Prepare For Shredded Tyres: A Chrysler 300 'Hellcat' Is Happening

Chrysler is set to get some long overdue additions to its rather empty stable, including new crossovers and a Hellcat-engined 300
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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Comments

Nishant Dash

I swear Americans must consume 90% of the world’s tires…

09/19/2017 - 11:12 |
74 | 2

Most of America can’t afford to burn money by burning tires.

09/19/2017 - 13:06 |
4 | 0
Nishant Dash

All that unnecessary horsepower…

09/19/2017 - 11:15 |
66 | 8

no horsepower is unnecessary.

09/19/2017 - 11:25 |
20 | 4

That’s the point

09/19/2017 - 11:56 |
4 | 0
GregK

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!”

09/19/2017 - 11:18 |
136 | 2
Anton 3

In reply to by GregK

I don’t see a bad thing about that.

09/19/2017 - 13:26 |
20 | 0
B-To

In reply to by GregK

Chrysler nowadays be like:

09/19/2017 - 14:53 |
38 | 2
Anonymous

Can we have a 300 Demon too? Please? 😆

09/19/2017 - 11:19 |
28 | 0
RustX7 2.0

Let’s just go back to all wooden and wheels so we can have a campfire starter

09/19/2017 - 11:21 |
2 | 2
German Perfectionist

Next up: PT Cruiser Hellcat.

09/19/2017 - 11:21 |
300 | 4

After that: Avenger Hellcat.

09/19/2017 - 11:53 |
20 | 0

It’s been seven years since the PT Cruiser went out of production. I think you meant Dodge Grand Caravan Hellcat

09/19/2017 - 11:58 |
96 | 6

We need a Ram hellcat

09/20/2017 - 07:14 |
8 | 2
TheRealBouss

I predict a Dodge Ram Hellcat

09/19/2017 - 11:30 |
28 | 0

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.

09/19/2017 - 16:38 |
20 | 0
dmackster1124

They call it “demon and hellcat” cause they kill their tires as if they were burning in hell

09/19/2017 - 11:31 |
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Anonymous

Whats the deal with you guys and the “697 hp” thing?

09/19/2017 - 11:46 |
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Anonymous

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’)?

09/19/2017 - 11:58 |
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Olivier (CT's grammar commie)

In reply to by Anonymous (not verified)

I somehow thought the same. It’s cool, but a bit useless.

09/19/2017 - 16:40 |
0 | 0