Dodge has announced that the fender badge on 2015 Challenger and Charger Hellcats will be the snarling cat’s head as seen on the Charger when it debuted. The Challengers “Supercharged” badge apparently lost the vote. Good choice. Read more at Hot Rod.
Mopar has revealed their new 2015 Challenger Drag Pak. Power comes from a new, aluminum block 426. There is also a supercharged version! Mopar engineers must be just having the most fun ever. Find more info at CarBuzz. More pics and video after the jump!
Consumer Reports awarded the Ram 1500 diesel first place in a recent comparison of full size, light duty pickups. Second place? The Ram 1500 equipped with the 5.7 Hemi. Find more info at Allpar.
Allpar lists expected changes to the 2015 Jeep lineup. The Grand Cherokee SRT gets 475 hp but no Hellcat is expected. Anybody for a right-hand-drive Wrangler? Find more info at Allpar.
The Challenger apparently doesn’t like to lose the spotlight to it’s brother, the Charger. Dodge has announced that the Challenger will return to the TA Series at Mid-Ohio on August 15th and 16th. Find more info at Allpar. More pics after the jump!
The word on the street was that Dodge was to officially unveil the 2015 Charger SRT Hellcat at the Woodward Dream Cruise in a few days. They were apparently unable to contain themselves. Ladies and gentlemen, Dodge presents the fastest sedan in the world! Find more info at The Truth About Cars. More pics after the jump!
Here’s the Hellcat video featuring Mike Musto that we helped produce for AutoNation. I think it came out pretty good, despite flight delays and a whole lot of rain. Thanks to Mike Volz and Stephen Cook for bringing out their old B-bodies, and to Ryan Douthit for doing a great job hanging out the back of the minivan at speed in the rain! Watch the video, then check out the pics after the jump!
Road & Track has some spy shots of the Charger Hellcat. Not surprisingly, it appears to share many of the features of the supercharged Challenger: wheels, brakes, chin spoiler, trunk lid spoiler and that hood scoop. Ralph Gilles should be displaying it’s absurd power for all to see in October. More pics after the jump!
So says Road & Track, referring to documentation related to certifying the horsepower and torque of a Charger equipped with the Hellcat engine. You kids back there buckle up!
SRT engineers, after months of secrecy, are now enjoying the spotlight and are quite proud of their baby. Rightly so! Find more info on the supercharged Hemi at Street Legal TV. 