 percent more air through the cooling stack and generates over 100 additional pounds of downforce at 150 mph. Auxiliary radiators, brake ducts, larger intercoolers, and a longer splitter help the car keep swinging after repeated hard laps. In other words, Dodge wants this Charger to be more than a one-pass hero that needs a long nap after bullying the drag strip.
The hardware underneath is equally serious. Massive 16-inch Brembo rotors sit at all four corners, grabbed by six-piston front and four-piston rear calipers with three times more fade resistance than other SIXPACK Chargers. Forged 20-by-11-inch wheels wear chunky 305-section Goodyear Eagle F1 Supercar 3 tires at every corner. Dual-valve adaptive dampers, stiffer springs, revised bushings, and a beefier rear stabilizer bar should help this big bruiser change direction without feeling like a runaway sofa. Dedicated Track and Drag modes then adjust the suspension, transmission, steering, and powertrain for whichever flavor of legal automotive misbehavior the driver prefers.
The New Bee Still Knows How To Dress Loud
A Super Bee would not feel right without graphics loud enough to announce its arrival from two parking lots away. Dodge will offer the Launch Edition in Sucker Punch, Shady, and Diamond Black, with contrasting “Stinger” stripes and a redesigned turbo-inspired bee logo. Hyper Lime Brembo calipers glow behind gloss-black wheels, while a larger spoiler and extended splitter add some functional menace. Inside, cloth high-back performance seats wear embroidered bee logos, Citrus Peel inserts, and Sour Lemon stitching. There is even a dedicated rear-wheel-drive button on the steering wheel, which may become the most frequently abused switch in the entire cabin.
The Super Bee also gets Line Lock, Launch Control, Race Prep cooling, performance pages, and an available Cosworth Drive Experience Recorder. That system combines 1080p video with audio and vehicle data, allowing drivers to rewatch every launch, lap, and missed braking point. Dodge has not announced pricing, production numbers, or an on-sale date, only confirming that details will arrive later in 2026. Purists will understandably mourn the missing HEMI soundtrack, and no amount of boost will completely settle that debate. However, with 600 hp, an 11.8-second quarter-mile, and enough track hardware to make the old Bee sweat, this new-school Mopar has earned the right to buzz.
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