This compact utility vehicle nameplate debuted for the 2023 model year, marking Dodge’s return to the small-SUV segment with a performance-focused, mainstream entry positioned below the brand’s larger utility models. It was unveiled in August 2022 and reached dealerships as a new Dodge model rather than a continuation of an earlier production vehicle. Dodge framed it as the brand’s gateway into electrified performance, with the range topping out in a performance-hybrid variant and the lineup built around the idea of bringing muscle-car attitude to a compact crossover body style.
The nameplate is notable because it brought Dodge into a new market space at a time when the brand was broadening beyond traditional rear-wheel-drive muscle cars. Its launch also introduced a more utility-oriented side of Dodge performance branding, combining everyday usability with aggressive styling and enthusiast marketing. For the 2025 model year and beyond, Dodge’s official site describes production as paused indefinitely, with remaining vehicles potentially still available through dealers. That means the nameplate has not been formally closed out with a definitive final model year, even though its future appears uncertain.
In the short history of the nameplate, the model is best understood as a single modern-era production run that started in the early 2020s and quickly became one of the most distinctive entries in Dodge’s lineup.