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On paper, the Dodge Challenger SRT Demon is still one of the fastest-accelerating cars ever built, even compared to ultra-quick EVs such as the Tesla Model S or Model 3 Performance. We’ll go over all the numbers in a moment, but despite its straight-line prowess, the Demon can be rather difficult to launch in a perfect manner.

SHARE STORY What’s that? You say you’d like to take six of your closest speed-freak buddies along while you sample 1,012 supercharged horsepower? Then the crew at Hennessey has just the machine for you. Called the Mammoth 1000 SUV, it is based on the Ram TRX and uses similar tricks as in the Mammoth 1000 pickup truck (unveiled with an alarmingly similar photo) to tweak horsepower into four-figure territory. Where this machine diverges in concept is in terms of passenger capacity, with a tot...

1,000-WHP Charger Hellcat Races 800-WHP Camaro SS, Loser Gets Demolished 26 Apr 2021, 8:10 UTC · by 7 photos The Dodge Charger Hellcat and the Chevrolet Camaro SS are not direct rivals by any stretch of the imagination. However, once you consider everything that’s different about these two particular cars, well, all bets are off. Lets look at their stock numbers first to understand where they were to begin with, performance-wise. The Hellcat version of the Dodge Charger is a straight-u...

750-WHP Ford F-150 Truck Takes On Dodge Charger Hellcat, Brutal Beatdown Ensues 23 Apr 2021, 9:55 UTC · by 7 photos It’s that very same F-150 that can now be seen racing a mildly tuned Dodge Charger Hellcat, only this time it managed to come out on top. How, you ask? Well, let’s just say that a Mustang GT ten-speed with roughly the same amount of power as a stock (or nearly stock) Hellcat is much quicker than the Dodge, thanks to a superior gearbox and less weight overall. What makes...

The Fast Lane has the first Ram TRX delivered in America or at least the first one documented on YouTube. Either way, the crew put a lot of miles on the clock pretty fast, and this performance truck has seen some abuse.

autoevolution 16 Apr 2021, 15:28 UTC · by Have you ever felt like the Hellcat 6.2-liter V8 has too little weight to carry around in the Dodge Charger and Challenger, or even in the Jeep Grand Cherokee Trackhawk? No problem, the Mopar people have you covered with the scale destroyers that are the 2021 Ram 1500 TRX and the Dodge Durango Hellcat. 6 photos When it comes to a drag race between the super-truck and the uber-SUV, the only question that needs to be asked is "why not?". After all,...

Second-Gen 700-WHP Cadillac CTS-V Races Dodge Charger Hellcat, Comes Up Short 15 Apr 2021, 8:03 UTC · by Would you race a nearly stock Dodge Charger Hellcat if you had a tuned second-generation Cadillac CTS-V? It would probably depend on how much horsepower you had at your disposal, sure, but if it’s an alleged 700 horses at the wheels, would you even hesitate? 6 photos Perhaps you should; at least that’s what we got out of seeing this 700-WHP CTS-V struggle to edge out the Charger H...

autoevolution 15 Apr 2021, 14:38 UTC · by In the world of social media, there’s nothing feistier than automotive aficionados calling out on each other to see which one has the biggest, maddest, fastest ride at the strip. So, without further ado, let’s check out what happened when DonkMaster’s Chevrolet Monte Carlo met Racer X’s Hellcat and Demonology’s, well, Demon. 31 photos We have seen many timeless drag strip encounters with the Dodge heroes, in all sorts of permutations in...

SHARE STORY A Dodge Challenger Hellcat flipping a Chevrolet truck near a car meet in Colorado  via Andrew Bruckbauer on YouTube Horsepower can be a jerk-magnet, a fact in plenty of evidence this weekend at a morning car meet in Colorado when an out-of-control Dodge Challenger Hellcat crashed into a Chevy Silverado, causing a rollover crash. According to local media, one person was sent to hospital with minor injuries. Multiple videos of the incident posted to social media show a superch...

autoevolution 12 Apr 2021, 11:58 UTC · by Whatever happened to Mustang drivers being the only ones getting in trouble after leaving car meets? As it turns out, all you need is a reasonably powerful engine, rear-wheel drive, and a person who’s not exactly the second coming of Lewis Hamilton behind the wheel. 7 photos This incident took place recently in Loveland, Colorado, during a Cars & Coffee meet, a gathering which, by the way, is canceled now thanks to one person’s recklessness, ...