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Dodge Charger SRT Hellcat Causes Existential Crisis

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Has a car ever given you an existential crisis?  One writer for Paste Magazine seems to have had his world turned topsy-turvy after spending some time in a 2016 Dodge Charger Hellcat.

John Brandon, writing for Paste, was given a chance to take the 2016 Dodge Charger SRT Hellcat for a review drive.  The experience seems to be a life-changing one.  It all started with the choice of two keys.

For those in the know, the Charger SRT Hellcat comes with two different keys.  The red key is the one that gives the driver access to the true power in that Hemi engine.  Picking that red key, compared to the scene in the Matrix where Morpheus gives Neo the red pill, seems to be what caused the existential driving crisis.

The speeds that he reached allowed him to transcend his typical mind set, to launch him into a new dimension of thinking.  In this space, he transformed into the Star Child and realized the secrets to the meaning of life.  All kidding aside, it really was the transformation of driving a high-speed powered vehicle at speeds one typically doesn’t experience.

The review is light on details but the experience the writer had with the Charger Hellcat is an amusing one and definitely worth your time for the chuckle alone.  Check it out.

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Check Out FCA’s Ralph Gilles Race a Viper ACR Around the Track for Labor Day Weekend

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Oh to be the head of a car company so that I could spend my weekends “test driving” the hottest and fastest cars.  That’d be a nice way to live.

That’s just what Ralph Gilles, Fiat-Chrysler’s Head Designer, gets to do.  Auto Evolution hosted a look at how he spent his Labor Day weekend.  He took off from the office and headed to the Pittsburgh International Race Complex to take the Dodge Viper ACR for a few trips around the track.

The videos of the event are a blast.  It’s entertaining to see someone who clearly loves the place he works for and the products they make enjoy them in a way so few get to.  He races his ACR against another one.  Check out the videos and try not to want a career change afterwards.

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2016 Dodge Viper ACR Gets Powerful Upgrade from Geiger Cars

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While the Dodge Viper SRT may be getting shelved, that hasn’t stopped anyone from trying to coax the most potential from an already powerful supercar.  The 2016 Dodge Viper ACR is one of the fastest track cars there is.  That isn’t good enough for German tuning company Geiger Cars.  They’ve gotten under the hood and have super-powered the ACR to get it to push even more horsepower.

Geiger has a reputation for their tuning of performance vehicles.  Their upgrades to the ACR include ECU tuned cylinder heads, sports catalytic converters, and a stainless steel sports exhaust system.  It boosts the performance of the ACT’s 8.4-liter V10 engine and gives it 765 horsepower!

The car itself has also been upgraded to help drivers maintain control of all this power.  The “Extreme Aero Package” is a carbon fiber body kit.  All-in-all for Dodge Viper owners or perspective owners, it appears that Geiger has figured out how to really unleash the potential of the supercar.

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