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It is easy to view some recent commercials featuring fictionalized Dodge brothers Horace and John screaming around a desert road in Charger and Challenger Hellcat models with a big grain of salt. For starters, the Dodge brothers both died during in 1920, so the sheer terror of piloting something with 800 horsepower would have rendered the two men into little puddles of fear and excrement. At the end of one such commercial, the narrator comes on to say the Dodge brothers’ “spirit lives...

autoevolution 16 Mar 2021, 15:15 UTC · by As Dodge continues to introduce new Challenger derivatives after 13 years, the drag strip battles between these big coupes can get pretty intense. And if you add the countless aftermarket possibilities, you end up with a vicious race such as the one we have here. 6 photos This quarter-mile battle involves the meanest road-going Challenger derivative to date, namely the now-retired Demon, as well as the second-meanest model currently in showrooms,...

2. All-Wheel-Drive Traction Like the Charger and Challenger, the Durango Hellcat packs a 6.2-liter supercharged Hemi V8 under the hood, sending 710 horsepower through an eight-speed automatic transmission. But unlike its siblings that send their grunt to the rear wheels only, the Durango benefits from all-wheel-drive grip. Managing a Charger or Challenger Hellcat on a public road is terrifying, and in the rain, they may as well be driving on a frozen lake. The Durango is a completely different ...

These days, the Ram 1500 TRX is on everybody's lips. After all, how could a Hellcat-animated truck not enjoy so much attention? However, there are also Mopar enthusiasts who prefer to brew their own HEMI-animated high-riding contraptions, be these real or virtual. For now, we're here to focus on a proposal that belongs to the latter category. And what a machine this is!

Unique, Matching-Numbers 1970 Dodge Challenger Costs More Than a Hellcat 2 Mar 2021, 14:21 UTC · by Early 1970s Dodge Challengers are among the most desirable classic muscle cars. Theyre not overly expensive in regular trim, but some examples with rare option configurations and number matching drivetrains can fetch more than a modern Challenger Hellcat. This metallic green R/T model is one of them. 8 photos Although Dodge built around 2,500 Challenger R/T models for the 1970 model year, ...

The Dodge Durango SRT Hellcat Is the Best Hellcat Yet Mack Hogan © Mack Hogan The Durango is not only the most powerful SUV in its class, its the most engaging, too. The Challenger and Charger Hellcats have never been sports cars. That wasn’t even the idea. Too old, too heavy, too plush to ever be considered in the category. Which then raises the question: Why bother constraining this Homeric engine to living entirely within sporty shapes? That line of thought led to the Je...

Every now and then, odd drag racing pairings bring interesting surprises, as was the case with an unassuming Honda Accord that delivered a remarkably close quarter-mile lesson to a Dodge Challenger. This dark Kia Stinger GT isn’t in that posture yet, but it’s racking up points for being a very perseverant student.

It’s ironic that two cars as different as the C7 Corvette ZR1 and the Dodge Challenger Hellcat should ever meet in a straight-line battle. The last thing FCA ever envisioned for its Hellcat models was for them to take on track-focused machines like the ZR1 Corvette, which in turn is more of a driver’s car, as opposed to a drag strip brawler.

autoevolution 21 Jan 2021, 17:47 UTC · by The sixth-generation Camaro started off pretty well for the 2016 model year, but somewhere along the way, Chevrolet dozed off. There’s nothing more exciting for the ‘Maro beyond the ZL1 with the 1LE extreme performance package, though it doesn’t hold a candle to the Mustang Shelby GT500 and Challenger Hellcat in terms of suck-squeeze-bang-blow. 8 photos The biggest of the Big Three in Motor City doesn’t appear to mind that Camaro sales ...

Mecum Kissimmee is back in Central Florida Jan. 7-16 with nearly 3,000 collector cars up for auction. Visitors and bidders can find antique off-roaders, classic American muscle cars and modern supercars that can be taken home for the right price. Here's what to expect.