BRUISER WEIGHT

FIVE YEARS AGO, WE COULDN’T believe that something like a Hellcat Charger would be unleashed on an unsuspecting America. Seven hundred and seven horses! Would buyers care? Would they pony up 70-large for a Dodge sedan? Could the enthusiasm last? The answer to all three has been an emphatic yes. And for 2020, Dodge has performed the neat trick of squeezing additional performance out of Charger Hellcat without adding horsepower, dropping weight, or fiddling with gear ratios.

For 2020, all Charger SRT Hellcats come standard with a “Widebody” package similar to what appeared on the Challenger Hellcats in 2019. This includes four unsubtle fender flares that make an already-wide sedan 3½ inches wider,