Manoli Katakis 
With powerful billionaires and politicians safely deplaned from their G650 private jets after flying across the world to attend the 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference, having decreed the rules for thee, hundreds of Automotive Media Professionals™ have similarly flew across America to the 2021 Los Angeles Auto Show last week to gawk at a new electric minivan with a rotating touchscreen. But because we care about the environment, MC&T decided to stay in Michigan where the November cold keeps out the weak, and thus covered the auto show from afar. And with that said, there is news that environmentalist mandates and corporate policies set forth by those flying in private jets aim to squeeze your right to buy a 707 horsepower Dodge Hellcat V8 engine.
Dodge Hellcat V8 Engine: 2015-2024
According to Joel Feder at Motor Authority, Dodge CEO Tim Kuniskis has confirmed that the Hellcat V8 engine will see its end by the end of 2023, nine years after the 707 horsepower engine was originally introduced in 2014 for the 2015 model year.
Cats are said to have nine lives, and nine years is all that the people get from factory Hellcat muscle cars. Is it some sort of metaphorical play? Or is it just how things have played out? Coming from the folks in Auburn Hills, whom are the industry masters of a good easter egg, we won’t leave out the former. But listening to their French overlords that make up the Stellantis senior management team, we understand that each of the company’s 15 brands selling both in America and abroad have to prove their worth by selling electric vehicles, and performing well in the marketplace in the process.
For the Dodge brand, which has done incredible things in the past decade to define what it means to drive an American performance vehicle, have largely used the halo effect of the Hellcat V8 to do it. Tim Kuniskis noted in the report that the cars could still meet emissions requirements with the Charger and Challenger, unlike the short-lived Durango SRT Hellcat, but Stellantis doesn’t seem too fond of spending more money on carbon credits on anything that isn’t a Ram pickup truck.
The Performance Legacy Of The Dodge Charger And Challenger Hellcats
For the money, there was nothing that came close to offering the kind of power one could find in a Dodge Charger SRT Hellcat or Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat. It continues to be that way, and the vehicles have only gotten more effective over time. Each and every Hellcat Charger and Challenger muscle car is sold as a widebody now, which helps all of that power find the pavement, and improves lateral grip. And that’s just the beginning. Should customers seek more power, there’s the Dodge Charger and Challenger SRT Hellcat Redeye models, kicking out 797 horsepower. Opt for the Jailbreak upgrade on the 2022 models, and that jumps to 807 horsepower, just like the Challenger Super Stock.
Two more years left. Then they’re history.
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