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    I have read nothing confirming that it's AWD. Speculation based on the front tires, that's it.

    Considering it's lost 200 lbs. without much else in the way of a redesign, my money says "no".

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    So will it be 666 hp or 1000 hp?

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    Maybe it has 315s all around to save money... buying & stocking one special tire is a lot cheaper than two

    Adding AWD is probably ~250lbs these days, maybe a little more, and I think it's within reason that a 4200lb car could shed 450lbs and then gain 250lbs back. A Charger can get down to 3900lbs...

    AWD on high torque vehicles is a real rarity. Center diffs that can take that kind of abuse are unusual - borderline unheard of.

    There is always the JGC Hellcat that's AWD, so maybe ChryCo has one and are trying to spread out development costs.
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    Jalopnik jokingly suggests that it's so you have a spare set of rears available.

    But that may be somewhat true?

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    Don't most racing regulations ban going wider than stock but usually allow going narrower?
    Also, it could just come with 'track' packages that they'll use to put up a 7:30-7:40 ring time. It certainly help the last Camaro Z28 (guessing this has worse weight distribution)

    Either way, dealers selling it with front tires skinnier than donut spares doesn't make much sense.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Freude am Fahren View Post
    Jalopnik jokingly suggests that it's so you have a spare set of rears available.

    But that may be somewhat true?
    R&T said that as well. I believe that logic miles before I'll believe some 800HP supercharged HEMI is AWD with super-sticky tires and available with a warranty.

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    There is a new AWD Challenger model but V6 only same as the 300 lineup is so I would imagine the Demon isn't AWD. Why make it AWD anyway? would it be that much of a leg up on the competition?

    Supposed to have more HP than the current Hellcat models right?

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    I thought an AWD Hellcat was already rumored/confirmed?

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    Yes, in the JGC. Which is why I am pretty sure that system exists. If the system exists and the chassis can accept the components, the only thing that's left is the marketing decision.

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    And lots of ! Am I right!?!?!?

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