Handbook returns to Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat for remaining 12 months

The Dodge Challenger is on its method out after the 2023 mannequin 12 months, together with the associated Charger, and simply in time for the ultimate 12 months, the Challenger SRT Hellcat will probably be out there as soon as once more with a guide transmission.

The guide was dropped from the Challenger SRT Hellcat for the entire of the 2022 mannequin 12 months. The rationale was as a consequence of a revised calibration being developed, a spokesman stated when the information was first reported in late 2021.

The spokesman stated the guide would finally return, and Automotive and Driver reported on Wednesday that that return is going on for the 2023 mannequin 12 months.

The guide is a 6-speed from Tremec. It continued to be out there on different Challenger variants just like the R/T and R/T Scat Pack, which function 5.7- and 6.4-liter V-8s, respectively. The SRT Hellcat is powered by a supercharged 6.2-liter V-8 rated at 717 hp, and roughly 35% of all orders are with the guide, Dodge stated in 2018.

Dodge has many extra modifications for 2023 to mark the ultimate 12 months of the Challenger and Charger. All Challengers and Chargers constructed for the 2023 mannequin 12 months will function particular goodies signifying them because the final of their sort. Whereas this can fluctuate from mannequin to mannequin, all will include a commemorative plaque beneath the hood bearing the scripts “Final Name,” “Designed in Auburn Hills,” and “Assembled in Brampton.” Widespread shade choices may also return, together with B5 Blue, Plum Loopy, and Elegant.

Dodge may also supply seven particular editions with restricted manufacturing referencing traditional Challenger and Charger fashions. The primary six are the Challenger Shakedown, Charger Tremendous Bee, Challenger and Charger Scat Pack Swinger, Charger King Daytona, and Challenger Black Ghost. The ultimate seventh particular, which will probably be based mostly on the Challenger, will probably be revealed within the close to future after lacking its November debut on the 2022 SEMA present. The rationale for the delay? Dodge has been blowing up engines through the improvement.

Additional out Dodge will change to electrical energy, and that future has already been previewed with the Charger Daytona SRT idea unveiled in August and anticipated to spawn a manufacturing model in 2024. A high-performance model of the idea, dubbed the Banshee, was proven in November.