Well, it's official: The 2015 Dodge Charger SRT Hellcat runs on unicorn magic. Chrysler has announced the car's EPA figures, and against all odds, they don't fall somewhere between 0 mpg and 0.1 mpg. The 707-horsepower, supercharged 6.2-liter V8 in the nose of the big sedan somehow managed to eek out 22 mpg highway. The figures in that last sentence have exactly zero business hanging out together, and yet, there they are.
We can thank the Charger's eight-speed automatic gearbox for that. The transmission offers a 7.03 final drive ratio, which means that big, blown V8 is barely breathing on the highway. The slusher also delivers some hilariously quick shifts, right down to 160 milliseconds. Of course, something tells me that if you keep your foot planted in search of the car's 204 mph top speed, your fuel economy may vary.
As if we needed more evidence that we live in the golden age of the automobile.
