For years, we’ve been told the muscle car was dead — another casualty of green mandates and corporate boardroom agendas. But the final Dodge SRT Hellcats are proving that the American V8 still has some fight left, and they’re hitting dealer lots at prices that would’ve been unthinkable just a short while ago.
And here’s the kicker: for the first time in years, you can buy one without selling your soul to the bank.
Dealers Miscalculated the “Last Call”
Back in 2022, Dodge staged a funeral tour for the Challenger and Charger SRT Hellcats. The “Last Call” models were hyped as the end of the line for one of the most outrageous engines Detroit had ever unleashed — the 6.2-liter supercharged HEMI. Dealers thought they were holding lottery tickets and slapped ridiculous markups on every car.
But the “electric revolution” that was supposed to follow fell flat. The flashy Charger Daytona EV and its battery-powered siblings were met with yawns. The loyal “Brotherhood of Muscle” didn’t buy it — literally. Buyers weren’t interested in ditching gasoline thunder for quiet motors and fake exhaust sounds.
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