Richard Hammond commutes to work in our new 700hp Dodge Charger Hellcat!

With the DriveTribe Dodge Charger Hellcat settling in nicely with our team, Mike decided the boss deserved a go. Richard Hammond thought it would be fitting to use the 707hp supercharged animal to commute from his house to the Smallest Cog, because who wouldn't want to drive to work in a 6.2-litre hemi-powered monster?

[quarrenac]

Keep this up drivetribe never a bad idea to have hammond reviewing cars on youtube

[TermlessHGW]

Man I luv when Richard test drives a ride that he really likes. It brings the inner child in him and we all appreciate that a lot!

[dangerpudge]

You nailed it. That's precisely what that car is about; a commuter/saloon/family car that lets you escape the drabness of the daily grind here and there. When you must be practical and perhaps can't really justify the sports car, this is what you get, and it's extremely well suited to the wide open roads of the US.

[jasonholloway]

Purchased my 392 in Germany (US Auto Sales). Loved the Autobahn. Finding parking was sometimes difficult, but they have a lot of parking garages. I was surprised how many people would stare, roll down their window to hear it, or come up to me and ask about it. I had a grandpa (in the back seat of an SUV) stick his head out the window and yell at me in German. We were in a stahl (traffic jam) on the Autobahn. I said I don't speak German well, and he replied in English "hit the gas", so I revved it for him. Big smile on his face. I received quite a few looks and smiles. A couple behind me at a stop light kept pointing to the back of the car, leaning forward to see something. I thought they were trying to see my license plate, then realized they were trying to see what kind of car it was. Badges are blacked out, so they are hard to read on black paint.

[Contreramanjaro]

I saw one of these a few years ago parked in someone's driveway in Kyoto Japan. I don't know how he got it in there. It looked comically huge.

[acatacho]

I see them all the time here in America, I tend to not realize that these cars are interesting to other people around the world. They are quite quintessentially American, big, noisy, fast, unrefined and absolutely fun to drive.

[neilwattoo]

This is the 1st review of this car I've seen where someone NEVER mashed on the gas. And after 5 mins of drive time Richard said, "I could learn to like this". So in essence, the car got better and better.

[blackshirtever]

You don’t realize how small Hammond is until you see him next to a Charger lol

[jasonochs]

3:27 this...THIS is THE BEST description or analogy I have heard. I have been trying to describe this for years, and Hammond says it perfectly....Some cars you drive, you feel like youre in a box, some cars you drive feel like a perfectly fitting suit.

[adamleis]

Dodge did exactly to the Charger what Camaro should have done. I've owned two Dodge Chargers. First was the V6 version. A completely practical family sedan. 8 speed transmission with still plenty of power and 32 mpg highway. Then traded it in for it's bigger brother, the R/T with the 5 speed slap shift and 375 horsepower. I LOVED it. Black with black leather seats and pearl additive to the paint gave it a fantastic stage presence. A very large car with an equally large blind spot behind the "C" post. But hey, you're only looking forward in a car like that. Watching Richard Hammond of all people get all giddy over a popular and cheap (relatively speaking) American muscle car is quite fantastic. Not only does he make the car look bigger, but so do the roads and other cars on the road in the UK. Somebody should take Richard and put him in a lifted Chevy Silverado 3500 LT 4x4 quad cab long bed dually that way we can have a proper conversation about ridiculously large vehicles.

[interceptor-sskb]

No better sound then a big V8 mated to a big supercharger that combination of sounds is perfect 👌

[hamskyxxx]

I'm more marveled by the fact that he lives in a "castle" than what the car has to offer.

[Perbert_art]

I saw a dodge challenger parked outside a pizza restaurant in Sweden while i was omw to university, quite amazed how powerful it looks.

[matthewwebb]

Whether you love it or hate it, this is just one of those cars than grabs your attention when you see it...and especially when you hear it!

[Rekuzan]

"But I haven't driven it yet..." I was WONDERING why there weren't any dents in it already...

[Greg]

First impressed me with M5 E61 and now Hellcat SRT. This Is the right direction DriveTribe 🚀

[motormoment]

That startup....and the smile on Hamonds face....priceless

[jdtfarming]

This exact car has always been my dream car and it will always be. Wonderful

[PrecludeLP]

I like it when Hammond reviews vehicles. I love it when he gets into anything that's American. He has this way of digesting the intention behind the car's design, and revealing it to us in such a natural, and simple way. I never really understood why anyone would want a car like this. As simple as his explanation was, it really helped me understand what it's all about.

[Paul-D]

seen him in a transit yesterday, and the truck few days before that. My showroom is on the same estate as smallest cog and its cool to see him actually working and the sincerity of it all