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.

Comments

Sean O'Connell

thicc as fricc

06/28/2017 - 19:06 |
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Anonymous

Hellcat?
More like Hellphat

06/28/2017 - 19:08 |
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Freddie Skeates

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H E L L A T H I C C

06/28/2017 - 19:50 |
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SirJamjaxIsGoingAgain-PeaceOutChaps

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Loooooool

06/28/2017 - 21:58 |
6 | 0
Anonymous

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*Hellfat

06/29/2017 - 02:29 |
10 | 2
Anonymous

Screw the Liberty Walk kit, this is what it’s about

06/28/2017 - 19:09 |
18 | 2
SirJamjaxIsGoingAgain-PeaceOutChaps

Fatter Hell Kitty

06/28/2017 - 19:09 |
152 | 0

More like WIDECAT.

06/28/2017 - 22:40 |
30 | 0
Anonymous

It’s even fatter now. I thought it needed a diet?

06/28/2017 - 19:09 |
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Tomislav Celić

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Wider =/= fat

06/29/2017 - 07:34 |
0 | 0
Dat Incredible Chadkake

Looks at Hellcat article, wonders if Matt Robinson wrote it, sees he did, smiles a little.

06/28/2017 - 19:12 |
40 | 0

I just need a Challenger in my life. Like right now.

06/28/2017 - 19:21 |
92 | 0
5:19.55

So the problem with muscle cars not able to turn was the tyres and not the muscle?

06/28/2017 - 19:25 |
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Raptor867

All those people that spend 50k+ on widebodying there hellcat are annoyed right now

06/28/2017 - 19:30 |
80 | 0

Dodge be like:

06/28/2017 - 20:28 |
82 | 0

THEIR* hellcat, not THERE hellcat.
There’s a difference between THERE and THEIR.

06/30/2017 - 00:00 |
2 | 6
BoostAddict 1

Looks like it should be lowered imo.

06/28/2017 - 19:56 |
8 | 8

I think too

06/28/2017 - 21:47 |
0 | 0
Guillem Fàbregues

Did you mean 0.4g or 0.04g improvement?

06/28/2017 - 20:22 |
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