Not all lobbyists are scumbags. Some of them try to get ideas off the ground that will truly benefit others. Fortunately, there were some of them within Dodge who supported perhaps the most special of interests: insane horsepower. They - and the automaker's management - are to thank for the Hellcat motor.

Back in 2011, the halo project wasn't awarded any scarce product development money. Then it was shelved. Luckily, the SRT folks kept pushing to make it a production engine. After four months, Chrysler's product development committee decided to play along.

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