Is a Used Dodge Hellcat the Perfect Hell-Raising Ride?
With great horsepower, comes a massive tire bill. Two years after the 2013 Ford Mustang Shelby GT500 seemed to punctuate the horsepower wars, Dodge and Tim Kuniskis unleashed the Challenger SRT Hellcat on American streets.
A 707-horsepower lesson in the delightfully unnecessary. And now, 10 years later, you can get a used Dodge Hellcat without breaking the bank.
If you love horsepower and have an utter indifference to traction, you might be considering a used Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat or Charger SRT Hellcat.
- The SRT models produced 707 horsepower when they first rolled off the line.
- The non-Demon models made up to 807 horsepower.
For those who want to grab a gear, the supercharged Challenger models could be had with a six-speed manual transmission. The rest offered surprisingly smooth-shifting eight-speed ZF automatic gearboxes.
With some sticky tires and a prepped surface, even an early Hellcat is properly quick.
Author's summary: Get a used Dodge Hellcat for a hell-raising ride.