Last month, the San Diego Police Department crushed two vehicles-a Toyota Chaser and a Yamaha R1-seized for street racing. Now, the Louisville Metro Police Department has followed suit, sending the same message: street racing violators won’t get their cars back, and reckless behavior on public roads won’t be tolerated.
The LMPD drove the point home by crushing a 2021 Dodge Durango SRT Hellcat. The high-performance crossover SUV was flattened from multiple angles-even captured in an aerial view-underscoring the department’s seriousness. For road safety advocates, it was a striking statement; for enthusiasts, a painful sight to watch.
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Why? The SRT Hellcat isn’t just any Durango-it’s the flagship trim, powered by a 6.2-liter supercharged HEMI V8 that delivers around 710 horsepower. With the right modifications, this engine architecture has proven capable of topping 1,000 horsepower, most famously in the Dodge Challenger SRT Demon 170, the wildest factory-built version of the muscle car to date…