Surely you’re familiar with the mighty Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat and its raucous 6.2-liter Supercharged HEMI V-8 bellowing out 707 horsepower and 650 pound-feet of torque through a proper, six-speed manual transmission to its massive rear tires. Yep, it doesn’t get much better than that. Well, the fine folks at Web2Carz have posted a rather entertaining video->ke278 of a few hot laps around the Portland International Raceway in the new SRT Hellcat.

Grab the popcorn, turn the volume up, hit full-screen, and go HD for full experience. There’s plenty of V-8 noise and supercharger whine happening on the straights, while subtle tire squeal emanates from the Hellcat’s rubber through the turns. A smooth and quiet cruiser this is not; the visceral experience practically travels through the camera. Each upshift produces gobs of grunt and forward momentum while quick downshifts create some menacing growls and barks from the HEMI V-8.

The Challenger->ke249 Hellcat is certainly a powerful street machine that appears to be just a confident tearing up the twisty track as it does tearing up a set of Pirelli P Zero Nero tires during gratuitous burnouts. The SRT Hellcat may not be the fastest around corners, it certainly makes up for that in sheer driving exhilaration.

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