When we purchased our 2023 Widebody Jailbreak from the dealership we were told it was 807 HP. We looked at Dodges Website and it says the widebody Jailbreak comes with 807 hp engine. Later we find out it only has 717 HP and only the Super Stocks can be ordered with the 807 HP. Has anyone else had this issue?
Leannc
41 - 60 of 77 Posts
Joined
·
7,946 Posts
In 2022, that was true. The only cars with 797/807hp were Jailbreaks and Super Stocks (all Jailbreaks in 2022 were Redeyes). In 2023, EVERY Charger/Challenger HELLCAT made was a Jailbreak. All the SRT Hellcats, all the Hellcat Redeyes. Only the Super Stock and Demon were left out of the Jailbreak business.
At the end of the day, the price you paid was the telling issue. A fully loaded Hellcat (non-Redeye) shouldn't MSRP over $90k. Most fall between $78-85k. A Redeye is going to start at around $88k for a barebones car and run to around $103k absolutely top end loaded widebody.
Open the hood and look for the black hellcat badge on the supercharger. That means it’s a Redeye and you have 797/807 HP. If it’s a silver hellcat badge on top of the supercharger you have a regular hellcat with 707/717 HP. Easy as that.
Let see the window sticker
Joined
·
7,946 Posts
To be fair, Dodge has never made it easy for car salesmen (or buyers) over the last 10 years or so. Remember the R/T, R/T Classic, R/T Core, and so on? They ended up bloating out the Hellcats the same way they did the R/T. Back in 2015... there was a Hellcat. Then came the Redeye, then a Super Stock, then a widebody version of the HC and RE. Next, a Jailbreak version of only the Redeye, followed up with a Jailbreak on everything except the SS.
Thus, in 2023 you had the following:
Hellcat Jailbreak - 717hp
Hellcat Widebody Jailbreak - 717hp
Redeye Jailbreak - 797hp
Redeye Widebody Jailbreak - 807hp
Super Stock - 807hp
Demon 170 - 1,025 hp
Demon 170 Jailbreak (only 30 units) - 1,025hp
And of course, there's all the Chargers too, but those only came in widebody format, so at least it cut out some of the minutiae there.
FIXED THE 170 TYPE-O Sheesh
I think Dodge thought the more names you give a car them more you can charge for it.
Dodge Challenger Hellcat Redeye Super Stock Jailbreak Demon lucifer Panzerfaust 170 R/T Saloon A Bang A Dang Diddy...
demon 160 huh?
Oh crap...I missed the Demon 160....was that the lesser brother?
Well looking at my window sticker mine is a "Dodge Challenger SRT HELLCAT SRT Super Stock - 27S" for short... But my cats have red eyes? But it is in fact not a Redeye?
Oh no I missed it I paid for "Redeye" Badging.... So in long form my car is a "Dodge Challenger SRT HELLCAT SRT Super Stock - 27S "Redeye Badging""
That's a long name. Thanks Dodge.
That's a long name. Thanks Dodge.
Joined
·
7,946 Posts
All of the SS and Redeyes have the same badge. It's been explained as having the Demon engine, so they have red eyes because Demon stuff is red (like the engine block).
The OG 2018 Demon? 808hp.
Joined
·
7,946 Posts
I fixed it
I am sure you made a typo and you were referring to the OG OG 70s Demon with a 360. Not a 160.
Joined
·
1,730 Posts
Does that come equipped with snakeskin sticker pack? Asking for gocat.
Yes but theyre made of helium to reduce drag
But, without "restricted options" does it really matter?
Joined
·
2,484 Posts
Next time look at the window sticker, or better yet do a little research before pulling the trigger on a high ticket item. Geez. None of us were "experts" on Hellcats before we ought ours. Sorry to say but some of this is on you. BTW, you're still gonna love this thing.
41 - 60 of 77 Posts
-
?
-
?
-
?
-
?
-
?
-
?
-
?
-
?
-
?
-
?
-
?
-
?
-
?
-
?
-
?
-
?
-
?
-
?
-
?
-
?
