When Dodge announced the Challenger Hellcat, they singlehandedly saved their tepid sports car program.
The Challenger was a courageously-retro also-ran to the Mustang and Camaro, but was heavy, sluggish, and expensive.
it’s like a stick of butter with wheels
And then Dodge said “fine, we’ll shove a 700 horsepower engine in it” and created the most powerful American sports car of the century.
MOTHER OF GOD
But that wasn’t enough.
Dodge shoved the same engine into the Charger, the new beloved-car of cops everywhere since Ford stopped making the Crown Victoria after a 147-year run.
favorite food: asphalt
And they created the fastest four door car on the planet.
0-60?
2.9 seconds.
That’s stupid fast.
Faster than a McLaren F1, almost every Ferrari and Lamborghini outside of special editions, and faster than a Porsche 918.
Not to mention it looks f*cking sexy.
This is what American cars are supposed to be, ladies and gentlemen.
Powerful. Beautiful.
And most important: faster than a jackrabbit on fire.
