Chrysler Hellcat V8 is Going to Give the Viper Hell

Over the past year or so, Chrysler has been working on a supercharged V8, supposedly codenamed Hellcat. Awesome name. But anyway, this thing is a 6.2-liter beast that could potentially rival the SRT Viper’s naturally aspirated 8.4-liter V10. No joke, and it’s actually causing a major debate over at Chrysler. SRT chief Ralph Gilles, always one to be upfront with the media, recently told Hot Rod magazine about his company's "internal horsepower race."

“We have a situation where, you know – we may have a situation – where the flagship car is not the most powerful car in our arsenal....how do we explain that to ourselves? So we have an internal horsepower race as well as an external one.”