The Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat Redeye Widebody is a comparatively uncommon automobile, particularly while you’re speaking about nations exterior the US. Nevertheless, that does not imply that importers will not discover a strategy to convey them over.
One of many present Challenger SRT Hellcat Redeye Widebody models fell into the palms of 1 Japanese. It is the proprietor’s dream that will probably be pushed by Keiichi Tsuchiya, in any other case often known as the “Drift King.”
Apparently, that dream has come true and Tsuchiya even featured it on his personal YouTube channel Drift King Tv.
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As we have stated in our assessment earlier than, the Challenger SRT Hellcat Redeye Widebody is a V8 monster that is laborious to tame. The muscle automobile makes 797 horsepower (594 kilowatts) and 707 pound-feet (958 Newton-meters) of torque, coming from the identical supercharged 6.2-liter V8 engine that powers the Demon.
Weighing over two tons, the Challenger SRT Hellcat Redeye Widebody is heavy, too, and Tsuchiya felt that when he took the cat out to the observe.
“It’s heavy. It doesn’t cease,” Tsuchiya stated and he talked about that numerous occasions. For somebody who grew to become well-known due to the light-weight Toyota AE86 Sprinter Trueno, that is fairly comprehensible. Plus he did know the hazard he was moving into, even calling it “a automobile that enjoys hazard.”
For the uninitiated, Keiichi Tsuchiya has gained reputation in each motorsports and popular culture because the Drift King. He’s a two-time 24 Hours of Le Mans class winner and the 2001 All Japan GT Championship runner-up. Past racing, Tsuchiya was the guide for the manga and anime sequence, Preliminary D, and was the stunt coordinator of The Quick and the Livid: Tokyo Drift the place he additionally made a cameo look.
Regardless of these, although, he wasn’t too profitable in taming the beast of a Challenger SRT Hellcat Redeye Widebody. He stated that the electronics had been taking up even when in guide mode.