We won't see muscle cars like the supercharged V8 Dodges again - here's what to look for
• Over 1,000hp available in the Demon 170• Not massively inspiring quality or cabin wiseAsk a mature person to name two really iconic American car movies and the first one they’ll come up with is almost certain to be McQueen’s 1968 cop flick Bullitt.
Since the 2008 arrival of the gen-three car, Dodge has been doing its best to do right by the Challenger. Yes, it’s true that there was a 3.6 V6 Challenger now, but that model sits at the bottom of a very big pyramid of cars, the vast majority of which are V8s dedicated to the simple pursuit of massive power. In tribute to Barry Newman, our buying guide today is going to be looking at the 2015-on Hellcat and a couple of its offshoots, powered by Dodge’s thunderously supercharged 6.
We could spend the next fourteen thousand words trying to describing the many Hellcat variants and the many ways in which one differed from another, but for the sake of everyone’s sanity we’re going to assume that anyone reading this who is contemplating buying a fast Challenger is already clued up on most, if not all, of the differences. The naming conventions that Dodge went in for with these cars are mind-boggling.
Dodge did put out a commemorative pistol-shift SRT 392 Kowalski Edition in 2011 but they only made ten of them. Fortunately the later cars that we’re looking at here are somewhat more common and therefore easier to find, even in the UK. All gen-three Challengers are left-hand drive but LHD-ness doesn’t mean they’re going to be cheap. Even used 3.6 V6s aren’t much less £30k in Britain and the blown 6.2s are in a completely different league above that.
A small increase in the red line to 6,400rpm helped to lift peak power in the Super Stock model to 807hp and to drop the 0-60 time to a claimed 3.25sec, though the high-sidewall tyres limited the top speed to 168mph. The 2018MY Demon was the tops for grunt though with 840hp and 770lb ft courtesy of its 14.5psi of boost, comprehensive reworking of the engine internals, dual fuel pumps and what Dodge claimed to be the biggest functional bonnet scoop ever.
All Hellcats, Redeyes and Super Stocks were hooked up to an 8-speed TorqueFlite HP90 automatic transmission, although the base model from 2015 to 2021 could be specified with a 6-speed Tremec TR-6060 manual, saving you $3,000 on the automatic. The manual added around half a second to the 0-60mph time in independent testing. It was unavailable for 2022 but then brought back for 2023, the final year of Hellcat production.
Oil cooler lines were vulnerable to splitting on more than a thousand Feb-May 2017 build cars, giving rise to the possibility of oil on your windscreen, not enough oil in your engine, and a potential fire. Upper radiator hoses leaked, usually caused by unsuitable clamps. Charge air pump connectors corroded and there was a recall on the fuel rail crossover. Engine misfires weren’t unheard of and nor were broken valve rocker arms.
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