Honda teases 1,300-hp Passport Baja Spec trophy truck for 2027 SCORE series

Honda Racing Corporation has teased a new trophy truck carrying the Passport name, the "Passport Baja Spec," built to compete in the top Trophy Truck class of the 2027 SCORE World Desert Championship. The 1,300-hp machine will be revealed this Thursday, October 29, at a private event in downtown Los Angeles, California.

What the teaser shows

The single teaser image confirms the Passport badge and the "Baja Spec" name, and shows the outline of the truck's oversized off-road tyres and its widebody shell. Beneath that bodywork sit a long-travel suspension and technology drawn from Honda's motorsport programmes, which span IMSA, IndyCar and Formula 1.

Honda has not published detailed specifications beyond the 1,300-hp output figure, and no further technical information about the chassis, suspension or drivetrain has been announced.

Where and when to see it

The private reveal takes place on Thursday, October 29, in downtown Los Angeles. The public gets its first look at the truck at this year's SEMA show in Las Vegas, which runs from November 3 to 6.

Its competition debut is set for the 2027 SCORE Baja 500 next June, with two-time Baja 1000 winner Bryce Menzies driving.

Price and availability

Honda has not announced a price for the Passport Baja Spec, and there is no indication it will be offered for sale to the public. It is presented as a race-ready trophy truck developed by HRC for the SCORE championship rather than a road car.

The Passport name, and what it shares with the road SUV

The truck borrows the Passport badge from Honda's production mid-size SUV, but Honda has not said whether it shares any components with the road-going model. The teaser and the details released so far describe a purpose-built competition vehicle with a widebody shell and long-travel suspension, and no production Passport mechanicals have been confirmed.

That matters because the name invites an obvious assumption: that this is a desert-racing version of the showroom SUV. Nothing in what Honda has released supports that. The Baja Spec appears to be a standalone racing project wearing a familiar badge, which is a marketing link as much as an engineering one until Honda says otherwise.

Why Baja matters to Honda

Honda's desert racing history goes back to 1962, when Dave Ekins and Bill Robertson Jr. rode two Honda CL72 motorcycles from Tijuana to La Paz in under 40 hours. That ride helped pave the way for the first Baja 1000 in 1967.

Entering the top Trophy Truck class puts Honda against the biggest, fastest machines in desert racing, and the 1,300-hp figure signals the scale of the effort. Pairing the programme with Menzies, a two-time Baja 1000 winner, gives the project a proven driver from its first race.

Dodge has revealed a Mopar '27 special edition of the Charger, a limited-run package marking 90 years of Stellantis' parts and accessories brand. The package is offered on coupe versions of the six-cylinder Charger, in either 420-hp R/T or 550-hp Scat Pack Plus form.

Production is capped at 270 units for North America, with 27 allocated to Canada and the majority staying in the United States. The build is split evenly across three colours: Diamond Black, White Knuckle and Bludicrous.

What the package adds

The Mopar '27 treatment costs $10,995 on top of either Charger variant. It brings a carbon-fibre front splitter and rear spoiler, a carbon-fibre hood with a functional scoop, a cold-air intake system, a graphics package and a limited-series plaque.

The changes are largely cosmetic and bolt-on, so buyers are paying for visual differentiation and a numbered build rather than a fundamentally different car. That matters because the Charger's six-cylinder lineup already delivers strong straight-line performance, and the Scat Pack Plus is quick enough off the line, helped by all-wheel-drive grip, to rival the acceleration times of the original Challenger Hellcat.

Where the special editions will appear

Stellantis will show the Mopar '27 Chargers first at the NHRA Las Vegas Nationals drag races, then at its annual SEMA booth. The display car carries additional factory-authorized upgrades beyond the package itself: performance springs, a free-flowing cat-back exhaust and 21-by-11-inch wheels.

Those extra parts are show-car fitments, and the sources do not state whether they will be offered to customers as part of the production package. Pricing for the additional upgrades has not been announced.

A tradition dating back to 2010

Stellantis has produced an annual Mopar limited-edition vehicle since 2010, spanning models from the Jeep Gladiator to the Dodge Challenger. This year the Charger takes the slot, timed to the brand's 90th anniversary.

Mopar began as a portmanteau of Motor and Parts and was originally a brand name for Chrysler's in-house antifreeze. Since 1937 it has grown into a catchall term for vehicles under the former Chrysler umbrella and now serves as Stellantis' genuine parts and accessories brand.

The anniversary angle gives Dodge a reason to dress up the six-cylinder Charger, but it also highlights what the package does not offer: any change to the powertrain. For buyers who want a V8 in a special-edition Dodge, this is not that car, and the sources give no timeline for one.

Other Stellantis machinery at SEMA

The Mopar '27 Chargers will share the SEMA stand with a pair of Ram Rumble Bee pickups, one producing as much as 900 supercharged horsepower, and three Easter Jeep Safari customs. Jeep will also display a product called Ugly Sweater trail armour for the Wrangler.

Dodge has not announced Australian availability or pricing for the Mopar '27 Charger, and the package is described as a North American market offering.