Photo: Vin Diesel on Instagram
As the Chrysler 300 digs itself deeper into obscurity, Dodge is having a field day with the Charger for the 2020 model year. The full-size sedan is now available in Daytona flavor and with two Widebody options, and Vin Diesel is driving such a car in the latest installment of F&F.
Fast & Furious 9 is the working title of the ninth movie in the franchise, and based on the Hellcat logos on the front wings and grille, the Charger Widebody means business under the hood. Speaking of which, the producers changed the stock hood for a Challenger SRT Demon-like design.
Back when that version of the Challenger was in production, Dodge said the Air Grabber is the largest functional hood scoop of any production car thanks to an area of 45.2 square inches (291.6 square centimeters). Moving past this impressive claim, the most powerful Dodge money can buy these days is the Challenger in SRT Hellcat Redeye flavor (797 ponies).
Dominic Toretto has to make do with 707 horsepower and 650 pound-feet of torque from 6.2 liters of displacement, but it wouldn’t surprise us if this Charger SRT Hellcat Widebody had the heart of the Redeye or Demon transplanted into it. Otherwise it would be pointless to upgrade the hood...
Switching to the Widebody specification means that the standard-width Charger SRT Hellcat will be discontinued for the 2020 MY. That should push the starting price up, but on the upside, customers are also offered the R/T Scat Pack Widebody with the 6.4-liter HEMI V8. The naturally aspirated engine develops 485 horsepower and 475 pound-feet of torque, translating to 4.3 seconds to 60 miles per hour and 12.4 seconds on the quarter-mile.
In addition to revealing one of the cars he’ll be driving in Fast & Furious 9, the one and only Vin Diesel has also published a video of him and Dame Helen Mirren on Instagram. The gist of it is that Mirren will return to the F&F family, shooting on this occasion at night in London. Oh, and by the way, the British actress is “a great driver” according to the man himself.
Back when that version of the Challenger was in production, Dodge said the Air Grabber is the largest functional hood scoop of any production car thanks to an area of 45.2 square inches (291.6 square centimeters). Moving past this impressive claim, the most powerful Dodge money can buy these days is the Challenger in SRT Hellcat Redeye flavor (797 ponies).
Dominic Toretto has to make do with 707 horsepower and 650 pound-feet of torque from 6.2 liters of displacement, but it wouldn’t surprise us if this Charger SRT Hellcat Widebody had the heart of the Redeye or Demon transplanted into it. Otherwise it would be pointless to upgrade the hood...
Switching to the Widebody specification means that the standard-width Charger SRT Hellcat will be discontinued for the 2020 MY. That should push the starting price up, but on the upside, customers are also offered the R/T Scat Pack Widebody with the 6.4-liter HEMI V8. The naturally aspirated engine develops 485 horsepower and 475 pound-feet of torque, translating to 4.3 seconds to 60 miles per hour and 12.4 seconds on the quarter-mile.
In addition to revealing one of the cars he’ll be driving in Fast & Furious 9, the one and only Vin Diesel has also published a video of him and Dame Helen Mirren on Instagram. The gist of it is that Mirren will return to the F&F family, shooting on this occasion at night in London. Oh, and by the way, the British actress is “a great driver” according to the man himself.
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