Dodge Part III: How The Caravan Led To The Viper - Past Gas #271

Past Gas by Donut Media

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Automotive, Leisure, Comedy, History

4.9 • 7.1K Ratings

🗓️ 13 January 2025

⏱️ 58 minutes

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0:00.0	Established in 2025 has a pretty nice ring to it, doesn't it?
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0:14.0	That's Shopify.com slash gas.
0:16.0	Thanks, Shopify.
0:18.0	What's up? It's part three of Dodge. This time we're talking about Hellcats.
0:22.6	We're talking about Lee Iacocca.
0:23.6	We're talking about all stuff.
0:24.6	We're talking about EV chargers.
0:26.6	Talking about front-wheel drive, Econo boxes.
0:28.6	We're also talking about Tim Tams.
0:30.6	So let's get into it.
0:32.6	Since the Dodge Brothers launched their car company, it has seen plenty of ups and downs.
0:40.3	From a half dozen wars to a gas crisis to Kelsey Grammer flipping a viper, the brand is seen at all.
0:46.3	But in Dodge's swan song for the Internal Combustion Boulevard bruising Challenger, they went as high as possible.
0:52.3	Near dusk, a chopper flew across the Nevada desert carrying the penultimate challenger at the end of a long cable.
1:00.0	The helicopter, accompanied by a cheering crowd of diehard Dodge fans, automotive journalists, and company executives,
1:06.0	lowered the last of the ice-powered muscle cars down the strip at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
1:11.6	But this wasn't any regular challenger. Anyone who was close enough could see the ultra-wide rear tires and the parachute poking out the back.
1:19.6	This was the penultimate creation of those gas-guzzling maniacs at SRT Labs.
1:25.6	The 2003 Challenger SRT Demon 170 rolled off the platform and right into the history books.
1:32.3	This dressed for the dragstrip coop is based on the last-gen super-powered Hellcat motor,
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