Hellcat Charger Widebody Spotted in the Wild in Normal Paint
Dodge Charger SRT Hellcat Widebody is reportedly part of a commercial shoot, pointing towards production reality.
Dodge introduced the Charger SRT Widebody at the Spring Festival of LX last month, stating that it was a design concept being displayed for the sake of public feedback. We think that this widened sedan was greenlighted for production before it was shown off at Spring Fest, but in any case, the company claimed that it was simply a concept.
Based on the video below from the Evil_SRT Instagram account, the company is doing something else with the Charger SRT Widebody and this time, it isn’t wearing the flashy camo. As you can see in the brief footage, this car looks ready for the showroom.
Widebody in Blue
When the Dodge Charger SRT Hellcat Widebody Concept debuted last month in California, it featured a unique black, white and red wrap that helped to hide the body lines. Granted, that wrap didn’t really hide anything substantial, but it added a bit of mystery to the vehicle.
This time, the car is wearing a traditional paint scheme, sporting a hue that appears to be a bit darker blue than B5. We don’t get to see the front end and we don’t see much of the side, but we get a good look at the rear end and from that angle, there is one key difference from the concept.
It looks as though the spoiler on this blue car is similar to the unit found on the current production R/T models rather than the prominent blade-style spoiler on the concept. For those unsure, the Charger Scat Pack and Hellcat wears a much more aggressive rear spoiler with elevated edges, but this spoiler appears to be pretty flat from side to side. We cannot read the badging on the trunk lid, but it does appear to be an SRT logo and the Instagrammer claims that it is an SRT Hellcat model.
Why This Matters
The Instagrammer is claiming that this widebody Charger was part of a commercial shoot, but there is nothing in this footage to support that. The car appears to be backing out of a group of box trucks, the closest of which is a Ford and there are no cameras around or on the car. It does have a color-matched license plate, which leads us to believe that this car is being used for a photoshoot of some point, but none of that really matters.
What matters is that the Dodge Charger SRT Hellcat Widebody is being used for something, it isn’t wearing the concept wrap and it has some unique features from the concept. That supports that idea that the widebody Charger is more than just a design concept and we would bet that in the coming months, we will learn a whole lot more about this car and others like it.
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