Prepare For Shredded Tyres: A Chrysler 300 'Hellcat' Is Happening
Fan of the 6.2-litre Hellcat Hemi V8? We’ve some good news for your - it’s going to be stuffed into the snout of the Chrysler 300 late next year.
Chrysler will be the third FCA brand to use the 697bhp unit, after Dodge (Challenger and Charger SRT Hellcat) and Jeep (Grand Cherokee Trackhawk). And yes, it - along with the rest of the 300 range - will still be built on the LX platform, originally derived from the W211 Mercedes, otherwise known as the E-Class from two generations ago.
A 300 replacement based on Alfa Romeo’s fancy new Giorgio platform has been cancelled in favour of a range of updates including the addition of the Hellcat engine, reports Automotive News, but there’s plenty of new blood on the way to fill Chrysler’s currently sparse stable.
The first to follow the 300 ‘Hellcat’ will be a new front-wheel drive midsize crossover in 2019. After that there’ll be a facelifted Pacifica minivan in 2020, and finally a full-size, three-row SUV that may revive the ‘Aspen’ name will arrive in 2021.
They all sound lovely, but we’ll stick with the shouty, supercharged V8 300, thanks…
Source: Automotive News
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I swear Americans must consume 90% of the world’s tires…
Most of America can’t afford to burn money by burning tires.
All that unnecessary horsepower…
no horsepower is unnecessary.
That’s the point
Is Oprah the manager of the sports division of Chrysler? “You get a hellcat, and you get a hellcat, and you get a hellcat. Everybody gets a hellcat!”
I don’t see a bad thing about that.
Chrysler nowadays be like:
Can we have a 300 Demon too? Please? 😆
Let’s just go back to all wooden and wheels so we can have a campfire starter
Next up: PT Cruiser Hellcat.
After that: Avenger Hellcat.
It’s been seven years since the PT Cruiser went out of production. I think you meant Dodge Grand Caravan Hellcat
I just got an idea…
We need a Ram hellcat
I predict a Dodge Ram Hellcat
There’s a dealership that will sell you a Hellcat Ram.
http://www.roadandtrack.com/car-culture/buying-maintenance/news/a30147/hellcat-ram-truck/
They already did it 10 years ago by putting the Viper’s engine into the Ram’s engine bay: the result was a V10 Ram and it was a production vehicle.
They call it “demon and hellcat” cause they kill their tires as if they were burning in hell
Whats the deal with you guys and the “697 hp” thing?
What’s the point of this when there is the Charger Hellcat? Would that not mean FCA competing with FCA for sales of a fast saloon (sorry, ‘sedan’)?
I somehow thought the same. It’s cool, but a bit useless.