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Dodge unveils Mopar '27 Charger special with 270 units and a $10,995 package

The anniversary package adds carbon-fibre trim and a serialized plaque but leaves the Charger R/T and Scat Pack Plus engines untouched.

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Dodge has revealed the Mopar '27 Charger, a numbered 90th-anniversary special edition limited to 270 cars and offered as a $10,995 package on the two-door Charger R/T and Charger Scat Pack Plus. The car is due to make its public debut at SEMA, with dealer orders opening in January 2027 and production starting in spring 2027.

What the package adds

The changes are cosmetic and personalisation-focused rather than mechanical. The front end gains a Direct Connection carbon-fibre splitter and a carbon-fibre hood with a functional scoop, backed by a cold-air intake system. A carbon-fibre rear spoiler and bespoke bodyside graphics complete the exterior treatment.

Inside, each car carries a unique dashboard badge, and a serialized Mopar '27 90th-anniversary plaque is mounted on the radiator closeout panel under the hood. Every buyer also receives an owner's kit containing a personalised certificate of authenticity with the build number and a rendering of the car from Mopar's design team.

Three exterior colours are offered: Bludicrous, Diamond Black and White Knuckle, with 90 units allocated to each, a split that mirrors the 90 years being marked.

Engines and performance carry over

Neither model gains power over its standard Charger trim, and both keep all-wheel drive with an on-demand rear-wheel-drive mode. The Charger R/T uses a twin-turbo 3.0-litre SIXPACK inline-six producing 420 horsepower, reaching 60 mph in 4.6 seconds and covering the quarter-mile in 12.9 seconds.

The Scat Pack Plus runs the same 3.0-litre engine with fully forged internals and larger 54-millimetre Garrett twin turbos, lifting output to 550 horsepower, cutting 0-60 mph to 3.9 seconds and the quarter-mile to 12.2 seconds, and adding leather performance seats, 20-by-11-inch wheels and the Carbon and Suede package.

That matters because the $10,995 buys appearance and provenance, not pace. Buyers who want the Mopar badge as a performance upgrade will find the same acceleration and power figures as the car it sits on.

Allocation and the Mopar specials lineage

Of the 270 units, 243 are earmarked for the US market and 27 for Canada. The Mopar '27 Charger follows a long line of factory-built Mopar specials that began with the Mopar '10 Dodge Challenger and has since included Mopar-badged Chargers, Durangos and a Ram 1500 RHO, making this the fourth Charger to receive the full treatment since 2011.

Darren Bradshaw, senior vice president of Stellantis parts and services for North America, said the package "showcases our passion for personalization and performance while celebrating nine decades of helping enthusiasts make their vehicles uniquely their own".

Dodge will also display a Moparized Ram 1500 Rumble Bee project truck at SEMA, fitted with Direct Connection concept parts including a custom hood with a see-through window exposing its supercharger.

Australian availability and pricing for the Mopar '27 package have not been announced.

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Toyota Crown Signia GT-S concept brings lowered stance and Lexus brakes to SEMA

The one-off show car drops its ride height by five inches and wears a custom widebody, but keeps the standard 238hp hybrid powertrain.

Image: Carscoops

Toyota will show a one-off Crown Signia GT-S concept at next week's SEMA Show in Las Vegas, built by Toyota Motorsports Garage as a lowered, widebody take on the hybrid crossover. The concept joins Toyota's Snowhunter truck and SUV concepts on the stand.

Despite the performance-car styling, the GT-S makes no changes to the Crown Signia's powertrain, which in U.S. form pairs a 2.5-litre inline-four hybrid with an electronically controlled CVT and 238 horsepower.

Suspension and bodywork

The headline chassis change is a set of MCS coilovers that lower the ride height by five inches while, Toyota says, improving handling. The drop is enough to make the Crown read as a performance car rather than a tall crossover.

Toyota Motorsports Garage added a custom body kit with flared front and rear fenders and a large front lip, blacked out the grille and added red accents around the headlights. The build also includes louvres on the front fenders, extended rocker panels and a new rear end with a diffuser and tailpipes. Whether the louvres deliver any aerodynamic or brake-cooling benefit in this application has not been established.

The Crown Signia GT-S concept's slammed ride height and aggressive front aero on show under city lights
The Crown Signia GT-S concept's slammed ride height and aggressive front aero on show under city lights, Image: Carscoops

Paint, brakes and interior

The show car is finished in a dark grey metallic with more clear coats than usual for a glossier finish. It rides on 21-inch HRE wheels, with brakes adapted from a Lexus RX 500h F Sport.

Inside, the changes are modest: seats trimmed in black leather with GT-S branding and a bright red GT-S logo on the electronic shifter.

Toyota frames the concept as a family vehicle intended to be as suited to the school run as to a canyon road, which explains why the mechanical package stays stock. The obvious question is whether a show car with this much visual aggression should have backed it up with more power; swapping the hybrid setup for Toyota's turbocharged 1.6-litre GR three-cylinder would have been one route.

What it means for buyers

The GT-S is a concept, so it previews a look rather than a production model. The standard Crown Signia, which is being refreshed for 2027, continues in the U.S. with the 238hp hybrid 2.5-litre inline-four and CVT.

Toyota has not announced pricing for the GT-S concept, which is unsurprising for a one-off show car; the figure that matters to buyers is the price of the 2027 Crown Signia, which has not been given in these reports. Production timing, Australian availability and Australian pricing for the refreshed Crown Signia are likewise not addressed in the source material.

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