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    Do modern Dodge muscle cars capture the magic of 50 years ago?

    by Daniel Miller, Los Angeles Times Dec 27, 2019 6 minutes

    A stab of the throttle, and the rear tires break loose. A little more gas - really, just a little more - and you're sideways.

    In Hellcat guise, Dodge's Challenger coupe and Charger sedan are true muscle cars: loud, heavy, unwieldy, scary, silly and, yes, extremely fast.

    Dodge has hewed to the original muscle car formula, transforming relatively inexpensive (and tame) rides with the addition of high-performance V-8 engines cranking out more than 700 horsepower.

    The performance is staggering: 0-60 mph comes in about 3.5 seconds, with a top speed of about 200 mph for both cars. It is Ferrari-like speed for a fraction of the price: for the 2019 models, the Challenger SRT Hellcat starts at around $61,000 and the Charger SRT Hellcat at about $67,000.

    Dodge's original muscle cars - like the 1969 Dodge Charger Daytona - were once drag strip mainstays, cementing the brand's reputation among enthusiasts. Today's performance would've been unfathomable back in the muscle car heyday of the 1960s, so I wondered,

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