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Driven by the five SRT performance hallmarks, the new 2015
Dodge Challenger SRT and Challenger SRT with the Hellcat engine
are re-designed and totally re-engineered to be the most true-to-form
muscle coupes on the market with
performance-enhancing technologies inside and out. The Dodge
Challenger SRT Hellcat will feature
the most powerful V-8 engine ever
produced by Chrysler Group – the
supercharged 6.2-liter HEMI V-8.
“The new 2015 Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat is the ultimate
performance muscle car,” said Tim
Kuniskis, President and CEO – Dodge
Brand, Chrysler Group LLC. “Dodge is
the Mainstream Performance brand,
and now combined with SRT, we are
able to unleash a true GT car with an
all-new driver-focused interior and

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the TorqueFlite eight-speed transmission combined with the most powerful V-8 Chrysler has ever produced.
The Challenger Hellcat has been
released!”
The 2015 Dodge Challenger SRT
coupes will be built at the Brampton
(Ont.) Assembly plant. Production is
scheduled to begin in the third quarter of 2014.
Awe-inspiring powertrains
For 2015, the Challenger SRT with a
Hellcat engine is propelled by the
new supercharged 6.2-liter HEMI
V-8. Its 600-plus horsepower rating
will be the highest of any V-8 engine
in Chrysler Group’s celebrated history. The all-new V-8 engine can be
mated with an upgraded six-speed
manual transmission or a beefy, new
TorqueFlite eight-speed automatic
– the first such gearbox ever offered
in the Dodge Challenger SRT’s timehonored segment.

This new HEMI® Hellcat engine is
Dodge and SRT’s first application of
V-8 supercharger technology, delivering the full brand experience with
fresh potency.
The breakthrough supercharged
engine features a forged-steel crankshaft with induction-hardened bearing surfaces. The result is a crank so
well-engineered it can withstand
firing pressures of 110 bar (1,595 psi)
– the equivalent of five family sedans
standing on each piston, every two
revolutions. And its unique, specially
tuned crank damper has been tested
to 13,000 rpm.
High-strength, forged-alloy pistons – developed using advanced telemetry measurement – are coupled
to powder-forged connecting rods
with high-load-capacity bushings
and diamond-like-carbon-coated
piston pins.
The new supercharged 6.2-liter