2015 Dodge Challenger SRT with 600-hp Hemi Hellcat Debuts

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Dodge president and CEO Tim Kuniskis introduces the new 2015 Dodge Challenger SRT with the new supercharged

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00:00 (car engine revving)

00:02 This car is not for everybody.

00:04 This is the extreme example of the performance muscle cars.

00:08 You do a car like this, not to be subtle.

00:12 You do a car like this to send a message to the industry

00:15 on who you are, what you are, and what you're all about.

00:18 (upbeat music)

00:20 The first thing that makes the Hellcat so special

00:29 is the most obvious thing, is the supercharger.

00:32 We've never offered a factory supercharged Hemi.

00:36 I mean, this is the ultimate performance V8.

00:38 The command of power you have

00:40 with your accelerator foot is unbelievable.

00:43 I've never driven a V8 car

00:44 that has this performance on the road.

00:46 We started with a 392 Hemi

00:48 and upgraded over 90% of the components in the engine

00:52 to create all of this torque and horsepower.

00:54 Ultimately, we delivered a Hemi engine

00:56 with 6.2 liters of supercharged power.

00:59 It handles as well as any SRT product.

01:04 There's a unique brake system

01:05 that comes with the supercharged car.

01:07 We have an adjustable suspension,

01:08 unique springs, unique sway bars,

01:10 and there's an eight-speed automatic.

01:12 And then the manual transmission

01:14 is an adaptation of the Viper transmission,

01:17 and that's to deal with the high speed

01:18 and the extra horsepower.

01:19 When you have a vehicle of this magnitude of power,

01:25 we take on that much more responsibility

01:27 in trying to have it to just be

01:29 the most sinister-looking vehicle on the road,

01:32 but it's all functional.

01:33 We spent 35% more wind tunnel time

01:36 than we ever have developing this car

01:38 because of the top speed.

01:40 So it really has to maximize every square inch

01:43 to help the engine breathe.

01:44 We actually went so far as to have a Ram air intake

01:48 in the front headlamp.

01:49 In the back, with the unique rear spoiler,

01:51 our new 1971-inspired tail lamps,

01:54 those monster 20 by nine and a half inch wheels

01:58 beyond right to the edge,

01:59 really plants the back end of the vehicle.

02:01 So when you're coming up on a car,

02:03 you'll know what it is.

02:04 - Working on the 2015 Challenger,

02:08 we had to look back to the past.

02:09 We had to look to a '71.

02:11 So from the brow area to the radial face gauges,

02:14 to our trapezoid console,

02:16 you get this heritage ploy.

02:18 We were able to add Laguna seats,

02:19 finished in sepia.

02:21 One of the best parts is the high bolstering.

02:23 You're gonna need that when you're cornering

02:25 and you have the high G-forces.

02:26 You're gonna feel planted in the seat.

02:28 - We have two key fobs that are available in the car.

02:31 It comes with a black key fob

02:32 that's kind of the standard setting.

02:34 And then we have a special key fob, the red key fob,

02:36 and that allows you the maximum horsepower

02:39 that the car can deliver.

02:41 - If you think about a Challenger,

02:43 this is more than 95% of the performance enthusiasts

02:47 in the world will ever need.

02:49 But there's that guy out there.

02:50 There's that 5% of the enthusiast population

02:53 that want more.

02:54 They want more horsepower.

02:55 They want more handling.

02:56 They want more braking.

02:58 They want more aggressive styling.

02:59 So for that 5%, we have the SRT Hellcat.

03:03 (car engine roaring)

03:06 (car engine roaring)

03:12 (car engine roaring)

03:15 (wind blowing)

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