What do you get when you put two all-new Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcats side by side on a dragstrip? Some might say 1,414 all-American horsepower and 1,300 lb-ft of torque, while others might answer that with four long strips of Pirelli P-Zero Nero rubber and ginormous clouds of smoke. We don't want to beat around the bush - you're both right.
We all know that the Challenger SRT Hellcat is a brute of a muscle car that created its own league if you take into consideration the 707 horsepower and 650 lb-ft of torque it packs under the vented aluminum hood. The engine bay if full of 6.2 liters of HEMI V8 and as if that wasn't enough to get your motor running, SRT engineers bolted a big supercharger on top just to ensure lots of smoky fun.
Some people hint that the 2015 Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat can pull a 10.9-second quarter mile run on the dragstrip and we tend to believe that is achievable. Proper 0 to 60 mph and quarter mile times are not available at the moment, so everything boils down to what the Hellcat is about in essence.
Our purely subjective take is that Dodge tried to create the most middle finger muscle car possible. No really, by pushing the segment's horsepower boundaries and by offering more oomph that its more expensive stable brother, the SRT Viper, this car sort of tells everyone in the industry and every Ford and GM fanboy to buzz off.
That basically sums up why once you get hold of two examples of the breed and you're offered an empty dragstrip to boot, you can't resist the urge to burnout the living hell out of those 275/40R20 section rear tires. Scroll below, press play and prepare to see a magnificent display of both petrolhead art and dragstrip carnage.
After a 1:43 scale model of a Ferrari 250 GTO sparked Mircea's interest for cars when he was a kid, an early internship at Top Gear sealed his career path. He's most interested in muscle cars and American trucks, but he takes a passing interest in quirky kei cars as well. Full profile
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