UPDATED: Did Challenger SRT Hellcat Actually Dyno at 825 HP? Either Way, It Gets Decent Mileage!
2015 Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat Engine. Photo by Seyth Miersma, courtesy of Autoblog.
Updated 9/18/2014: While speculation continues to run wild on the Hellcat’s actual horsepower and emissions status, here is one thing we do know for sure: The Challenger SRT Hellcat gets pretty darn good gas mileage for a 700-plus (or 800-plus, depending on who you believe) horsepower vehicle. The EPA ratings are out, and the Hellcat gets 22 miles-per-gallon highway and 13 miles-per-gallon city when equipped with the eight-speed automatic. The six-speed manual-equipped Challenger SRT Hellcat gets 21 mpg highway/13 mpg city.
Compared to similar cars, that’s good. Read the entire Chrysler press release here.
9/17/2014: Another week, another Hellcat rumor.
While OnAllCylinders tends to stay away from speculation, this is too good to ignore.
Jalopnik is reporting the 2015 Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat actually dyno’d at 825 horsepower. But it has one little problem: emissions.
According to reports, the Hellcat’s powerplant might not be meeting emissions compliance. As the rumor goes, the production version of the Hellcat was detuned from 825 horsepower to its current evaluation of 707 hp in order to meet emissions, but that’s still not happening. Chrysler is currently testing the engine with two sensors the company has never used before—a Mazda mass air flow sensor and wideband O2 sensor.
Of course, none of this is confirmed (it originated from an anonymous Chrysler source to Jalopnik), and Chrysler is being mum on the speculation.
But that has never stopped a car guy from dreaming before, right?
One other juicy tidbit: some speculate Chrysler is considering killing the Viper and allowing the Hellcat to serve as Dodge’s flagship car. There could definitely be something to it considering Dodge is discounting the stagnant Viper by $15,000 to generate sales.
Could you live in a world without the Viper? Would the Hellcat serve as an adequate replacement? Does the 825 horsepower rumor have you salivating yet? Tell us below!
man if I could just get my hands on one of these whistle baby aultimate all time American muscle car what a beauty I would never let it go not to be passed on to the family don’t even care what color to be purple pink whatever long as its a Hellcat I’m happy with it!
Bring Back the Buick Grand National this with a Twin Turbo it would kick the Hellcats A$$!
Riiiiiight. Sure it would.
We’re in the middle of the horsepower wars with the big three nothing is impossible, if gm wanted to build a car to pass the 707 the hc has it wouldn’t be a problem just get someone to sign off on it that’s all!
Gm cant build an engine that would even cone close because chrysler owns the hemi !! The lsx is an ape of mopars big block, identical from 1957. They can just look on in awe !! U r stoned dude……
Yes I could live without the Viper, I would take the Hellcat any day of week, all week. And could take my grandkids in it, can’t in a Viper now can you? So what’s not to like 5 passenger (4 adults) 700+ HP and a 6 speed STD, can you say big people play time!!!!
Ahhhh , Nobody cares about the Viper Because the Corvette bitch slaps it around all day long. And the Challenger is Big Fat and ugly so that will fail as well. To bad Nopar , Just another failed attempt for you losers.
Actually the vet is a hank of crap they spend mote time covered then on the road lol must say though the new vet has some really nice lines other then that it’s still a pretty huck a crap
AAAHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!! There’s No Car Like “MOPAR”!
The truth is delusional,take him out of the fantasy-chamber A.S.A.P.,hope the meds kic-in before a baker-act is mandatory check the vision,and enroll him in the mopar motivation platoon,and the camero donkey-farm ass-kicki’n time!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Its good to see hellcat challenger and dodge viper around they are great cars compare to imports domestic are better for me and american well fabricated
This will come to an end when some idiot buys one for his 16 year old and the kid end up killed in a wreck. The problem is it will kill the Chevrolet and Ford with them.
Still, I’d like to have one. I can’t wait to see how one of these compare on a race course against a Z28. This is what dodge does well. They can’t make a car that handles well, so they dump in a ton of HP to compensate. I love it! I hate it! I must have it!!
Gm cant make a car that looks like anything but shit !! Scumarro guys dont even like the baby scaddilac !!! For gm to build an engine of the hellcat equivalent it would have to have hemi heads. Chrysler owns the copyright and aint sharing. So all u blow tie queers can go suck a blow tie while ur at it….. in nhra phord,shivvvvvy & yoyotta still race the hemi design , the only way they can compete !!!
Dodge needs to take advantage of this opportunity. Off packages on the hellcat. Like a drag pack, acr package, etc make that car fit multiple rolls and this car will dominate in sales