Dodge has revived the Super Bee nameplate with the 2027 Dodge Charger Super Bee Launch Edition, a 600-horsepower version of the SIXPACK-powered Charger that the brand calls the quickest, fastest, and most powerful Super Bee ever built. Announced during the Charger’s 60th anniversary celebration, the Launch Edition will be offered as a limited-production model built at the Windsor Assembly Plant, with pricing, ordering, and availability details to be announced later this year.
Power comes from a Super Bee-exclusive high-output version of the 3.0-liter twin-turbo SIXPACK inline-six, fitted with larger 56 mm Garrett turbochargers running over 30 psi of boost for an SAE-certified 600 hp and 531 lb-ft of torque. That works out to 200 hp per liter, which Dodge claims makes the Launch Edition the most power dense muscle car ever. Compared with the Charger Scat Pack’s version of the engine, peak torque arrives 11.8 percent earlier at 3,000 rpm and holds through 5,900 rpm, the larger turbos push 7.5 percent more airflow, and revised turbocharger and exhaust tuning add sharper induction sound and more pronounced overrun on deceleration. Supporting hardware includes a charge air cooler duct thermal wrap, rear half-shafts nearly 10 percent stronger, and an eight-speed Torqueflite 880RE automatic. All-wheel drive is standard, with a dedicated steering wheel button that switches to a full rear-wheel drive mode on the fly at any speed.
The performance targets put the new car well clear of its predecessors. Dodge quotes 0-60 mph in 3.6 seconds and an 11.8-second quarter-mile, against 4.5 seconds and 12.4 for the 485-hp 2023 Charger Super Bee, and 3.9 and 12.2 for the current 550-hp Charger Scat Pack. For reference, Dodge’s own comparison sheet lists the 2015 Hellcat at 707 hp with a 3.7-second 0-60 run.
Cooling received as much attention as the engine. Capacity in the high-temperature radiator circuit increases by more than 50 percent and more than doubles in the low-temperature circuit, with auxiliary radiators integrated into the outboard corners of a redesigned front fascia. The new fascia increases airflow to the main cooling stack by 30 percent while adding more than 100 pounds of downforce at 150 mph, and it pairs with a track-tuned front splitter one-third longer than the Scat Pack piece, plus a larger rear spoiler. A new Race Prep function keeps the electric cooling fan running after engine shutoff to pull residual heat out of the radiator, intercooler, and engine bay between runs.
Braking hardware brings 16-inch Brembo vented rotors at all four corners for the first time on a SIXPACK Charger, clamped by six-piston front and four-piston rear fixed calipers. Dodge says a 27 percent larger brake pad surface area yields three times the brake fade resistance of any other SIXPACK Charger and double that of the previous-generation SRT Charger. The car rides on 20-by-11-inch forged wheels with Goodyear Eagle F1 Supercar 3 305/35ZR20 summer tires at all four corners, with construction and tread pattern developed specifically for the Super Bee.
The suspension debuts Continuous Damping Control dual-valve adaptive dampers that sample and adjust damping force every 10 milliseconds. Chassis stiffening includes front tension-link bushings up 25 percent, front handling-link bushings up 50 percent, front spring rates up 12 percent, rear spring rates up six percent, and a rear stabilizer bar 20 percent stiffer. New Track and Drag modes arrive for the first time on a SIXPACK Charger, joined by the return of Torque Reserve, which builds boost against the brake before launch by delaying ignition timing while routing higher-energy exhaust gas to the turbos, along with Line Lock, Launch Control, and expanded Performance Pages. The Launch Edition also introduces the Cosworth-developed Drive Experience Recorder to the SIXPACK Charger, combining a forward-facing 1080p 60-frame-per-second camera, an integrated microphone, and synchronized vehicle telemetry, with USB storage and export to the AliveDrive app for lap and data analysis.
Visually, the Launch Edition is offered in exactly three colors: the new Sucker Punch, a yellow-green that nods to Dodge’s heritage yellows, the new gray Shady, and Diamond Black. Each pairs with gloss-black or Sucker Punch bodyside “stinger” graphics, gloss-black wheels, and Hyper Lime brake calipers with black SRT by Brembo lettering, while a redesigned Super Bee logo inspired by a turbocharger’s spool appears throughout. The front end gets a unique headlamp configuration and a Fratzog grille badge in Dark Neutral Gray. Inside, the first cloth high-back performance seats offered in the modern Charger carry embroidered Super Bee headrest logos, Citrus Peel tilt-pattern inserts, and Silver and Sour Lemon contrast stitching, joined by a unique leather steering wheel with the RWD button, larger paddle shifters, and a Super Bee instrument panel badge.
The Super Bee name dates to the 1968 Dodge Coronet-based original, joined the Charger lineup in 1971, returned in 2007 as a limited-production Charger, and most recently appeared on the 485-hp 2023 Last Call edition. Development of the new car leaned on Stellantis’ Automotive Research and Development Centre driving simulator in Windsor, Ontario, in partnership with the University of Windsor, with validation across more than six tracks in North America. Purchase of a Super Bee Launch Edition includes one day of performance driving instruction at Radford Racing School.
