Crashing a news report is something that we see a lot. Someone always wants their five minutes of fame on national TV, whether it be making a weird noise or pulling faces. But cars can do that too. Cars can get in the way of reports, or even enhance them. This, however, is something a bit different. A recent news broadcast in Memphis, which had seen a lot of snow, saw a reporter talking about the weather as a Dodge Charger SRT8 appeared on the scene.
The Snow Seems To Be No Issue For The Charger
This footage appeared on YouTube thanks to TorqueTuff SnuffMedia. While the reporter talks about the weather, the SRT8 appears and the reporter switches focus. She comments on how it is only the second car that they have seen pass them that day and, as perhaps expected, it is going a bit slow. The driver wanting of course to take it steady. But perhaps in a slight surprise, the SRT8 is going through the snow as if it doesn’t exist, not seeming to be suffering at all even if it wasn’t exactly designed for conditions such as these.
Loud Revving Shows The Charger Is Absolutely Fine
The fun does not stop there, though. As the Charger goes past the camera, the driver promptly revs the engine, very clearly for show and attention, as it passes by the camera. The reporter isn’t really sure what to say. So, she says “well, he just wanted to say hello I guess” and then carries on to discuss the weather. Who knows what she was really thinking, but she didn’t sound overly optimistic about the car getting through such a tricky scenario. In the end, the Dodge wasn’t bothered in the slightest.
The SRT Brand Itself Is Set To Disappear
Being an SRT car, we should probably also mention that the brand itself is set to disappear. Stellantis are to dilute the SRT brand into the rest of the company, so as a standalone group it will cease to exist, even if the engineering teams will still work on high-performance cars. The Charger SRT8 appeared, in its current modern form, back in 2012 before being replaced in 2015 by the Charger R/T Scat Pack, the last of the SRT8s appearing in 2014 as part of a limited production run of the 392 Appearance Package.
Sources: YouTube, Dodge, Washington Post