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Is The Dodge Viper Coming Back?

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The poor Dodge Viper.  It was brought back to such fanfare and proceeded to slowly get pushed away as the drivers who wanted power saw the Hellcats and Dodge Demon as the new hotness in comparison.  It lead to the Viper once again being put away with no idea of when it would come back to the auto world.  It didn’t take that long it seems as Car and Driver is reporting that the Viper is making a come-back.

The new Viper is coming back but with some changes.  The biggest change that may dampen the excitement of some fans is the lose of the V10.  The new Viper will be powered by an aluminum-block V-8.  The new engine that the Viper will house is predicted to have 550 horsepower with a manual transmission still being offered.  A second engine option, a second-gen Hellcat engine as Car and Driver puts it, would be offered as a supercharged 700-plus-hp variant.

There is no confirmation of this being a thing, but as the article shows, the upcoming Detroit Auto Show in January would be the 30th anniversary of the Viper’s concept debut and if Dodge and SRT are going to bring the Viper back, you could not ask for a better time to really take advantage of the nostalgia it would generate.

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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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New Chrysler 300 SRT Not Coming to US

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Some sad news for SRT fans, the new Chrysler 300 is not going to be coming state-side.

A recently refreshed Chrysler 300 SRT is not coming to US dealerships according to Fiat-Chrysler.  They’ve been working hard to get the SRT brand integrated into Dodge and have it be associated with a new level of performance.  If you take a look at the recent slew of SRT and Dodge products, such as the Viper TA, and the Challenger and Charger Hellcats, this seems to be the idea that Dodge is aiming for.

Sadly, the 300 SRT doesn’t meet what FCA wants associated with the brand in the states.  The demand for the 300 SRT has remained low in comparison to the other vehicles.  That means this new 300 SRT will only see the light of day in Japan, Indonesia, South Korea, and New Zealand.

It makes me wonder if FCA is holding off on the 300 SRT until the 300’s new facelift comes along in the next few years.  For the time being, Dodge and SRT seem to be concentrating their efforts on getting the Hellcats out to the US public where it is in high demand.  The next major release appears to be the Jeep Hellcat.  Time will tell if the 300 SRT comes to the US.

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