2021 Dodge Charger Hellcat Redeye Widebody Review: Super Duper Sedan ++
Verdict 8.3 / 10
Who in their right mind needs a 797-horsepower sedan? The answer, really, is no one. And yet, the Dodge Charger SRT Hellcat Redeye Widebody exists with virtually no limitations for $78,595. That s right, you can walk into your local Dodge dealership and buy the fastest and most powerful four-door on the planet for less than six figures. And we re not trying to disparage it here – this car is absolutely worth every penny.
The Redye isn t just fast, it s very, very, very fast. But this Charger is also solidly comfortable, great-looking, and equipped with some good tech. There are a few things to be aware of – like the fact that the Redeye requires the best rubber money can buy, which you can t get from the factory. And if you want advanced safety and acceptable fuel economy to go with all that speed, you ll have to look elsewhere. But when
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2021 Dodge Charger Redeye review: When in doubt, power out
How do you keep the aging Dodge Charger relevant? Give it a supercharged V8 with 797 horsepower. Listen - 06:31
That color? It s called Hellraisin. Steven Ewing/Roadshow
At this point, Dodge could sell the current Charger for another decade and I don t think anyone would mind. The company honed a simple but effective strategy of incrementally improving its hella-old full-size sedan with cool styling updates and the one thing everybody loves: more power. Like, a lot more power.
The 2021 Challenger Super Stock and Charger Redeye configurators are now live.
2020 may have been the year the world stood still, but 2021 is already shaping up to be the year of the muscle car. Not only has Dodge revealed the 2021 Durango SRT Hellcat for families in a hurry, but it s also given us a Charger SRT Hellcat Redeye with a 797-horsepower supercharged V8 under the hood. Then, when we thought the muscle car couldn t get any more exciting, Dodge dropped another bomb in the form of the 807-hp Challenger Super Stock - a drag strip monster that rushes from 0 to 60 mph in 3.25 seconds and smashes through the ¼-mile in 10.5 seconds. The latter may have already been available for 2020, but Dodge s online configurators for the Super Stock and Charger Redeye have now gone live, letting you build the muscle car of your dreams.
Build the 2021 Dodge Challenger Super Stock, Charger Redeye Online Now
We have gotten many questions lately as to when the Build & Price tool would be available for the 2021 Dodge Challenger SRT Super Stock and Charger SRT Hellcat Redeye, and while we don’t know when it went live, you can now build both of the high performance machines online now.
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Dodge announced the pricing for the Challenger SRT Super Stock and Charger SRT Hellcat Redeye back in August, including key option prices. The Challenger Super Stock was offered for 2020 in limited numbers due to the short model year, so we got a good look at the