DODGE DEBUTS HERITAGE-INSPIRED 2017 COLOR NAMES, RELEASES NEW ENTHUSIAST-DEMANDED PAINT HUES FOR 2017

September 8, 2016 by Dodge

◾Names of Dodge brand's new 2017 exterior colors are derived directly from the brand's colorful muscle-car era heritage

◾New limited-production hues for 2017 include Green Go and Yellow Jacket

◾2017 Challenger, Charger, Viper, Durango, Journey and Grand Caravan models will be available at Dodge dealerships this fall

September 8, 2016 , Auburn Hills, Mich. - Adding even more excitement to the Dodge brand's rich muscle-car legacy and its most powerful lineup ever, America's mainstream performance car brand is pulling from its rich history for its new 2017 exterior color lineup with a pallet of paint names derived directly from the brand's colorful heritage. For the most hardcore Dodge fans and enthusiasts, Green Go and Yellow Jacket join the legacy of the brand's limited-production hues such as Plum Crazy, Sublime and Go Mango.

'Our heritage-inspired paint names highlight how the Dodge brand attitude permeates through everything we do, even a simple detail like a color name,' said Tim Kuniskis, Head of Passenger Car Brands, Dodge, SRT, Chrysler and Fiat – FCA North America. 'For Dodge, the heritage-inspired names are more than just catchy ways to callout our paint – these names resonate with our customers, speaking to their personality, their car passion and their love of their Dodge.'

Nearly a half-century of bold names for bold rides

Like the Top Banana, HEMI Orange and Panther Pink exterior colors originating from Dodge during the muscle-car era, the brand is digging deep once again to revive its bold paint naming strategy for 2017 and further building on its lexicon within automotive enthusiasts.

Arriving to Dodge dealerships this fall, the 2017 Dodge Challenger, Charger, Viper, Durango, Journey and Grand Caravan will offer an array of colors that include:

◾Redline 2K

◾Blu By You

◾Stout Brown

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◾White Knuckle

◾Redline 3K

◾Maximum Steel Metallic

◾Bomber Brown

◾Vice White

◾Octane Red

◾Yellow Jacket

◾Granite

◾White Noise

◾TorRed

◾Olive Green

◾Billet

◾Blood Orange

◾Green Go

◾Black Onyx

◾Go Mango

◾Destroyer Gray

◾DB Black

◾Contusion Blue

◾Bruiser Gray

◾Pitch Black

About Dodge and SRT Brands

The Dodge brand is America's mainstream performance brand. With the purification of the brand and consolidation with SRT, Dodge is focusing on its performance roots with every single model it offers. The Dodge and SRT brands offer a complete lineup of performance vehicles that stand out within their own segments. Dodge is the mainstream performance brand and SRT is positioned as the ultimate performance halo of the Dodge brand, together creating a complete and balanced performance brand with one vision and one voice.

From muscle cars to minivans, crossovers and full-size SUVs, the Dodge brand's full lineup of 2017 models deliver best-in-class horsepower, class-exclusive technology, unmatched capability and a slew of cool features, such as LED headlamps, Dodge signature racetrack tail lamps, active exhaust, cold-air induction, 8.4-inch touchscreen Uconnect infotainment centers and 7-inch customizable gauge clusters, to name a few. For the 2017 model year, the Dodge brand lineup features the 25th anniversary Viper, Durango, Grand Caravan, Journey, Charger and Challenger, including the new Charger Daytona and Challenger T/A, as well as the 707-horsepower Challenger SRT Hellcat, the most powerful and fastest muscle car ever and the Charger SRT Hellcat, the quickest, fastest and most powerful sedan in the world.