[PICS?] AWD Challenger Hellcat coming next year, expected to weigh 5000lbs

[Mook]

Kidding on the weight part.

Dodge Challenger Hellcat AWD - All-Wheel Drive Hellcat Coming in 2017

The Dodge Challenger Hellcat is one of the quickest cars you can buy for under $100,000, but it offers way more horsepower than its tires can cope with. This is, of course, part of the fun, but it can make driving the car a tricky proposition. Now, we're hearing Dodge might have a very interesting solution for this.

Automotive News reports that an all-wheel-drive Challenger, dubbed the GT AWD, will arrive later this year. After that, a wide-bodied, all-wheel-drive Challenger Hellcat will make its debut in 2017, expected to be called the Challenger ADR.

The Challenger's platform mate, the four-door Charger, has been offered with all-wheel-drive since 2007, though the Hellcat's 707-hp V8 is rear-drive only in the sedan. It's unclear if Dodge intends to offer an all-wheel-drive Charger Hellcat as a companion to the Challenger ADR.

Both the Challenger and Charger are due for a complete redesign in 2018, based on the Alfa Romeo Giulia rear-drive platform. The new platform is expected to trim 400 to 500 lbs. over their current counterparts.

It's expected that the long-awaited Challenger-based Barracuda convertible will appear in conjunction with this redesign, though it probably won't arrive until 2021.

We can't wait to see the all-wheel-drive Hellcat. The rear-drive car is a ton of fun, but a widebody Challenger Hellcat with big tires and four-wheel traction would be unlike anything else available.

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[Blownbyyou]

In for broken axles and busted u-joints!

But thats cool as hell that they are cutting that much weight as well as making AWD.

 

[Gone_2022]

They are going to add awd while shedding 400-500 lbs?? Makes you wonder where they went wrong weight wise on the current models

I bet the awd charger 4 door will be a beast in snow

 

[Dasfinc]

I'm not surprised, I feel like they already confirmed a HellCat powered Grand Cherokee, which would of course need AWD hardware robust enough to deal with the power.

Granted, part of this is just silly IMO, what is it supposed to compete with in AWD trim? Its going to be a Behemoth weight wise, what else is big power, 'grand tourer', and AWD? Bentlys?

 

[Mook]

You guys fail at reading.

They are adding (maybe) AWD to the CURRENT Challenger. 2018 will mark the debut of the completely new Challenger / Charger, which is when they will shed the pounds.

Two different things.

 

[Blownbyyou]

You guys fail at reading.

They are adding (maybe) AWD to the CURRENT Challenger. 2018 will mark the debut of the completely new Challenger / Charger, which is when they will shed the pounds.

Two different things.

I have two excuses, the first being public school, and the second is no sleep just glimpsed over the article.

 

[Gone_2022]

You guys fail at reading.

They are adding (maybe) AWD to the CURRENT Challenger. 2018 will mark the debut of the completely new Challenger / Charger, which is when they will shed the pounds.

Two different things.

I did not realize that. I thought AWD was coming now including the weight savings.



IN FOR 5000-5200 LBS CAR. dodge fail

 

[YoushallgoFo]

meh, just throw on a decent set of DR's and be done with it.

 

[guspech750]

AWD would be a lot of fun for sure!

 

[jason05gt]

I just don't see how this makes sense for one model year, specifically when it states that a year later that they are moving to an Alfa platform.

 

[Rent Free]

you can get the charger in awd already but i highly doubt that will survive with a hellpig engine in it.

best leave the awd 700hp combo to the trackhawk and proper transfercase.

dodge needs to just make the rwd version 5-600 pounds lighter and stick to current pricing.

no need to move everything into the 6 figure price range.

 

[Rent Free]

The Dodge Challenger Is Finally Going All-Wheel Drive: Report (Updated)

screw road and track in jalopnik i trust.......

 

[Lead Pipe]

Because 'Merica, fuck you Iraq.

 

[Primalzer]

The Dodge Challenger Is Finally Going All-Wheel Drive: Report (Updated)

screw road and track in jalopnik i trust.......

Hat tip to Road & Track

 

[Rent Free]

i know i said in jalopnik i trust because jalopnik drives some people nuts on here.

 

[Mook]

They suck.

 

[Bru]

Hot damn. Look at those fucking meats.

In an effort to give the Dodge Challenger one last hurrah before making the switch to the Giorgio platform in 2018, Automotive News reports that the automaker will come out with the Challenger ADR. The ADR, which stands for American Drag Racer, is expected to be a wide-body, Hellcat-powered variant that is closely based off of the current model. The report seems to have merit, as photographers have captured Challenger prototypes testing with massive tires.

The prototypes look extremely similar to the current Challenger SRT Hellcat with the same hood scoop, front fascia design, rear spoiler construction, and rear end. The white and purple vehicles, though, are wearing extremely wide tires. The extra-wide rubber on the prototypes appear to have a similar tread design as the ones found on the Dodge Viper ACR, which features the grippy Kumho Ecsta V720.

While the ACR wears 295 mm tires at the front, the car's rear tires are massive at 355 mm. The tires found on the prototype don't appear to be as large as the ones found on the ACR, but are expected to be larger than the current Challenger SRT Hellcat's, which are Pirelli P Zero Neros measuring 275 mm at all four corners. The Challenger ADR, with its wider, stickier tires is expected to cater to drivers that are looking to put all of the supercharged 6.2-liter V8's power to the ground.

The rear-wheel-drive ADR is expected to come with a wide-body kit, which is missing from the prototypes. The Hellcat-powered, wide-body Challenger ADR is expected to make an appearance later in 2017, with an all-wheel-drive model (sans Hellcat engine) known as the GT AWD following closely thereafter.

Dodge Challenger ADR Spy Shots Photo Gallery - Autoblog

 

[SleeperLS]

I hope that wide body kit tucks those tires in. Those are some beefy bitches.

 

[Gav'sPurpleZ]

wonder what the "complete" redesign is going to look like

 

[Tight Lines]

Probably bolt on fender flares, which I really dot think it will look good. Here's to hoping they can manufacture one piece fenders.

 

[crooks]

4x4 mode engaged

 

[Rent Free]

fuck it give me one in all black no shits given if the wheels stick out them big bitchin tires are like hey look how fucking gigantic these are anyways!

ohh and dat concave

no sense in trying to hide it. plus ive always loved the no nonsense test mule look like the multicolor zr1 vetter or whatever the hell that thing is too!

its a big middle finger to fit and finish with a big to form and function.