Ricci Cavallaro took a bone-stock 2015 Challenger Hellcat to Pittsburgh Raceway Park, swapped out the OEM rubber for Nitto NT05 tires measuring 305/45/r18, and made a 10.97 pass on his first run! Two subsequent runs were also in the 10s. Read more at Torque News. Videos of his first two runs after the jump!
So your significant other refuses to let you buy a Hellcat. “The constant whining is crazy!” You’re not sure if they mean you or the Dodge. If you have to compromise, tell them you’ll settle for the lowly, normally aspirated Charger Scat Pact. Autoweek does a short review of the Scat Pack. “…how does it drive? About how you’d think 485 hp propelling 4,400 pounds would drive—it gets up and goes.” Read the review here. More pics after the jump!
Roadkill is now sponsored by Dodge. Hmmm. Watch their latest episode and tell us what you think. Video after the jump!
Prospective Hellcat buyers are being warned about giving deposits to certain unscrupulous Dodge dealers for a Hellcat that may take many months to materialize. The source of this warning? FCA themselves. One interesting tidbit: no Dodge dealer can sell two Hellcats in one month. Find more info at Yahoo! Autos.
We know that Dodge has proclaimed the Charger Hellcat to be the world’s fastest sedan but, well lets face it, they are kinda biased. Allpar alerted us to an independent test by Justin Bell and The World’s Fastest Car Show that sets out to confirm or deny said claim. We won’t ruin the ending but in a telltale credit at the end, the producers thank SRT for supplying the camera car. Video after the jump!
Dodge’s official word on the Charger Hellcat’s top speed is 204 mph. That number was not arrived at with a slide rule but on a track. Two radar gun fly-bys, one with the wind and one against. Find more info at Allpar. Video after the jump!
Motor Trend’s Head 2 Head does a comparison between the Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 and the Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat. Per Johnny Lieberman, “America. First we went to the moon then we built the Hellcat.” Video after the jump!
In December, we posted a piece on a Hellcat that met a tree shortly after being purchased, Hellcat Wrecked. Allpar has now located that same car on www.iaai.com, an auction website for salvaged vehicles. The Dodge has only 64 miles on it and the engine still starts. It will be interesting to see what the car sells for.
Hot Rod has complied seven quality superchargers on the market for late model Chargers, Challengers, Magnums and 300’s. Find more info here.
Hooniverse reviews the Challenger Scat Pack aka “the boulevard cruiser, tire destroyer, noise making awesome machine”. We couldn’t have put it better ourselves. Video after the jump!
