Dodge shocked the world when it announced that the Challenger and Charger Hellcat would make 707 horsepower from a 6.2-liter supercharged V-8. It almost didn't happen, though. In fact, if it weren't for a certain Ford Mustang, the Hellcat would have had only around 600 horsepower.

Initially, Dodge engineers targeted the Hellcat V-8's output at 600 horsepower, but when FCA executives first got word of the 662-hp... [Read More]

The Hellcat is a triumph of engineering bravado over common sense, a Hemi V-8 so powerful that eyeballs rolled when Dodge announced the engine in 2014.

Seven hundred and seven horsepower? Yeah, right; maybe for 10 to 15 seconds, before nanny software stepped in to protect the engine. I wasn't sure Fiat Chrysler would actually build the Hellcat, but if it did, I expected the car would be completely undriveable,... [Read More]

It’s one thing hacking the roof off a regular Challenger V6, but doing so on a limited production Hellcat that spits out 707 horses and is capable of a ¼ mile run in the low 11s, well, let’s just say it’s not for the fainthearted.

The pictured Dodge Challenger Hellcat... [Read More]