{"id":129157,"date":"2015-08-20T10:57:52","date_gmt":"2015-08-20T08:57:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gtspirit.com\/?p=129157"},"modified":"2015-08-22T14:43:05","modified_gmt":"2015-08-22T12:43:05","slug":"dodge-srt-hellcat-models-to-die-in-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gtspirit.com\/2015\/08\/20\/dodge-srt-hellcat-models-to-die-in-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"Dodge SRT Hellcat Models to Die in 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/gtspiritmedia.com\/gtspirit\/uploads\/2015\/03\/2015-dodge-challenger-srt-hellcat-8.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/gtspiritmedia.com\/gtspirit\/uploads\/2015\/03\/2015-dodge-challenger-srt-hellcat-8-696x385.jpg\" alt=\"Dodge SRT Hellcat Models to Die in 2019\" width=\"640\" height=\"412\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-119365\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gtspirit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/2015-dodge-challenger-srt-hellcat-8-300x193.jpg 300w, https:\/\/gtspirit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/2015-dodge-challenger-srt-hellcat-8-768x495.jpg 768w, https:\/\/gtspirit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/2015-dodge-challenger-srt-hellcat-8-696x448.jpg 696w, https:\/\/gtspirit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/2015-dodge-challenger-srt-hellcat-8-1068x688.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/gtspirit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/2015-dodge-challenger-srt-hellcat-8.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The ever-popular Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat and Charger SRT Hellcats could be killed off in 2019 due to increasingly-strict emissions standards.<\/p>\n<p>Sources at the Jeep Trackhawk forums claim that Dodge is planning on end the production run of the 6.2-litre supercharged V8 Hellcat engine in 2019. Additionally, the American marque will wrap up production of its 6.4-litre V8 with these two engines tipped to be replaced by more efficient twin-turbo six cylinder or twin-turbo four cylinder engines.<\/p>\n<p>In the following four to five years, it will become increasingly difficult for automakers around the world to offer V8 engines if they don\u2019t also produce plug-in hybrid or all-electric vehicles to offset CO2 emissions. <\/p>\n<p>It really comes as no surprise that the life of the SRT Hellcat engine is limited. After all, rival manufacturer Ford has decided to replace the supercharged V8 of the previous-generation GT supercar in favour of a twin-turbo V6. Additionally, there\u2019s suggestions that the upcoming sixth-gen Mustang GT500 will use this TT V6 rather than a supercharged V8.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The ever-popular Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat and Charger SRT Hellcats could be killed off in 2019 due to increasingly-strict emissions standards. Sources at the Jeep Trackhawk forums claim that Dodge is planning on end the production run of the 6.2-litre supercharged V8 Hellcat engine in 2019. Additionally, the American marque will wrap up production of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":190,"featured_media":119365,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[10,33649,34073],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gtspirit.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/129157"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gtspirit.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gtspirit.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gtspirit.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/190"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gtspirit.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=129157"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/gtspirit.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/129157\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gtspirit.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/119365"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gtspirit.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=129157"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gtspirit.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=129157"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gtspirit.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=129157"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}