Dodge offered the Challenger for 15 years and by no means gave it a full redesign. Depsite that, it offered nicely for a coupe and finally proved much more well-liked than the Ford Mustang and Chevrolet Camaro. Through the years, Dodge made a protracted sequence of enhancements and supplied the Challenger with extra particular editions than many individuals knew what to do with. And but, the Challenger was by no means fairly excellent till one YouTuber lastly mounted it. Meet the world’s first Challenger Hellcat 4×4.
As everybody is aware of, Dodge finally added all-wheel drive as an choice, however you couldn’t get an all-wheel-drive Hellcat. In truth, except I missed one, Dodge by no means supplied all-wheel drive on any Challenger with a V8. And whereas it was enjoyable to drive within the snow, the dearth of floor clearance and a real 4WD system meant you couldn’t get very far any time you tried to take it off-road.
Now, the Stellantis Explainers will inform you that’s since you might at all times purchase the Ram 1500 TRX if you need an off-road Hellcat, however that’s Ram, which is a very separate firm, and the 1500 is a truck. Anybody who wanted a Hellcat-powered off-road coupe was merely out of luck. In the meantime, each Porsche and Lamborghini launched off-road-focused variations of their very own coupes. Clearly, the demand was there, Dodge.
May it in all probability use a sway bar? Positive, for those who’re into that complete “protected and predictable to drive on public roads” factor, however that’s straightforward so as to add. Now that the Hellcat 4×4 has handed its preliminary shakedown check, I wish to see this factor set unfastened within the desert. Set the off-road Hellcat free, Western Champlin! Let’s see this factor fly off some candy jumps!
