2021 Dodge Durango SRT Hellcat & Charger SRT Hellcat Redeye | MotorWeek First Drive
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- Dodge is upping the high performance ante this year with the 2021 Durango SRT Hellcat, and the 2021 Charger SRT Hellcat Redeye. We were fortunate enough to get invited to North Carolina where we got to take both of these powerhouses on a leisurely cruise through the countryside, as well as put them through their paces on the track.
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The hellcat engine is like franks red hot to dodge, they put that shit on everything!
I wanted to see a 0-60 in each and a drag race... this video did not do these vehicles justice
These are two vehicles that are on my list of favorites! I would love to have one or both of them right now!!!!!!!
You have them
797hp WTF ! OMFG. From the factory ! Merica !
True but, you’d never get to use it on the streets. German Cars having this much power makes more sense because they have an Autobahn..
spongebob: WE NEED MOOOORE POOWEEER!!
Mopar: ok...
Somebody please do a comparison test
M5 vs E63s Vs SRT Redeye Charges
And then: Alpina XB7 vs Durango Hellcat!
Being a Dodge guy and owning a Mercedes GLC63, the Charger will take 3rd place among them. AWD of the M5 and E class is just to hard to over come. Put some tires on the Charger and an entirely different story. But if you put 1 thing on 1 and not the other....
This guys voice is close to the original commentators voice, let's keep him !!!!
:( John Davis is the ultimate car voice
@@pc248m Yes it is , but this guy is runner up
NOBODY CAN REPLACE JOHN DAVIS BUT MAYBE STEVE HAMMES!💪🏽
Yea but the original guy called it MoteHer Week
They need to make a wide body redeye edition, the Durango need to look a little more muscular ....
Someone said once, right car , wrong country. Where is the autobahn when you need it. Looks like a great car
And still no AWD for the charger
I live in northern New England and have had RWD cars since 1987. If you know how to drive in snow and bad weather, then AWD just wastes gas. Granted it can help performance but it isn't totally necessary. Chargers are available on lesser models with AWD .
@@citymedic406 well taken but we’re talking about a fat cow with almost 800HP in winter weather is going to be a handful whether you want to or not
Greg, I'm truly envious of you and the Motorweek staff who get to enjoy these test-drives! As much as I would also enjoy the same experience, it has been my experience that most adults have no business attempting to drive a car with this much HP. Of course, I'm an excellent driver! 😉
There gets to be a point of diminishing returns.
My family sedan has over 300 HP and the traction control constantly works any time you floor it doing the speed limit.
My friend has a Mustang GT PP2 with 460 HP and you need the traction control to limit it at any speed.. speed limit or not.
You need a warm day, prepped track, sticky tires, and launch control if you’re ever going to put more than half of that power down to the ground.
And honestly... if you’re buying a car just for the track and to just cruise around.. why would you ever buy a four door sedan or SUV?
No.. this is mostly for bragging rights. They are halo products for Dodge and will help sell more V6 Chargers and plain-Jane Durangos by association or aspiration.
Where are the tests on the RT and Scat Pack. Those are 2 huge sellers. I know there is a lot out there on them but I would love to see a full test (especially on the Charger Scat Pack Widebody) by Motorweek.
Love’em both!! I’d really love to own a Charger Hellcat Redeye! Big Ol’ four door sedan with deeeeep wells of power just waiting to propel you well into the triple digits!
If only they can improve quality.
I have been hoping for QDR improvement from Chrysler since the last Valiant left the line in 1976.
Yup, they make the worst quality American cars.
Ford > GM > Chrysler/Jeep/Dodge
are we talking about interior quality or build quality?
@@austinoakley7391 Interior materials.
@@austinoakley7391 everything
Very impressive cars. However, I think they desperately need a full redesign.
What?
No market for domestic cars anymore.
The Charger, 300, and Challenger fit a niche market of domestic performance cars on a design and tooling that has already amortized itself. It’s cheap to put a big engine and better suspension on it and sell it as an aspirational vehicle that will convince more people to buy the volume selling bottom rent V6 versions.
Chevy took the cheap way out and rebadged a Holden to dismal sales. Ford let its aged Taurus die... choosing to focus on its smaller Mustang.
Chrysler will kill it once it can no longer meet safety or environmental standards or when they get in financial trouble again by concentrating on fast gas guzzling cars that most people can’t afford and won’t do very well in the deepening recession.
Is that Carolina Motorsports Park in Kershaw SC??? Looks like it...
I'd be worried about the Darango flipping in those turns
Why? They have the proper suspension. I mean even trackhawks are fine
@@thefuzzypickle8277 SUVs are top heavy
xadam2dudex lower it or slam it. You won’t have to worry about flips.
They need to offer a 2 door Charger with manual transmission. That would be epic.
It’s called Challenger
*A 700+ HP V8 that gets 20+ mpg on the highway is a engineering feat in of itself.*
i love durango
Imagine the guy in the regular hellcat thinking he can beat anybody and the redeye rolls up next to him at the light😆 I love these things but they terrorize the streets picking on what used to be quick cars lol. Even guys in the v6s drive like maniacs now racing everybody!
Yeah.. I love when a V6 Charger (over 90% of all Chargers sold are V6) pulls up quick next to my rental-spec Impala and then I promptly waste him.
Base model muscle car guys have bigger egos and are more eager to race than those who have the V8 mustangs, V8 camaros and V8 challengers and chargers lol 😆!
Great reaview like always !!
@fender rearview*
@fender He likes Durango's bottom.
Carolina Motorsports Park! Lap times?
What is motorweek and what happened to moteher week?
It’s an American institution.
Mopar power!
I love it both.
Awesome they shout put the Hellcat engine in the Pacifica and made it the world fastest family van.
Chrysler did a concept of one.
I love how everyone says “American Muscle” for the charger and challenger! But they are actually made in Canada. So they are Canadian muscle!
And they got the platform from Mercedes-Benz. It's almost 20yo.
Blue Dodge ; You do realize Canada is part of the Americas.
@@cobracharmer6178 the continent yes. But when I think American Muscle I think built in “The United States of America” and as does most of the world. If that is the case the VUHL is an American sports car but it’s built in Mexico.
@@cheerthug ; Yup, I understand. I own a 2013 Dodge Challenger R/T Classic. Love it! I didn't think twice about buying it new, knowing it was built in Canada. If you think about it, the Canadians are just as much American, (United States) or more, than we are. At least compared to our European siblings.
@@cobracharmer6178 I never said there was anything wrong with a Canada built car. But I have to disagree with Canadians being American. Nothing wrong with Canada at all but they are proud of being Canadians just we are Americans and I’m sure no Canadian will agree with you on that statement. And there is nothing wrong with saying a “Canadian muscle car” but the actual facts is that it is built in Canada now the Dodge name is American but the actual car is a “Canadian muscle car” and there is nothing wrong that. Just pointing out the facts.
Can’t let the hellcat die what y’all thinking it’s such a marketing sceme
Wow I need to hit the lottery!!!
All that HP still looks funny laying in the road side ravine or wrapped around some trees a few hundred feet after the stop-light while being driven by a guy who dropped his life savings on 4 wheels
AWESOME 😎
Mopar baby 🤟🏾
Isn’t a Tesla faster than them both?
The Model S P100D smokes a Demon in the 1/4 mile.
The demon is definitely faster than a p100D on a prepped track. The Tesla is faster than a hellcat redeye till the end of the 1/4 but by then the V8 is reeling it in HARD.
In most cases, the Teslas are quicker but overall, the Hellcats are faster and will walk the EVs down and gap them given enough road to do so.
Narrator is tiring.
Paid ads
love the sound of those turbo's
Those are superchargers not turbos my friend
supercharger whine , no turbos here.
You must be new to the car scene
Cool products but rather uninspired. Dodge is throwing this motor in everything.
I’m tired of these! They’re getting old! These are Not Land Rover Defenders they need a redesign. Idc how many engines they put in these they’ll always feel old! These are riding on Mercedes Chassis from 2003! Dodge should’ve kept the Dart and gave us an SRT-4 variant if They’re gonna keep these dinosaurs around for 20 years🙄
Yep. I’d much rather have an AMG E63.. modern and straight from the source.
Is something wrong with the platform? Is it unsafe? It may be old, but if the recipe works, it works.
@@ulrek54321 Yeah it might work but so does the recipe for Lasagna but, I’m pretty sure you’d get tired of eating it everyday lol
ZORT
Need to loose the guy narrating...
I'll take a car over an SUV with that much hp involved. Hit the corner wrong and you're headed to the junkyard
You’re stupid. That’s with any car. You see so many youngsters getting these cars with massive amounts of power.
They don’t know how to control their shit and go to a side show or just hitting it wraps their shit, or end up hitting someone, or something.
@@eroc510l5 dude no way an suv with that much power is better than a car when cornering.
@@phillycannon6771 AWD. End of story.
@@phillycannon6771 why’s the jeep hellcat have the quickest 1/4 mile time? It has the best traction.
@@eroc510l5 1/4 mile. I said turn a corner
It hurts my eyes to see a dodge on a race track ( it’s a drag car )
80 grand, 😒💥😖
Nonebusiness movealong that’s a bargain for the car. Everyone else wants 100k plus for cars with the same power
@@vel6979
Not a bargain at all, if i spent 25 grand Adding all that horsepower and goodies on my TransAm It would equal the capabilities of these vehicles.
Total cost of TransAm plus modifications- 35 to 40 grand.
Versus 80 grand???
Nonebusiness movealong I wouldn’t be caught dead driving that ugly thing. Plus why would I do all that extra work? I rather look good then drive a old hoopty.
@@Drive4YourLifeAZ yea but its not gonna be a drivable street car at that point and at the end of the day its old. These are NEW but a nice discount of 10 grand would not hurt mininum on these. happy holidays !
For the money, these chargers aren’t worth it. Neither is the durango. There is so much more you could get that will last you longer, look better and set you apart from your local drug dealer.
namely? be specific with your comparing numbers, and cost in maintenance ?
lol like what...