The Dodge Hellcat - History, Major Flaws, and Why It Got Cancelled (2015-2023)
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 12 มิ.ย. 2024
- The supercharged Dodge Hellcats were a hit from Day 1 - oozing with power and good looks in a badass package. They have become an icon for the entire Dodge brand, starring in boisterous commercials and plastered across social media. There are millions of Instagram posts, hundreds of rap lyrics about them, and a quick TH-cam search shows that just about every car enthusiast around the world wants to get their hands on one. It became the dream car for millions of North American teenagers and young adults like myself, replacing the Viper and original muscle cars from 50 years ago that did the same for past generations.
But, as Geoffrey Chaucer wrote in a poem way back in the 1300s, “all good things must come to an end”. And here we are, at the end of the Dodge Charger, Challenger, and Durango Hellcat, as Dodge announced they would no longer be selling them after 2023. In this video, I also go over 7 major flaws and reasons that I felt caused this car to be cancelled. Watch along for a full history of the Hellcat from idea inception in 2011 to its cancellation in 2023!
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SKIP AHEAD:
Intro: 00:00
Development: 02:00
Name & Logo: 04:48
History/Specs (2015-2023):
Price & Lineup: 06:07
Exterior: 07:25
Interior: 11:10
Performance: 12:34
Flaws and Reasons for Cancellation: 16:40
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We should all be thankful we lived in this second muscle car era.
It’s still going for GM and Ford. Dodge just didn’t want money anymore
I'll be thankful when this green bullshit bankrupts Dodge for bending the knee.
@@jimmygee3219 not for long. The government is putting extreme taxes on the manufacturing of 8 cylinder engines.
@@PumpndumpTrump eh, not really. They tax average fuel economy over a brand’s entire line up. An EV in the mix and maybe a newer generation of V8s over the current very long in the teeth options could have gone a long way towards that
same here and was able to see them in the show room and be able to buy one new .be the org owner ,todays tech = MPG daily drive them , we can take our kids or grand kids out for burn outs and cars and coffee /hot coco, my dream car collection viper, srt8 ,trx , hellcat , 300 srt, 392 wrangler , track hawk , demon , charger hellcat
Sucks that these rides will be discontinued at the end of the year, we will miss them
Will be plenty of salvage title used examples to go around foryears to come
@@CRAPO2011 there are plenty of good used examples too they're not all wrecked believe it or not.
I own 2 of them and I’m never letting them go.
I only own one and it’s a 2015 challenger 😢 I wanted a 2019 M6 in the B5 blue and I was going to get a 2017 instead I settled for a 2015. It was impulsive and I wish I would’ve waited a little longer
2010 and a 2019 is what I got now
I have a 2009 Chrysler 300 C heritage edition. Do you think that will be worth money one day?
I got enough with the death of the Viper and now this? It's gonna be a sad day when this beautiful era ends.
The death of the Viper really hurt but *this* still stings a lot.
I kept playing the first part over and over. It's like music to my ears. Going to miss these cars. So iconic.
Surprised. The Chrysler 300 never got a hellcat model. But there alot of hellcat swap 300's out there.
Yeah they should have done a limited run of 100. Why the hell not, they got the parts and they’re made in the same factory. Would have set the internet on fire and they would have sold 100 of them easily within 10 minutes.
Still won't be worth the same as my genuine 2014 srt 300
@@Welcometofacsistube it’s not art to hang on a wall. It’s always about the ride. Remember it’s called driving.
Can’t wait to see what the Last call is gonna be.
My sadness of no more Hellcats (or Hemis) is overtaking my excitement for that car haha
I understand that dodge went through compliance cost & environmental regulations. They can go hybrid. Take those hemi v8s and hellcats add a hybrid technology to it, just like the new 2024 chevy corvette e-ray. You don't just jump from gas to electric. You go from gas, hybrid and electric.
I agree 1000% I remember when hybrid mixes was a thing,it still works
Dodge doesn't have the capital plus its an aging platform based off an old Mercedes Benz platform..time to pull the plug on these boats and soon the TRX..
They can't, that car already weighs a little bit over 2 tons (More than a BMW M5 Competition Package from today and with 4WD), so adding an Electric will add at least 250kg (I think it's like over 500 pounds in wrong measurements lol)
Doesn’t make sense does it?
@@johnblack4915 wrong, these companies have more money than you can imagine.
Hellcat, we will miss you ❤. In Europe these cars are very rare. I love them so much.
But with Ford keeping the V8 with the new gen Stang, and GM that put 1 billion on the table for a new pushrod V8, things can be different if Dodge lose too much money without V8 in the line up. The only problem for me is Stellantis who is more Europe and EV based for the future
If you ever had driven a hellcat, you would never touch a mustang or Chevy.
Dodge challenger hellcat is a different feeling that can’t be explained till you drive it
@@Sheer_TaziehMustang is better.
It's odd that Chrysler/Dodge, unlike most car companies, had NO hybrid/electric cars all these years. And now they're completely abandoning IC engines for their muscle cars. While Ford, which has offered hybrid/electric cars for years, will continue with powerful ICE V8 engines for its new Mustang. What's wrong with this picture?????
I’ve said elsewhere. Chrysler as a brand has an identity crisis with no east answer. It would have been really easy to make that an EV brand and Dodge can keep going with cars that are still selling. Could still have done the Charger EV too. Missed opportunity
Doesn’t make sense right? It’s political. Many major corporations are falling in line. There are a lot of people heavily invested into China.
It's because of the merger with Peugeot and the creation of Stellantis. Chrysler/Dodge is no longer calling the shots
They where forced to gulp the EV pill by ESG scores
Chrysler has a long history of being behind Ford and GM when things are changing in the auto world. Chrysler has always had a thing for being a company that wants to be unlike others.
Chrysler was late with responding to the personal luxury market. The Cordoba was introduced at the peek of time before the market began to slowly shrink and cars were downsized a few years later. Chrysler was lacking in the economy car market during the 1970s. There was the Dodge Colt, but it didn't get the attention Ford, GM, Honda, and Toyota got. The Dodge Durango was introduced once the Chevy S10 Blazer, Jeep XJ Cherokee, and Ford Explorer had already been in production.
There's many more vehicles Chrysler's brands have introduced that are late in the segment.
Truly appreciate you mentioned the SVT GT500. It was the whole reason we get these high hp wars from these American Manufacturers.
Dodge pushing everything to the next level gave us hp wars.
Sad to have witnessed in history, TWICE, in MY lifetime, the death of TWO of the sweetest muscle car era`s.
Nothing will ever replace the sounds and roars of a built HP V8 gasoline engine twisting high RPM`s.
You little kids have fun with your little electric toys. The price it will cost you, will be SHOCKING!
😥I'm sad to see those hellcats discontinued forever.😥
Meh. When this ev bs dies the hemi will be back. Mark my words
@@Welcometofacsistube Agree 100%
@@Welcometofacsistube I hope so. I really hope the Mopar community doesn't fall for this EV crap and Dodge has no choice but to revamp the V8 again, even if its gotta be hybrid. Ford and Chevy has proven that the V8 isn't dead
TH-cam remind of this comment in 30 years!
I know brother and it breaks my heart
Nobody that buys these cars is going to buy an electric. I own a 392 Challenger not only for HP and torque but also for the feel, sound and nostalgia. Yes electrics are faster and have instant torque but they are soulless. I also like to fuel up and go in 5 minutes instead of having to sit for an hour at a fast charge station.
Or just charge over night because most people don’t make long trips
No soul
No fun
No ownership
No repairs
No independence
No freedom
My 2021 Widebody Challenger Hellcat Redeye sticker was $95000+. All options minus sunroof and hood clips. There was no dealer markup. It’s an amazing car!
I assume you’re a boomer?
@@anonymousonly3382 wtf does age have anything to do with it, whelp?
Got mine for 58k 2017 n just did a widebody and upper pullly n tell people I have a 2022 red 👁
@@Snipergange this right here is the way to go. They almost didn’t change one damn thing aside from a few parts here and there but you’re paying almost DOUBLE for the same engine, chassis etc. I’d rather have a 2017 and make it look like a 2023. Nobody would know the damn difference. Good to know there’s other geniuses like me lol
Salute to the Mopar brotherhood and thank you Dodge for 6.4 Hemi SRT Hellcat , 6.2 SRT Demon, Scat Pack Hellcat , Jailbreak, Trailhawk, 6.4 392 Hemi V8, I don't to forget 5.7 Hemi R/T now days it seems to be forgotten because did not advertise it as much from 2015 to the present the 5.7 Hemi RT was the muscle that build the Hellcat
The Trailhawk never had a HEMI, so don't you mean the Grand Cherokee SRT Trackhawk.
Dodge just said "we don't care" and brought these cars to market. They're amazing cars that turn heads everywhere! I have an amazing, optioned out '21 Charger SPWB. You do have to pay to play but a Hellcat WB is $20K (yikes!) outside my comfort zone 😬
Such an AWESOME overview. I learned a TON. Thank you for posting!
This is one move Dodge will regret
A decision they were forced to make!? I'm sure they are dreading this but the EPA is making them and all car companies do it.
@@Modine. Ford is keeping their V8 Mustangs, in fact the next Gen launches this year
@@OzziesRobots I've seen the next gen mustangs but there's an excellent chance it will be the last ice version before the mustang becomes an ev.
How they gonna regret a decision they were forced to make 🫤
@@OzziesRobots ford isn’t owned by stellantis
I am sad but at least I own a single cab ram with a 5.7 hemi f*** EVs
Like your videos. Have you ever considered doing a video of a cars complete history? Like the Charger from its beginning in 66 through its rough years in the 70s becoming an economy car in the 80s then returns as a 4 door muscle car in the 2000s? Something like that. Or doing videos on other Mopars like the Polara, Satellite, Coronet, Fury or the original Magnum from the late 70s? I think it would be cool.
I got a 2021 charger RT, it’s no Hellcat or even Scat Pack, but it’s still the modern classic hemi v8 that came with the return of the charger back in 2005. After 2023, it will be a classic no doubt, I’m glad I got my hands on one exactly a year ago. 💯
Sucks to see that most of them will be in CoPart within a few months
Excellent video man! Would love to see a similar one for the scat pack
Exceedingly thought out and informative, thank you. As an owner of a 2018 Hellcat I'd sure like to know the difference between my intake and a 2019's intake, Does it really add 10 hp? Oh and what other internal parts and pieces as well. Great send off!
Really well done video sir! I have a Scatpack Challenger which I love to drive. I'm sad Ill prob never get a Hellcat
I work at Towbin Dodge Ram in Henderson NV we’re #1 in the nation for Dodge and Ram …. Great video‼️💪🏾
The F6F was used by the Navy from 1943 to 1945 as their primary carrier fighter. The fighter on the carriers in '42 was the F4F-3, and F4F-4 Wildcat. Also 27 Liters is 2,804 in Cubic Inches. One more thing, the Hellcat's air combat record was 19:1 with 305 pilots becoming Aces. Plus, the Royal Navy flew Hellcat's from the decks of their carriers, under the original british name of Gannet F-1.
That was a great tribute!
Thanks for another great video. I just placed my order for a 2023 Challenger Scat Pack Widebody Shaker. It will be nice company for my 22 Charger Scat Pack Widebody.
I would definitely do that to have them both!
You will own nothing, and you will be happy about it.
And 2030 is approaching fast!!
Waited so long for this!👌
Surprised you didn’t mention the huge flaw that TH-camr Uncle Tony’s Garage pointed out with these engines which is the camshafts are designed too high & suffers from oil starvation thus causing rounded cam lobes plus collapsed hydraulic lifters😢
I think Dodge made a real mistake. These cars keep selling very well. They should have built a new chassis, with more tech, new interior, lighter with a redesign and put the HEMI in it.
Who knows, maybe HEMI option will be available in 2025 with the new Charger/Challenger
Nope😄
It's because Stellantis owns it now. Dodge no longer calls the shots.
@3644Darrell SRT group has been disbanded for 3yrs its over
You know an I6 Charger is in the works
Seriously , the fact that FCA made this car available for 9 years + is amazing and already charity to the car community. If you didn’t reward that with a purchase or any of its other awesome competitors you never really were into cars that much. 😊 I can’t wait to see what’s next with their EVs as that market could DEF use a little more American muscle attitude 👍
If the Hellcat never made production. Dodge would have been dead
I had the driveshaft issue on my 2016 Challenger SP. Sounded like a warped brake rotor on my front passenger side. They have to replace the whole driveshaft as the carrier bearing connecting the two pieces can’t be replaced itself. Car only had about 15,000 miles on it. Wasn’t under warrant either.
LMAO sounds like a Stellantis product a dude at my job bought a jeep for 50K with 15k miles and he needed spark plugs and something was leaking 😂 build quality is trash
Sick cars! Kudos to Dodge for having the balls to produce them. Legendary!👏🏾🔥
I don't understand why so much dislike for the cloth seats. My Scat Pack has them, are very comfortable, and I'm glad they gave customers that option on Hellcats as well. If I were to factory order one I'd go with them 10 out of 10 times. And I'm sure I'm not the only one.
I want am EV muscle car!!! Said nobody ever!!
I dont care how much speed or power an electric car will make.
I’m keeping my hellcat jailbreak because it makes “noise”
Not everything is power and speed. Saying that, hellcat gives me a lots of those two anyway :)
Yeah I wanted one when they first came out but had just retired and just couldn't afford it
Thanks environmentalists.
Also thank the libtards as well.
Thanks black Rock
Love my challenger shaker I’ll never sell it ever
What has kept me from ever buying one is how often they are stolen with Dodge seemingly could care less. Otherwise they would of done something to make it more difficult to steal. Other issue is reliability there are numerous complaints from owners of how many times the car breaks down and needs to be brought back to dealer to get fixed.
Park it in your garage and don’t leave it in the ghetto easy fix be accountable
@@alfredosauce2798 yeah they going into peoples garages and stealing it there
A real problem...
@@alfredosauce2798 this is America, the entire country is a ghetto
Good video 🥰
Thank you, I do not have telegram, though
Canceled because these corporations are completely out of touch with the consumer. I’m still so upset the new charger concept is a coupe. Whole damn reason I owned a charger was because it’s a SEDAN
Does anyone know around what date would be the last date to order them in 2023?
Sometime December 1,2,3
never thought u would have to make this video🥲 from 2015 to now u put me on to dodge
I mean they made LOTS of hellcats… Mass produced… prices wont go crazy like C7 ZR1 prices… so dont be worried if you want one… youll get to have one.
Last Call models already projected to hit $100k over msrp.
I hope everyone in the comments gets to have their dream car one day. I’m never letting mine go, unless some idiot hits me. Nothing beats the feeling of being behind the wheel of a hellcat and banging gears while the blower whines and exhaust screams. It makes even my shitty days better, because i just go for a drive.
Miles of smiles!😄
Im a mustang guy but these are some fantastic cars and im happy to have been part of the last muscle car competition between these manufacturers. We will soon be telling stories about these street monsters to kids who only grew up on EV’s.
Lucky enough to own a 2022 widebody wish dodge could of kept going with these at least for another 2 years or so
Same , I love mine 💪
Compliance costs totalling billion$ each year. That was the death blow.
We should be and thank you i was 18 when i got a 440 Barracuda i fell in love it was a different beast. ❤❤❤❤
I'm a Ford guy and I'll be the first to say Dodge had no flaws with the Hellcats at all.
Great video bro.
Did he mention the rearends blowing out? Did these cars also inherited the infamous Hemi tick?
Dodge should just keep hellcat around longer because they can make money off of it like they were when it first came out
That corvette hybrid on my bucket list
funny how so many talked shit about the hellcat but every mustang and camaro used it as a benchmark.
At 6:12 the chart lists a convertible hellcat. Is that going to be made?
Yes late 2022 and 2023 you can order a convertible Hemi (R/T and up) for $25,999 extra from the dealer. They ship it to drop top customs who does the convertible job and sends back to the dealer
Ngl this almost made me cry because just knowing the fact that I will never be able to drive my dream car R.I.P challenger and charger hellcats 😕😕😕😕
Peel off on the jakes, peel off on the cops, peel off in a swerve
The weight is unnecessarily ridiculous. They are death proof tanks though. Someone not me, allegedly put one into a concrete wall at allegedly over 135mph and was completely unharmed.
Those fender flares are way overpriced. Aftermarket is the way to go there
There’s more to the wide body than the flares
I had a gt 500 but changed to srt like a year ago
Since Dodge is in the business of shock value, they should add a convertible option for the Durango Hellcat. That would be a fun ride out if hell for the family.
I get 17 mpg
$5.20 per gallon shell premium here in Los Angeles
$90 per tank
He said rap lyrics your killing me man
It got canceled cause of the green new deal.
I will miss these horsepower beasts so much. The LX Dodges are what a muscle car was like during the golden era. Powerful, spacious, comfortable, fast, fun, loud, straight-line speed, drifting, donuts. They also have the perfect retro exterior designs of a muscle car from the golden era.
I understand how CAFE is costing Dodge too much, even though Dodge has been successful with sales of the Hellcats.
As for flaws, aside from the parts issues on earlier models, the weight of the Charger and Challenger Hellcats is a disappointment.
Prices on all Hellcats should rise quickly by 2030 due to their love and demand by fans and enthusiasts. But we shall see how many will be remaining by 2040. I can just imagine how many will be and already have been totaled.
The hellcat is the most successful car to get cut cus of emissions
Most powerful "factory" sedan
2009 hellcat redeye??? Who saw this mistake
Dammit there’s always 1 or 2 😅
Flaw?!!! The only flaw I see is Dodge taking away all the fun! Damn M/F ers!
Truly a death throw of the combustion engine🔥
@Scott B why do y’all keep saying this y’all act like everyone is gonna have an EV next year,,, by 2030 the amount of EVs that’s gonna be on the road is gonna be like around 50 or 40 percent,, and we still got enough years to produce a lot of power for the infrastructure to handle EVs,,, current they can handle EVs cause there isnt a lot of EVs on the road,,, and it’s not like the infrastructure isn’t gonna grow as EVs grow cause that wouldn’t be practical…
GM put 1 billion to build a new pushrod V8
Dodge is type of brand that could revive the HEMI later. They discontinued them after 2023 and you can’t even order one due to high demand from customer, so they will make bucks of this situation. The only problem is Stellantis and their EVs illusion
@@jerelle_ talk to a couple of ev owners and I promise you will realize the sh!+ this govt is about to put us through. We don’t have the grid to support what they’re pushing.
@@jerelle_ i agree it’s what they believe is happening. It’s why they are producing monsters but at the end the icu will never die and will be around a lot longer than some governments believe or want for their globalists needs.
Sucks that I can’t afford one yet
We can only see what happens if chevy back in the game with they V8s dodge hemis gonna be an asset cause no more of them being built but in crates so hopefully we’ll see
I’m happy I have a German Hellcat. I ain’t never letting it go
All that and you didn’t even mention the track hawk
The government ruins everything 😢
May as well discontinue Dodge altogether
Glaring visual difference that is a dead giveaway a car is a hellcat was overlooked my guy…. Hellcats don’t have fog lights and instead have air intakes where the fog lights are in lower models
The reason Stellantis cancelled has nothing to do with anything discussed in this video. It has everything to do with their EPA and branding world wide. All their big motor cars where bringing down their fuel economy as a brand, and that hurt world sales. Full stop.
hopefully i’ll be able to own a few in some years :/
Dammit this sucks! 😔
Sad I never owned one all I own rn is a 2018 dodge charger gt 😓ion think imma make enough to get it this last year they making em oh well
Hopefully, the Charger will be still around with a 4 door model and the Hurricane 6 cylinder engine.
Someone please wake me from this nightmare!!!! We can't live in a world devoid of new screaming HEMI's!!!!! To hell with EV's long live V8's!!!!!
Just any screaming engine 😢
The sweet sound of a BMW straight 6, AMG v8’s the sweet sound of a Porsche or a Ferrari, as well as good old American muscle. It will all be gone soon.
goodbye dodge you revolutionized the car world and will be sorely missed
Actually Shelby did
Politics are what killed the amazing cars. 👺
❤
performance part of the video is just engine specs, 0-60, quarter mile, and top speed. considering the price brackets these have crept into its kind of a disappointment
Not really cause they sold more of em. The gt500 were going for 110k+ vs redeyes that were 30k cheaper😂
I am beyond pissed we never saw a Hellcat Pacifica.
I am not a Mopar fan.
Every single person I know with a Chrysler product has had issues. Their minivans, sedans, trucks. Its truely amazing how they still can't build a reliable car after decades of building cars. Some of these issues have been very dangerous like a family friends Town and Country just losing all power on highways. They truely do no care for their customers. But Mopar lovers must be masochists or something. But I guess yall do yall
But a performance muscle minivan would have been the coolest thing in the history of the automotive world.
Hellcat isn’t going away till 2025…
I could be wrong but I think dodge miss read the market the ppl buying hellcats aren’t gonna buy EVs… regardless of power muscle car ppl just aren’t gonna buy EVs…
🙏🙏🙏 come to an end
"Dodge feels like they can't catch them with gas engines"
That's a load of bull and they know it. There's dudes at the strip with suped up cars that squash EVs all the time. ICE vehicles still have a ton of untapped potential. On top of that, why try and compete with a car that's not even in the same catagory? Focus on what you do best and continue doing what you do.
Exactly mate and besides Teslas are useless anyway.
All smoke, no results.
Naw you just won’t be able to buy brand new . But they’ll still and always be around 😁 buy used and rebuild baby ✊happy af I got one . And I’ll hold on to that shit always
I’ll never give up my kitty for a electric car #🐈⬛🐈⬛🐈⬛
It got canceled because they had to stop making ice cars for the electric car movement. You make it sound like they didn’t sell and had to cancel.