Crossovers and SUVs are popular due to many reasons. It may be due to the taller ride height and a more commanding view of the road. But one of the most important factor is the availability of the sure-footed traction and handling of a proper all-wheel drive or four-wheel drivetrain.
Dodge's Charger SRT Hellcat is hardly a shy and retiring car normally, but the 714 hp sedan looks even more striking after being given the armoring treatment for one lucky law enforcement team. Handiwork of Armormax, it leaves the V8 muscle car fully bullet-resistant, not to mention capable of electrocuting people via its door handles.
It's hard to imagine anyone with a 2018 Dodge Demon wanting the street-legal drag racer to be even more powerful and faster. But for those few crazy individuals, custom tuner Hennessey Performance has just what they're looking for. The company has announced a limited number of upgrade packages for the Demon that push the car's horsepower to over 1,000, driving the original's quarter-mile times even lower.
As answers to unasked requests go, the 2019 Dodge Challenger Hellcat Redeye's 797 horsepower ranks fairly high on the "nobody needed this, but it's fun to have anyway" scale. For the past four years, the Hellcat has represented the cutting-edge of potent excess in Dodge's line-up, eschewing subtlety in favor of performance, bombast, and oddly-affordable brute force.
The current generation Dodge Challenger is a shinning example of a modern muscle car, and with the carmaker's 707 horsepower Hellcat engine, it's a monster. But what if you could take all that modern power and combine it with a truly iconic muscle car of the past? That's exactly what performance and restoration shop Bumbera's did, taking a 1969 Charger and sticking in not just the Hellcat engine, but the drivetrain and electronic systems as well.
Dodge may have already created drag-strip royalty with the Demon, but now there's a new 2019 Challenger R/T Scat Pack 1320 for those looking to spend a little less on their ridiculous racer. Based on the regular R/T Scat Pack, it strips out all but the driver's seat inside and delivers 485 horsepower from its 392 HEMI V8.
Last week Dodge went official with the details on the Challenger lineup and we were all enamored by the Hellcat Redeye. That Redeye becomes Dodge's fastest car for 2019 with the Demon no more. One of the things that we were left to wonder about with the Redeye and the other sweet performance Challengers was just how much the beasts would cost.
Dodge clearly knows what Challenger buyers want: more power, more aggressive styling, and better performance all-round. Lucky, then, that that's just what the 2019 Dodge Challenger range delivers, including a new 2019 Challenger SRT Hellcat Redeye with a 797 horsepower engine.
Dodge has pulled the wraps off the 2019 Charger and 2019 Charger SRT, with a new SXT all-wheel drive model and a more potent Hellcat. The "four-door muscle car" is getting a revamp across its range, inside and out, as Dodge cocks a snook at those who'd argue Americans only want utility vehicles any more.
Back in April, we talked about an awesome charity auction that Dodge was sponsoring. The auction was called "The Ultimate Last Chance" auction and it had as a pair the very last Dodge Viper and the very last Challenger SRT Demon to be produced. The cars crossed the auction block at the Barrett-Jackson auction last weekend.
Dodge is talking up a special auction that it has coming up this month in cooperating with Barrett-Jackson. The auction is a two-car package that will see one lucky buyer walking away with two last of their kind special sports cars. One of the rides is the very last of the limited production 2018 Challenger SRT Demon muscle cars.
Dodge is rather notorious for canceling the Viper and then reviving it. Such is the case again with a new report claiming that the Viper will return as a 2021 model. The catch for fans of the car is that the V10 muscle the Viper has been known for since its introduction will be no more.