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Originally Posted by chassis
Back to the Hellcat Pacifica, what is today's highest horsepower transverse powertrain? Is it the AMG 2.0L four cylinder in the GLA45 and CLA45? In the US market, the AMG 45 models produce less than 400hp, below the claimed 416hp for the highest power variant Mercedes AMG 2.0L engine.
Putting 700hp through a transverse powertrain seems like a stretch.
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Correct, the engine compartment will most likely not fit a Hellcat engine so this whole concept will may never see the light of day. But, FCA has some creative engineers that have continuously found ways to create realities our of their parts bin!
Ralph Gilles, who was the former CEO of Dodge, SRT, and FCA motorsport, and is the current head of global design for FCA did post it on his instagram and said "We all know we wanted this. Come on @chrysler you know you want to". So we shall see...