Motoring

Unleashing The Hellcat

by: BTM - Tue, 02 Mar 2021

Global automaker, Stellantis, has announced the start of production for the new 2021 Dodge Durango SRT Hellcat at its three million-square-foot Jefferson North Assembly Plant in Detroit, USA.

The Durango SRT Hellcat is a powerful SUV, delivering 710 horsepower and 645 lb.-ft. of torque from the proven supercharged 6.2-litre HEMI® Hellcat V-8 engine paired with the quick-shifting TorqueFlite 8HP95 eight-speed automatic transmission. The Durango SRT Hellcat has a 0-60 mile-per-hour (mph) time of 3.5 seconds, a quarter-mile elapsed time of 11.5 seconds as certified by the National Hot Rod Association (NHRA) and a top speed of 180 mph.

The Durango has best-in-class towing capacity across its lineup. The supercharged 6.2-litre HEMI Hellcat V-8, legendary 392-cubic-inch HEMI V-8 and classic 5.7-litre HEMI V-8 with the Tow N Go Package outhaul every full-size, three-row SUV on the road, with a towing capability of 8,700 lbs. The award-winning 3.6-litre Pentastar V-6 engine has a towing capability of 6,200 lbs.