If there’s one media title of the past 20 years that’s done more for American automotive enthusiasm than anything else, it’s Roadkill. The spirit of getting it running instead of getting it perfect has inspired thousands of people to get cracking on their own hot rods, and antics like hooking a bunch of leaf blowers up to a Chevy Monza, using a motorhome as an organ donor for a wicked classic Mopar, and shutting down Woodward Avenue for Roadkill Nights will forever be canon. Although the show’s officially over, you can now own a surprisingly reliable part of it: The 2015 Dodge Charger SRT Hellcat known simply as the “General Maintenance.”
Flash back to 2015, and Dodge set the internet alight with its now-infamous 6.2-liter supercharged Hellcat V8. The figures were biblical for something you could walk into a Chrysler dealer and finance: 707 horsepower, 650 lb.-ft. of torque, and the ability to do burnouts measured in city blocks.
Around the same time, Dodge became the title sponsor of Roadkill, so it did the sensible thing and let hosts David Freiburger and Mike Finnegan loose on a Challenger SRT Hellcat, a Viper, and a Charger SRT Hellcat. You know, because a three-way tug-of-war between more than 2,000 horsepower of hell-yeah is undeniably awesome. The last car of that trio, the Charger, stayed on long-term and got a cosmetic makeover in tribute to the famous General Mayhem.
To match the once-Hellcat-swapped ’68 Charger, the 2015 model was done up with a distressed look and given a monster hood scoop. The plan? Something that did awesome burnouts but would function more or less flawlessly, quite the change from the show’s overall theme of glorious failure being virtually guaranteed. General Maintenance was the name, burnouts were the game, and this wild sedan sure did them well.
Given the popularity of Roadkill, it’s not a surprise that the General Maintenance is well-traveled. It’s been to Korea, Saudi Arabia, and criss-crossed the Lower 48. Despite its travels, it only shows 16,000 miles on the clock, the vast majority of which were put on in the pursuit of automotive greatness. It’s well-equipped too, with heated and ventilated front seats, a 13-speaker Harman/Kardon audio system, and blind spot monitoring. After a life of mayhem and one subsequent caretaker, it’s now up for auction on Bring A Trailer.
Needless to say, the General Maintenance is going to be a difficult vehicle to accurately place a value on. On the one hand, it plays a special role in car culture, a machine from a beloved web series that should function pretty well as a car. On the other, it took quite the hit back in 2024, and it still bears the scars of hard use. According to the listing, the left rear wheel is bent, there are some scrapes and scratches on the front bumper cover and underbody, and when the maintenance history on a 16,000-mile car lists new half-shafts and a new differential, you know it hasn’t been babied.
Still, with the patinated appearance, giant hood scoop, and celebrity status, this 2015 Charger SRT Hellcat is cooler than pretty much any other example out there. In other words, it’s mint. Will the Roadkill history help or hurt the value of this Charger SRT Hellcat? We’ll know in six days where the hammer falls. Until then, burnouts for distance?
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