TMCP 663: SEMA 2026 Preview with Dan Kahn: Big Trends, Building Connections & Making the Most of the Show

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Okay, the crew this year for SEMA will be myself, Kirk Hansen, our network director, Kirk's daughter, Gemma, who is coming to do some shadowing for media production, and our show writer, Scotty Stapp.

Now, kind of like Bernie, Scotty Stapp's been here a long time.

He's part of the family, and Scott's making a vacation out of a work event.

He's coming solo, no wife, no kids.

He's done both in the past.

I think it'll be really fun.

I'm looking forward to seeing all those guys.

We have a lot of things that we've already lined up this year.

One thing will be for certain.

If Dodge reveals the 2028 Dodge Charger with the Hellcat, we'll all be there, and we'll change our schedule to make that happen.

From Car and Driver here, I'll go ahead and pull it up.

This does appear to be finally real.

So this is from October 13th Car and Driver, Jack Fitzgerald is the author here.

"The 2028 Dodge Charger lineup will include the Hemi supercharged 6.2 liter V8.

The document shows the Hellcat engine will be available in two and four-door trims paired with an eight-speed automatic transmission and rear-wheel drive only.

Car and Driver reached out to Dodge for confirmation of the internal documents that revealed this story.

We'll update this story as soon as we hear back." But I've seen this now from a few credible places out there.

It's real.

Yeah, I believe it.

I do believe that it's real.

It is not normal for an OEM to do a car reveal at a SEMA show typically.

That's usually what Autoramas are for and stuff like that, but who the hell knows? Tim Kuniskis does whatever he wants, and while he's not technically running Dodge- Kind of think he is.

[laughs] So, I wouldn't be shocked at all if we saw this car at SEMA.

I hope we do.