2027 Dodge Charger Super Bee Launch Edition: 600 HP, Brembo Brakes, and the Return of an Icon

Dodge saved the best reveal for last at Roadkill Nights 2026. After weeks of teasing “the most powerful SIXPACK-powered Charger ever,” the wraps finally came off on August 7 at M1 Concourse in Pontiac, Michigan: the 2027 Dodge Charger Super Bee Launch Edition — a SAE-certified 600-horsepower muscle machine that outperforms every Super Bee in the nameplate’s 55-year history. Add a pair of 750-horsepower factory-backed drift machines, and Roadkill Nights 2026 delivered exactly the kind of morning that reminds you why gearheads still care about Woodward Avenue.

600 HP SIXPACK H.O. — Bigger Turbos, More Cooling, More Everything

The Super Bee Launch Edition starts with the twin-turbocharged SIXPACK H.O. engine and turns every dial to the right. Dodge fitted larger 56mm Garrett turbochargers, added a retuned engine calibration with torque reserve, and upgraded the thermal management system to deliver more than 50% more SIXPACK cooling capacity. The result: 600 SAE-certified horsepower — more than 100 HP beyond the previous-generation Super Bee and a solid 50 horses up from the current Scat Pack baseline.

On track, those gains show up exactly where it counts: a 3.6-second 0–60 mph sprint and an 11.8-second quarter-mile make the Super Bee Launch Edition the quickest and fastest SIXPACK Charger Dodge has ever built. Crucially, Stellantis engineered for repeatable performance, not just bragging-rights peak numbers — the additional cooling capacity means the car can keep running hot laps without cooking the turbo system.

The Super Bee’s engine upgrades are a genuine engineering step, not a flash tune — larger turbos, smarter calibration, and 50% more thermal headroom back up every horsepower claim.

Brakes That Match the Power: 16-Inch Brembo Stoppers Are Standard

Dodge didn’t just bolt on more boost and call it done. The Super Bee gets the first 16-inch Brembo vented rotors ever offered on a SIXPACK Charger, paired with six-piston front and four-piston rear fixed calipers. The result is three times more brake fade resistance than any other SIXPACK Charger, and double the fade resistance of the previous-generation SRT Charger — margins that matter on a road course when you’re braking from triple digits repeatedly.

Wheel and tire spec received the same treatment: 20×11-inch forged wheels (matching the Hellcat Widebody footprint) are wrapped in Goodyear Eagle F1 Supercar 3 305/35ZR20 summer tires at all four corners — not mixed fitment, not all-season compromises. A new dual-valve adaptive damping suspension ties the package together with sharper cornering and improved high-speed stability.

Three times more brake fade resistance than any other SIXPACK Charger — the Super Bee is the first one you can genuinely drive on a track without managing pedal feel.

Limited-Production Identity: Sucker Punch, Shady, and Super Bee Swagger

The Super Bee Launch Edition is a limited-production model with visual treatments that make it immediately recognizable in any parking lot. Dodge offers it in three exclusive colors: new-for-2027 Sucker Punch (a vivid yellow-green), Shady (a deep teal), and Diamond Black. Each wears gloss-black bodyside “stinger” Super Bee graphics, gloss-black 20-inch wheels, and Hyper Lime brake calipers that glow through the wheel face like they’re already running hot. The new Super Bee badge redesign highlights the twin-turbo SIXPACK platform — a visual break from the classic bee-circle motif that signals the new performance era.

Inside, Dodge fitted new cloth high-back performance seats with an embroidered Super Bee logo on the headrests and Sour Lemon accent stitching, with a Super Bee instrument-panel badge completing the cockpit. Pricing and ordering are expected later in 2026; production will be limited, and based on how allocation went for the old SRT models, enthusiasm should run well ahead of supply.

This is a limited-run launch edition in exclusive colors — when ordering opens, expect short windows and high demand on every color.

Roadkill Nights 2026: Two Tracks, 750-HP Drift Cars, and Woodward Drag Racing

The Super Bee reveal headlined the morning, but Roadkill Nights 2026 delivered a full day of organized chaos. For the first time in the event’s 11-year history, two live racing venues ran simultaneously — street-legal drag racing on the iconic Woodward Avenue stretch and a new closed-course road course shootout inside M1 Concourse, doubling the competitive racing on offer. NHRA heavyweights Tony Stewart, Leah Pruett, and Matt Hagan signed autographs and performed burnouts on Woodward. Roadkill legends Mike Finnegan and David Freiburger showed up with the Rotsun and Stubby Bob. It was a proper spectacle.

And those drift machines? Dodge teamed with Hemmings’ Mike Musto and fabricator Suppy Wejpanich of Suppy’s Garage to build two 750-horsepower professional drift Charger Scat Packs in just 60 days: the two-door Charger BOOST Coupe (single Turbosmart turbo, all-out performance coupe) and the four-door Charger RPM (Rapid People Mover, modified twin-turbo drift taxi for passenger rides). Both converted to rear-wheel drive with manual transmissions — the first manually-shifted SIXPACK Chargers ever. Professional drifters Corey “The Boss” Hosford and Micah Diaz put them sideways around M1 Concourse to cap off the reveal. Future appearances include Gridlife at Laguna Seca and FuelFest in Arizona.

If Roadkill Nights 2026 was the opening act for the SIXPACK era, Dodge just confirmed the second act gets louder, faster, and more sideways from here.

Your turn: Would you order a Super Bee Launch Edition, or are you holding out for what Dodge builds next? And which Roadkill Nights drift machine would you rather take a ride in — the all-out BOOST Coupe or the wild RPM taxi? Drop your take in the comments below.