2015 Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat - Jay Leno's Garage 

I rented one of these Challengers while on vacation last year. Two days after we returned home, I bought one.

Jay is a real car guy. They tried to sell him on the 8 Speed Auto and he was like where's the stick at? Nothing beats driving a manual.

LMAO @ "I don't care how close of a friend it is he is not really your friend do not let your friend anywhere near this car" You gotta love Jay Leno's attitude.

"Don't go down to Goofy Lube,"....Does a commercial for Goofy Lube.

16:38 The Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat "It'll up-shits"

You've gotta love Jay. For all of his success he's still a kid at heart!

I love how Jay gave him a hard time about the horsepower modes. Never let anyone else drive it and real car guys change their own oil. I feel the same way

Jay's humor is lost on this guy.

The CEO did not like the fact he was burning up $600 tires His face expression priceless🤣🤣

Grew up watching Jay drive by in his cars.What an awesome memory. Jay was always friendly.

cant beat this. 60,000, 10's, back seat, 20 mpg, goes over speed bumps without scraping. amazing

Dodge guy looks a little scared, eyes glued to the road all stiffened up. Well done Jay.

But my heart keeps calling me backwards As I get on the 707 Ridin' high, I got tears in my eyes You know you got to go through hell before you get to heaven

Wow!! One of the best reincarnations of an old school muscle cars. And consequentially one of the best cars on the market today! Absolutely brilliant!!

Just bought one. Jay, you were a heavy influence on my decision. Thanks for the great you tubes. Fan for life.

Challenger just looks so much better than Mustang and Camaro to me.

That epic burnout was probably visible from the Intl' Space Station.

20:22 "this will give you REAL TIME Power and torque" *awkward***

$60,000 car that does 199mph crazy! I remember 20 years ago that was a big deal for super cars to hit 200

Jay can afford to trash $300 apiece tires.

I've never seen a guest handle Jay so well. And yes, I mean a guest handling Jay and not the other way around. This guy seemed so natural and clear, I think he could sell me anything he wanted.

A great in-depth tour of one of the coolest cars of this year; THANKS JAY!

For a president/CEO, this guy really knows his stuff. He's not just spouting off basic marketing material, he knows specifics about the engine and chassis. Not mad at that.

1:56 I really love the expression on Leno's face. What a genius.

I'm a Mustang guy all the way to the grave but after watching this I want one so bad!

This is great, I love this channel. I'm sure Jay is loving putting these together too. Love the vids Jay's garage!

just got mine a week ago. . . auto is awesome, never thought I'd say those words, but the 8 speed is phenomenal

There's no way they'd sell me one with an auto. 700hp with a stick sounds like fun.

OK I have had it with the hate comments about my next new car! 1st off The Nissan GTR is a super car just like the Stingray C7 Z06 they are designed for the track and street the Z06 is only a couple of tenths faster through the 1/4 mile and has 2 less seats than the Hellcat, they are designed to go around a track the Hellcat is a MUSCLE CAR, READ PONY CAR designed for a family man to carry his family around the country while being able to have a lot of fun smoking the tires. This car does corner and is only .4 seconds slower than a Camero ZL1 in the figure 8 and pulls .94g vs .99g for the ZL1 and the ZL1 weighs less, so stop it! Stop comparing super GTR and Z06 and cars like it to a MUSCLE cars cause you look desprate. Like it so much go buy one have fun post the video of you getting smoked cause you can't drive and your excuse that the sun was in your eyes at the drag strip. This car has over 700 HP in order to get over 700 HP you need to spend over $300,000 dollars period, think Lamborghini Aventador LP704, McLaren P1, Ferrari La Ferrari, Ferrari F12 So stop it, just stop it cause every time you bring up cars in this range to say that they have more HP and weigh less the dumber you sound. If you don't like HIGH HORSE POWER PONY CARS WHY ARE YOU HERE? No one cares that your crap box 1988 CRX Honda with a crate engine in it that has to be dragged to the drag strip, has no AC, stereo or sound deading of any kid whatsoever and weighs as much as a flea's fart, and is relevant at the drag strip, but no where else is what you prefer over this monster or else we would be commenting on your channel about how fast it is. You like it I love it but I also love this car, and want to read comments about people who actually like this car as well! The Shelby GT1000 is not a production car, it does not roll off of Ford's production line! How do I know? because the Shelby warehouse is less than 10 minutes from my house! Got cash and a Ford GT 500 they will set you right up with as much HP as you got cash, it's a tuner car with aftermarket upgrades! So stop it, and the GT500 is out of production anyhow and it only had 662HP IT'S NOT UP FOR DISCUSSION, did I want one yes can I get one new NO! Do I want a Hellcat? YES can I buy one new YES! Now I must say this I love to debate cars as much as the next guy, but you guys are really laying on the hate thick! Now if Dodge had said that this was a SUPER CAR or even a SPORTS CAR you might have a point, but this is A MUSCLE CAR and the cars they built back then did not have to have airbags, AC anti-lock brakes and all of the things that these cars have to have built into them today just to be able to be sold, so ya the car is heavy but so was the original Challenger back in the day. If you are concerned with the environment do what I did and build your own EV if you don't like what's out on the market, and sell that and see how hard it is to build a bruiser that can be driven everyday without breaking down every 5 minutes. This is a outstanding feat of engineering to build a production car with 707 HP and slap a warranty on it. Bravo Dodge! My hat is off to you and I will be at the dealer to buy one of your nuclear powered Hellcat Tank busters, as soon as they become available in my area. Rant ends.

If that's an original '70, 426 Challenger, and knowing Leno, it is, that's some serious dollar machine

Jay has given us a lot of good advice over the years and I'm not kidding one iota when I say the absolute Best advice he's given...so far... is ' Never give a valet your car ' . Heed that, Kid's .

"Imported from Detroit." Love it! Like American Muscle/ Classics, Euro and Japanese, but I find that line hilarious.

People need to stop criticizing it (too heavy, should be faster, guzzles gas, can't handle, etc.) and appreciate it for what it is: a big badass muscle car. This is coming from an MX-5 driver, by the way.

16:38 did anyone else hear him say "upSHITS"

Hi Mr. Leno, Thanks for sharing the Hellcat experience! I watched this hellcat video about a few month ago. Last week I'd finally bought one. My first American muscle car. Most time I preferred German cars. But this is really my favorite now. Comfortable and effortless power. What a great American sport sedan!! Best--

I would literally drag my balls through a mile of broken glass to own one of these.

The dodge guy was pissed after that burnout hahaha

4440 pounds damn

Always adored jay's sense of humor his jokes are amazing & borderline insulting LMAO, sure do miss him tonight show.

It's time to sell the house and the grandkids! I NEED that car! Thanks Jay Leno for bringing us the best that MOPAR has to offer.

Great American Automobile with an engine block manufactured in Mexico

the difference between now and then is the biggest and baddest muscle car could be bought by a highschool kid, count the number of kids that own these today and you'll find very few. Why? well because they are out of the range price wise. Base price of a challenger with a hemi was what? like 4500 bucks. Kids could work their tails off a few summers with a part time job and have one in their senior year, now they can't. They try to convince us that we are less poor than we used to be but that's not the case as far as I can tell. Whats the base price of these? oh 60k about 20k over inflation even so who's going to buy one? suits that are looking for a second childhood. No this isn't the rebirth of the muscle car era because we are not the same country we used to be.

I learn so much watching these videos. Hellcats are absolutely beautiful.

jay was exactly right about the valet thing. just saw a dash cam video proving it

707 horses ...WOW !

It is mind blowing what the engineers have put into this amazing Challenger Hellcat! Jay and Tim's smiles says it all. I have owned many hot rods in my day and collected many tickets....its hard to keep your foot out of it when the car wants to get up and go! Great show! Thanks for sharing Jay!

my favorite thing about the challenger is how much it still looks like the old one the other cars don't have that

Loved this review when it first came out.After taking delivery of a new R/T 6 speed manual last week,enjoy watching it again.Challenger was always a cool car,and I am so happy to finally own one!!!

wow, the insane thing about this car (there are many but this one in particular), is the fact that it's a 700 plus horsepower car that costs about 60 grand, a little over 60 grand if you want it fully loaded. It's crazy because not too too long ago, the Enzo Ferrari came out with 650, 660 horsepower, and was doing quarter miles in a bout 11 seconds. That car cost about 900 grand when it came out, today they can go for significantly over 1 million. I understand that's a collectable, considering they only made, I believe about 350, 400 of them. But even other non-limited edition cars like the Lamborghini Murcielago, whom can still go for about 250 grand today give or take, had about 590 horsepower. Hell even comparing it with other American Muscle cars like the Corvette Z06 with 505 horsepower went for 72 grand, the 510 horsepower Viper SRT-10 went for 80 grand, and the Ford GT with 550 horsepower, one of the greatest American cars ever build, went for about 160 grand. The Corvette ZR-1 which has about 635 horsepower goes for about 110 grand. So this car is just incredible on quite a few levels. Way to go, Dodge!!

The guy that runs or ran Dodge really knows his stuff - very impressive 👍

Jay's expression when he goose's the pedal is priceless! 🤣

I’m getting my first hellcat in two weeks can’t wait! 😊

I like Jay he loves it when America can stick it to the Europeans in anything. A true patriot.

16:38 "Up-shits"

Another great video from Jay. Thanks!

i bought a Challenger in june 2016 with 6 speed manual transmission. I actually got call from Holley Performance in Bowling Green that wanted to use my car to build exhaust system for 2015-2016 Hellcats. They used it and i got even more horsepower. 693 rwhp on dyno i still have the exhaust system on it as of 2024. i get about 14 around town and 20 to 21 mpg highway. I have 47,000 miles on the car drive it with two prosthetic legs below both knees. drove from Nashville, TN. to Woodward in detroit in 2018 and 2019 in it all by myself.

Jay, don't you know porn is not allowed in youtube?

Old Tim didn't seem as friendly after that AWESOME burnout - lol

I just keep coming back to this video. I LOVE this car!

Jay like you I needed the Manual car and as a result of this video I bought a car. As a vet I'm glad you offered up this one. Class act and I love mine. Invite me to see your cars when you have time.

My god this car is amazing. For under $60,000 you have a track ready car.

I'm not a fan of all the corporate suits coming onto the show, but I love Tim. I think he's a very normal guy that sells the car honestly and he loves the car as much as his customers do

Fantastic job!!! You explained everything. I will buy one soon. Might be a couple of years old but your input helped cement my decision!!!! Thanks!!!!

Makes this old Shelby guy wanna buy one of those---awesome presentation, Jay. Thank you

You can burn tires up in 300hp as well, especially in a manual, even in a 4400 lb car.

This gotten one sweet ride. The red is red hot. I'll gave car 5 stars

The OG Hellcat! I love coming back to where it all started!😁👍

My scat pack challenger is 4240 lbs and it handles so great. The car feels tight and strong. When it's in sport mode the breakes and steering get even better.

Loved how Jay was low key clownin' on that fool from Dodge the whole time.

please dodge never alter the size of dodge let it be big or its muscle look will go away

Remember when that wheelie guy lost control and flipped his car like three times with Jay Leno inside it??? That was awesome...

Still remember when I picked up my 2015 Hellcat. Got it in April of this year (2021) with 12k miles. Has 19k now. Said new they were $60k and I paid $48k. Feel like i got a deal. MAN I LOVE THIS CAR! So fun to drive!!

I think it should have a system to shut off half the cylinders for when you don't want the full power, because though the power is great fun, I'd love to be able to flick a switch and boost the mileage to go on on trips because 20mpg isn't really good enough in my opinion.

lol an aventador is more like 500K

Jay, you are a legend. I can't wait to buy a Hellcat and I live in Oz. I know they are getting it ready to sell over here so I'm saving my dollars. I can't wait to have one. Dodge is awesome. Thanks for the review. Keep up the good work Jay. All the best, Michael.

That e brake u turn was solid, jay can actually drive. 👌🏽

I always loved dodges... I dream of having a white 69 charger with the 440ci v8

I would still take a late 60's to early 70's muscle car over a modern one, specifically a 1971 Plymouth Barracuda

I noticed Jay Leno constantly kept calling it a sedan. Not too sure why, but got to love the Hellcat! I loved it so much, finally got one earlier this year.

For years I never cared for Leno,then Lenos garage came out and he is one of my favorite shows

lol at 16:38, he accidentley said "it'll upsh*ts by mistake :p

Aventador coupe costs $400,000 and Aventador roadster is closer to $450,000 base price. So yes the horsepower is impressive.... but let's not get into this...

You don't let anyone borrow it.. You don't let it get valet parked..Love it!

Jay tells the viper horsepower story almost every episode lol that really burns him lol that sales guy must laugh Everytime

i've always loved the challengers, but now with Hellcat it's a whole other level

LMAO!!!! THAT DUDE IS JUST HOLDING HIS BREATH!!!!!!!!! HAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!😂😂😂😂

favorite video! jay happy as hell on the inside but keeping that same composure as he burned rubber with the CEO/ Jay opening the hood "ohhh, ahhhh" 6:34

LOL - I've watched Jay for YEARS and that valet impression was the funniest thing he's ever said :)

I hate how he keeps saying that the lamborghini aventador doesn't have as much horsepower, yet It will annihilate it in a race, quality, and just about everything else.

Wow the Hell Cat is awesome - Thanks Jay :)

I don't know why I wasn't following this channel... I love it!!

Huge fan Jay . Love the GearHead Jay Leno

I just Googled the price in Australia. $180000....Faaaaaaaarrrrrrk!

Why does Tim keep pushing the automatic even though it's not as much fun to drive? He brought it specifically because he knew Jay wanted the stick? 3:43 Tim: I knew you wanted the manual so I brought an automatic. That's like saying "I know you wanted french fries so I brought potato chips" Jay's absolutely right in being disappointed he can't get the excitement of the manual transmission. 13:20 An automatic in a car like this is just missing something

Looking back on this video its so cool

Got mines 4 days ago…couldn’t be more proud 🙌🏾

we missed you jay on the tonight show .

Yup, I'ld have to say that is an excellent illustration of why you NEVER give your sports car to a valet to park. Pretty much sums it up, cause as a valet, that's what I would do. lol

I recently purchased one this is a true BEAST

Jay rocks this town.