3 guesses what state this comes from, first two don't count

 

wow, this has probably surprised a LOT of people... old Dodge truck with a Hellcat engine!

a rooster destroys the paint on a hellcat, because he could see his reflection

at full throttle, a Hellcat burns 1.5 gallons of high octane a minute

the Hellcat’s 275/40ZR-20 tires futilely attempt to put down more than 8000 pound-feet of torque (650 pound-feet at 4800 rpm from the engine multiplied by 12.34 through the driveline in first gear)

Don Sherman wrote a very fun to read article about the Hellcat in 2015:

What sounds like shredding titanium is the engine protesting the momentary power reductions accompanying each upshift. What feels like teleportation flings you to 60 in 3.4 seconds and to 128 mph in the quarter-mile. From rest to 170, the hairy Hemi posts an average 0.34 g of acceleration. Pleasure receptors think they’ve been treated to great sex, a tasty sirloin, and Dutch chocolate ice cream—all at once.

 There’s even an eco mode complete with a green-leaf graphic. This is for comic relief.

https://www.caranddriver.com/reviews/a15108587/2015-dodge-charger-srt-hellcat-test-review/

Thieves broke into a car dealership in Kentucky and made off with six brand-new Dodge Challenger Hellcats. They made it out the door in under 60 seconds

The thieves made off with four from the showroom floor. The dealership made it especially easy for them by leaving the keys inside the vehicles.

https://jalopnik.com/thieves-make-incredibly-quick-getaway-in-6-dodge-challe-1850178371

the Demon (and likely the other Hellcat Challenger) can be upgraded with a Simpson chute, from Simpson for $150

https://jalopnik.com/the-dodge-challenger-srt-demon-170s-factory-parachute-i-1850304310

https://www.dodgegarage.com/assets/docs/drag-pak/sim-42020ks.pdf

https://www.dodgegarage.com/drag-pak-experience

https://www.simpsonraceproducts.com/products/drag_parachutes/crossform_drag_chute/

But they aren't selling them at Direct Connection Mopar yet. https://www.dodgegarage.com/direct-connection-catalog/

To celebrate the end of the recent, and likely the last muscle-car era, Mopar is selling the 1,025 horsepower Demon 170, the world’s first 8 second factory-production, street-legal muscle car

It will not have a black key fob.

In 2015, Dodge shocked the world with the 707 horsepower Hellcat. 

Then in 2018 they did it with the 840 horsepower Demon

now they are doing it again

 

Improved Supercharger: Modified 3.0-liter supercharger upgraded with a larger snout with 105mm throttle body, and 3.02-inch pulley increases boost pressure 40 percent over the Challenger Hellcat Redeye Widebody 

Fueling Horsepower: Dodge Challenger SRT Demon 170 achieves full horsepower output through high ethanol fuel blends: horsepower levels are determined by sensing the percentage of ethanol fuel content

Driveline Upgrades: All-new driveline with 240mm ring gear, 53 percent stronger differential housing using aerospace-grade metals, rear prop shaft 30 percent stronger and stronger half shafts 

Massive Drag Radials: 315/50R17 Mickey Thompson ET Street R drag radials — never offered before on a production car — and Mickey Thompson 245/55R18 ET Street front tires deliver extra force on the strip or street

Production will begin this summer and will be limited to at most 3,300 units, with 3,000 for the U.S. and 300 for Canada. 

Current owners of the original 2018 Challenger SRT Demon who secure a dealer allocation for the new 2023 Dodge Challenger SRT Demon 170 will also be given the unique opportunity to match the same vehicle identification number as their original Demon when finalizing their order.

https://www.dodgegarage.com/news/article/press-room/2023/03/the-most-powerful-muscle-car-in-the-world-1025-horsepower-dodge-challenger-srt-demon-170-sets-new-performance-benchmarks.html

a Black Hellcat Charger was stolen in Boston, which isn't unheard of... but it belonged to a firefighter, and his gear was in the trunk!

https://www.cbsnews.com/boston/news/lawrence-firefighter-stolen-car-gear-inside/

Two hellcats stolen from Mt Vernon Ohio, a city of 20,00... That kind of a small town heist is a big deal since it’s not exactly Chicago or Detroit. It shows this problem of professional car theft rings is spreading to rural America

The Knox County Sheriff’s Office did reveal other dealerships in nearby counties have been targeted lately. We’ve seen this increasing in many areas since criminals know likely nobody comes by the dealerships in the middle of the night, giving them plenty of time to grab brand new cars.

https://www.motorious.com/articles/news/hellcats-stolen-ohio-dealership/

Dodge is seeking to hire a Chief Donut Maker who will be paid $150,000 for a year to drive a Challenger Hellcat and be an ambassador for the brand at select events scheduled around their day job. Thanks Gary!

There's also a 25/8 promotion that's named to signal Dodge works harder than 24/7 and will have celebrities from the automotive, sports and entertainment worlds giving away dream cars through individual sweepstakes.

More info on how to apply to become the Chief Donut Maker is coming on January 12th and Dodge is promising to make at last one product or enthusiast-related announcement every three months for the next two years

Dodge is bringing back its Direct Connection performance parts for the first time in 40 years, and it's going to give away 25 Challengers to visible people who exemplify the brand. Oh, and one more thing—it's hiring somebody to serve as its "Chief Donut Maker."

The company is kicking off plan with an eight-week, 25-car giveaway called "Operation 25/8". Dodge says that the name for the campaign comes from its "Brotherhood of Muscle", which goes beyond, 24 hours a day, seven days a week – an extra hour and an extra day.

see the video below, there's too much info to write down

https://www.dodgegarage.com/

https://www.thedrive.com/news/43053/dodge-is-hiring-a-chief-donut-maker-for-150k-a-year-plus-a-hellcat

https://www.newsweek.com/dodge-giving-away-car-hiring-chief-donut-maker-part-new-business-plan-1647077

this is a 73 Road Runner laid over a 2016 Hellcat! Great choice for custom rims, a deep 10 in version of the recall wheels I think

Mopar did not design a good looking front, and should have kept the one from the 71 Road Runner

the W23 recall rims of '68

I found 3 vehicles at SEMA with horns or antlers mounted on the front

 

I wonder why they numbered it the 717, that's the hull number of sub I crewed on first, the USS Olympia

With three rows of seats and 710 horsepower on tap, the 2021 Dodge Durango SRT Hellcat is going to cost 2.5 times as much as the plain Jane one

https://www.caranddriver.com/news/a33800643/2021-dodge-durango-priced/

rioters reportedly stole about 80 cars from San Leandro Chrysler Dodge Jeep dealership Sunday night, as you probably know from the news I've posted in the news, dealerships across the country have little or no security (all the stolen dealership tire posts)

After breaking into the showroom, the thieves gained access to the key lockbox and used the fobs to locate the cars

Nearly all of the dealership’s Challenger Hellcats, Charger Hellcats, Jeep Wranglers and pickup trucks.

Between 20 to 25 cars have been recovered, Henderson said, some damaged and others chopped for parts.

Dealership owner Carlos Hidalgo tells the station that the looters had about five hours in which to pillage the cars, because police were overwhelmed dealing with incidents in other parts of the city

"As we are getting them back, I've got cars without engines," Hidalgo told FOX 2.

The dealership estimates it has lost $5 million in the thefts and say they plan to hire armed guards. (doubtful)

https://www.foxnews.com/auto/more-than-70-cars-stolen-from-dealership-amid-looting-in-northern-california.amp
https://www.carscoops.com/2020/06/san-leandro-rioters-stole-50-cars-from-fca-dealer-including-nearly-every-80k-hellcat/

see https://twitter.com/Coachmal_/status/1267346189629833218 for video of the car thieves pulling Hellcat after Hellcat out of the dealership

Two Hellcats were recovered without engines

car give away contests are fine, but, no one ever seems to deliver them, and show in follow up advertising that the winner got their car. That's not the case with the Hellcat Red Eye

One of my photos showed up on Car and Drivers website today, front page. It wasn't there long, but hey... I never thought they'd repost what some trolls reposted, when I was just doing my job, and sharing on facebook that the Dodge dealership I work for just received a rare car.

Wanna guess which one? Or why? Hell, even how?

it's this SRT Hellcat 50th Anniversary Daytona Widebody limited edition (501 made)

and this violet chin spoiler protection guard is why.

it's a rare cool car, but that wasn't what the trolls on facebook latched onto. It's that protective guard.

What the hell is it on there for? The factory decided that Hellcats deserved some safety gear to prevent damage to the lower aerodynamic fascia... hell, I suppose Vipers got something to prevent the chin spoiler from getting scraped and scratched, but, I don't recall.

Anyway, here's the ridiculous history. Back in 2016 or so, some dealerships left the chin spoiler guards on. They were yellow

Customers who actually have to drive over speedbumps, and across the steep angle between parking lots to the city streets left them on.  https://jalopnik.com/yellow-air-dam-shipping-covers-are-some-of-the-hottest-1827977830

Well, that upset the sketch artist head of Dodge, Chrysler and SRT Design, because he had the lines, curves, and looks of the SRT vehicles in mind as better looking without the transportation safety protection guards.

 Hell no he's not to blame for the Avenger, nor the recent Dart debacle. Nope, not the recently killed off Chrysler 200 either. 

In fact, he doesn't seem to be responsible for anything that Mopar has screwed up, and no one at Mopar has realized what a genius this guy is, and put him in charge of QA so that the Mopar FCA product line all get some nicely focused attention  from a superb idealist. 

He also doesn't seem to have been the genesis of anything at Mopar that is new, fresh, innovative, or a paradigm shift (Pt Cruiser, Prowler, Viper) so, maybe he's the guy that has been tasked with trying to create some more life into the 2006 Challenger, and 2012 Charger. You know, if you can't make something new, look around for how to create a lifeline for the same old car for another year, based on the designs from 1968-72. 

Seriously. Name one new car design from Mopar in the last 5 years. That didn't suck. Or Jeep. Or Chrysler. 

According to the interview with Hot Rod, he hasn't made anything https://www.hotrod.com/articles/take-5-mark-trostle-head-dodge-chrysler-srt-design/

So, when he was being interviewed by someone from Canada who operates from a car wash, I can't make this up.... 

This is someone I've never heard of, and that doesn't mean much, I'm a car guy, not a media mogul, a tycoon of the You Tube, knowing all the wanna bes that keep plunking away on video to get the dues paid so they can move onto, well, whatever companies haven't gone out of business from all the car reviewers that do it for free. Edmunds I suppose, and maybe Kelly Blue Book. 

Anyway, at the end of this video he finds the idealist head of Dodge, Chrysler and SRT Design, and lets him go on camera to give his opinion on the splitter guard issue that came about with the Hellcats

So, in the sketch... you didn't have the splitter guard. Ok, well, that's proof that you're a cog in the machine, not the boss.
Another department was tasked with shipping and delivery.

They decided these splitter guards were needed during the drive on and off the transporter hauler trailers.

Since the design guy has zero hands on experience with the dealerships, as he went from college to design, and no experience with trucking and delivery, he then decides to make a statement as if he were the authority on paint damage from a chin spoiler guard that he also had nothing to do with.

Then he decides to put his foot in it, after opening wide to state clearly, that in his experience (none) and hands on examination of vehicles in dealerships, or with customers, that the spoiler guards cause paint damage.

That, in a way, is saying the factory is damaging the paint by installing these plastic guards.

Only if you take a look and experience evidence that there is a cause and effect.

So "The Drive" did an article on the matter

Dodge has sided with Trostle and will change the color of its splitter guards to a shade of violet, which Trostle hopes will end the trend of customers doing what they want to with the cars they've purchased. ( after all, why shouldn't the design guy tell the customers what to do with the car after they spend 80-100K for it? )

 "For the new splitter guards, we've introduced a new, fashionable purple color that... we'll see if that one takes off. I hope it doesn't. It's purple."

And this fed the Facebook trolls, who have now created 4 different harassment pages about the splitter guards.

Hey pal, you didn’t complete the PDI!  and Now the group will perform the piece "dragging the OP", in C minor  were created today just to troll
Hey pal, you forgot to remove your car from them splitter guards
Good sir you forgot to remove your banana peels
Hey Pal, You Forgot To Take Your Splitter Guards Off

After all, no one ever thought that people buying baseball caps would leave the gold foil stickers on the bill... '
but they do.

  

https://www.billioncreation.com/top-ten-characteristics-authentic-new-era-caps/

here was yet another way to win a Hellcat, a couple months ago. Yep, they started this contest in October

They brought back the Santa Sleigh Hellcat for a new commercial, but they seem to have clipped the lines from Santa - how that going to help him with his IMDB credits and actors union card?

I just posted a gallery of it a couple weeks ago, with videos https://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2019/11/best-hot-rod-santa-sleigh-ive-ever-seen.html

Hellcat gets stolen, wrecked in police chase, still makes it to SEMA

The Challenger was reported stolen on October 30, when it was swiped from the overflow parking lot of the Main Street Station Casino.

According to local news, Nevada Highway Patrol was at some point dispatched to the parking structure of the Rio Hotel and Casino, where they found the stolen vehicle. In an attempt to stop the thief from leaving, an officer parked in front of the car, but before he could leave his vehicle, the Challenger rammed into the side of his cruiser and proceeded to escape the parking complex.

The vehicle was later abandoned at The Boulevard Mall and then given back to its owners to display at the show.

C 10 with a Hellcat motor? That's bound to upset some Chevy purists, but most everyone else probably isn't upset about a crate motor that can be installed with around 700 horsepower