Dodge’s Mexican lineup feels like it’s ripped from an alternate reality as their best-selling vehicle is a Chinese import and it’s closely followed by a rebadged Mitsubishi Mirage known as the Attitude. However, with the Mirage living on borrowed time, something had to change. Enter the 2025 Attitude, which finally lives up to its name thanks to an aggressive design. As you can see in the teaser images, the model looks like a modern day Mitsubishi Lancer as its sports a familiar front end with slender headlights and a large grille with a black horizontal bar. They’re joined by muscular intakes and offset Dodge badging.
While the design looks nearly 20 years
old, this is no Mitsubishi. Quite the opposite as pictures from south of the
border have revealed the Dodge is actually a rebadged GAC / Trumpchi Empow.
This shouldn’t be too surprising since the Mexican Journey is a Dodge-ified
version of the GAC / Trumpchi GS5. Dodge isn’t saying much at this point, but
the Empow features LED headlights and 16- to 18-inch alloy wheels. In terms of
size, the model measures 4,700 mm long and has a wheelbase that
spans 2,736 mm. This means the car is slightly larger than the
ill-fated Dart, which measured 4,672 mm long and had 2,703 mm between the wheels.
Moving inside, we can expect a 7-inch
digital instrument cluster and a 10.25-inch infotainment system. There should
also be a host of available driver assistance systems including Adaptive Cruise
Control, Autonomous Emergency Braking, and Traffic Jam Assistance. They should
be joined by High Beam Assist, Lane Departure Warning, Forward Collision
Warning, and traffic sign recognition technology.
The Empow features a 1.5-liter engine with
168 hp and 270 Nm of torque. It will presumably
carryover to the Dodge and be joined by a seven-speed dual-clutch transmission.
