Dodge Has Made A Widebody Challenger Hellcat And You Want One

Fatter tyres and flared arches have been added to the Challenger Hellcat, resulting in a faster, meaner muscle car
Dodge Has Made A Widebody Challenger Hellcat And You Want One

Believe it or not, the Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat has 275-section rear tyres as standard. Yep, 275mm wide tyres that are given the task of taming 697bhp, something they can’t really do.

It’s no wonder that the Demon - the Hellcat’s big brother - ditches those in favour of beefy 325-section boots front and rear to avoid becoming nothing more than an on-demand burnout machine. Now though, you don’t have to buy a Demon to get a Challenger with fatter tyres, and it’s all thanks to the new SRT Hellcat Widebody.

Dodge Has Made A Widebody Challenger Hellcat And You Want One

It has 305/35/20 Pirelli P Zero hoops stuffed under its newly flared arches, resulting in a 9cm increase in overall width. The arch flares are lifted straight from the Demon, and the 20-inch wheels reference the Hellcat’s sibling. The design is called - ahem - ‘Devil’s Rim’.

The increased contact patch has a marked effect on performance. The Hellcat Widebody lapped a 1.7 mile track two seconds faster than the standard car, completed a standing quarter-mile 0.3sec faster at 10.9 seconds, and is able to hit 0-60mph one tenth faster. It pulls more Gs too, with a lateral skid pan test yielding a result of 0.97g - a 0.4g improvement.

Dodge Has Made A Widebody Challenger Hellcat And You Want One

The Widebody also gets a front splitter borrowed from the Demon, plus a new electronic power steering system that can be adjusted via a set of driving modes.

Interested? It’ll set you back $71,495, $7300 more than a regular Hellcat. It’ll be available to order in July, and will arrive in dealerships during the third quarter of 2017.

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Comments

AnOrangeHellcat

Oh yes I do!

06/28/2017 - 21:09 |
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Griffin Mackenzie

$7300 for a bumper, some new power steering settings, and a bumper? Lmao what

06/28/2017 - 21:11 |
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And a set of new rims and tyres and body kit. Aftermarket eould br like 20k for these stuff

06/28/2017 - 21:46 |
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batman 1

Hellphat

06/28/2017 - 22:13 |
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Anonymous

Dodge is making a challenger for every situation: v6 with awd for the winter, hellcat for spring and summer, Demon for the quarter mile and the hellcat widebody for the track

06/28/2017 - 22:54 |
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Monty4248

In reply to by Anonymous (not verified)

It’ll be slow on track

07/01/2017 - 22:36 |
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Nobody

To the title: not really

06/28/2017 - 23:07 |
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Monty4248

You know what else has 305’s all around? Just saying.

06/28/2017 - 23:35 |
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Anonymous

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06/29/2017 - 00:30 |
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The Retro Guy

What if i dont want one?

06/29/2017 - 04:43 |
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Anonymous

0.4g improvement? No … that will be 0.04g. Otherwise you cannot drive a normal Hellcat faster than a truck trough a corner.

06/29/2017 - 04:53 |
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LEitner

How could it have taken dodge so long to realize that sending 707 (more like 750+) hp trough 2 275’s wasn’t the most brilliant idea?

06/29/2017 - 06:55 |
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