--- title: Meet the Dodge Hellcat, a Growling Piece of Fun description: This car is perfect for drag racing with the kids on the way to Grandma's house. authors: - name: Bill Saporito url: https://money.com/author/bill-saporito/ at_money_since: 2014 articles: 3 covers: - Lifestyle - Investing - Shopping social: - https://x.com/bilsap former_staff: true - name: Turner Cowles url: https://money.com/author/turner-cowles/ at_money_since: 2014 articles: 24 covers: - Lifestyle - Career Advice - Economy and Politics - Education - Housing - Investing - Mortgages - Personal Finance - Retirement - Technology social: - https://x.com/tgcowles former_staff: true published: '2015-06-26T10:30:57.000Z' modified: '2020-07-07T10:42:54.000Z' section: Lifestyle tags: - 707 HP - Autos - charger - dodge - dodge charger srt - dodge hellcat - Hellcat - High Octane - horsepower - video word_count: 414 canonical: https://money.com/meet-the-dodge-hellcat-a-growling-piece-of-fun/ type: Article source: structured-blocks --- > **Disclosure:** We research all brands listed and may earn a fee from our partners. Research and financial considerations may influence how brands are displayed. Not all brands are included. [Learn more](https://money.com/page/disclaimer/). ![Hellcat homepage gif](https://img.money.com/2015/06/hellcat-homepage-gif.gif) Do you throw the kids in the back and go drag racing with them on the way to Grandma’s? Do you try to get out of the drive-through window at Starbucks in under half a second? I’m not really sure what Chrysler was thinking when it greenlighted the 707-horsepower Dodge Charger SRT Hellcat. And I’m really sure I don’t care—because this car is one growling piece of fun. Yes, the Hellcat bolts off the line like a cheetah locked on an antelope, as in 0 to 60 mph in 3.5 secs. Your trip to 100 mph takes just a trice longer. Feeling the g-forces, which you can track on the instrument panel, just adds to these briefest of pleasure trips. Chalk it up to the 6.2-liter, supercharged V-8 Hemi engine. It’s the biggest power plant to wear the Hemi badge in a production car—by comparison, note that NASCAR is running at 725 hp this season. A few more horses and you and Dale Jr. are trading paint, right? Not really. Let’s face it: You’re not going to spend most of your time driving over the speed limit, and certainly not at 200 mph. Even on a track, this beastie will spend most of its life under 150 mph. The big surprise in this package—and a genius rationalization for buying one—is that the badass-looking Hellcat is an absolute pussycat at highway speeds. The car is relaxed, comfortable with its lower-speed self. Why? The tach is reading 1,200 rpm, meaning the engine isn’t breaking a sweat, even if you are getting twitchy to floor it. When you combine with the car’s racing suspension and powerful Brembo brakes, you actually get the ultimate cruise machine: a rock-solid and quiet ride. And those seats. Money’s test car, a don’t-mess-with-me shade of black, had tan leather seats that reminded me of a beautiful baseball glove. It was like sitting in the pocket of a classic leather Wilson or Spalding, but ready to be slung forward like a Nolan Ryan-Randy Johnson-Aroldis Chapman fastball. Drawbacks? Sure. Feed the kitty with high-test gas and you’ll get maybe 20 mpg on the highway. We averaged in the mid-teens. And in addition to feeding those horses all that gasoline, you’ll pay close to $100 per horse for the Hellcat version, which in our test car included extras such as a power sunroof and a very good Uconnect 8.4-in. touchscreen infotainment system. 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