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We recently spoke of how the base Dodge Challenger Hellcat, somehow, became the base car in Dodge’s supercharged lineup. While this fact, in itself, is bonkers, the 2015 Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat, with its 707 horsepower (717 horsepower from 2018) laid the foundation for a whole line of epic, high-performance MOPARs. But there are certain traits that defined a car as a true American Muscle car, and while each of the Hellcat’s derivatives is worthy of the title, we think the original, 2015 Challenger Hellcat best embodies the Muscle car philosophy, and here’s why.

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