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When it comes to muscle cars, Dodge has the widest variety of offerings. The performance-focused car brand has announced a new 2020 Challenger SRT Super Stock package that it hails as the world’s quickest and most powerful muscle car, at least now that the Demon is out of production.

Dodge and SRT today officially took wraps off of its beastliest Charger yet – an aggressively kitted-out version of the world’s only muscle car sedan that’s just that much more bonkers. The 2020 Dodge Charger SRT Hellcat Widebody may have a long name, but it’s a wiiiiiide car.

Dodge has announced a new limited edition package for the already very cool Charger SRT Hellcat. The package is called the Octane Edition, and it offers what looks like a pretty good bang for the buck.

One Lap of America is a racing event for that has been going on for 36 years, challenging car owners and builders to make a car that can perform on the track and drive on the highways as the cars must be driven on public roads between track venues.

Word has it that like the Dodge Challenger, the Dodge Charger SRT Hellcat is going to get the widebody treatment, and we’ve been waiting to see pictures of the ride in the wild. Someone happened upon what appears to be the finished car filming a commercial.

Despite its aging platform, Dodge continues to keep its four-door muscle car fresh. After releasing a widebody Challenger, rumors were swirling that a new Widebody Challenger might be next. Now, those rumors have come true – at least in concept form.

Christmas is just around the corner, so the holiday commercials should be arriving any minute now. Dodge is getting into the holiday spirit already. Their new commercial “Upgrade” features pro wrestler Bill Goldberg as a buff Santa Claus in need of a new ride.

Grafton, WI tuner SpeedKore Performance Group is teasing an awesome custom-modded Dodge Challenger SRT Demon that may be the fastest in all the land, and it will be on display at SEMA in a few days.

It was sad to see the slick Dodge Challenger SRT Demon go out of production after such a short run. The last Demon and Viper were recently auctioned off for a cool $1 million. The good news is that you can buy a very cool new edition of the Challenger, dubbed the SRT Hellcat Redeye for 2019, and while not quite as fast as a Demon, the car is a beast.

If there’s one thing that Dodge is doing well these days it getting the most out of its line-up. Despite the challenges of aging platforms like the ones underpinning the Charger, Challenger, and Durango, all three vehicles continue to be relevant and desirable thanks to the prowess of Dodge and SRT’s engineering and design teams.

When I drove the Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat, I thought it probably would be the most powerful production car I would ever drive. After all, it’s pretty rare that you get behind the wheel of a car with more than 700 horsepower.

The Dodge Challenger we know and love has been on the market for nearly a decade. While some manufacturers might phone it in the twilight years of any particular vehicle’s platform, Dodge has done the opposite -continuing to push the limits of what a muscle car can be, offering up a barrage of knockout Challenger releases in the past couple of years, including the Scat Pack, Daytona, and the SRT Hellcat and Demon.

Dodge has unveiled a new version of the Hellcat that has dipped into the Demon parts bin. The SRT Hellcat Widebody has the flares from the Demon and they add 3.5-inches of width to the Hellcat, making room for some big 20″ x 11″ wheels.

Back in 2012, I bought a Boss 302 Mustang from a Ford dealer that I had purchased three other cars from before. I felt sure thay meant they would sell me the car at MSRP, but they gouged me for several thousand dollars over sticker, and lost a customer.

We already know lots about the new 2018 Dodge Challenger SRT Demon, like the fact that its supercharged 6.4-liter HEMI can push out 840 horses on race gas, and how it can do 0-to-60 in a mind-melting 2.3 seconds.