Imagine you’ve got a 440 that you need to pull out of your Super Bee or even a 2JZ in the Supra. You call up a buddy with an engine hoist and he arrives in a Dodge Challenger Shooting Brake, making a lot of noise. Test day ever!
Well, this is the subject of the latest rendering from Oscar Vargas aka wb.artist20, who decided to add some useful equipment to the back of a car many have seen before but only in the digital world.
Shooting Brake – that one car body that every enthusiast says he loves but nobody buys in the real world. Ever since renderings took off about a decade ago, I’ve seen hundreds or maybe thousands of “fakes”. But this one is special because it targets my favorite muscle car, the Dodge Challenger.
The Dodge Challenger is one of the most muscular modern cars ever produced. It’s wide, angry-looking, and fitted with wide tires. As a result, rendering artists love it, and there have been lots of shooting brake makeovers.
Shooting Brakes, a common rendering
The ones I can remember right now include Rein Prisk’s crisp design and one which TheSketchMonkey turned into a video a couple of years ago, adding the Baywatch theme for good measure. Also, Yasid has done a bunch with body kits.
The modifications carried out by wb.artist20 are largely the same as his predecessor. Using his newfound passion for 3D, he extends the roof of the muscle car to the back. Thick rear pillars appear as a result, as well as a hatchback-like rear end.
Despite the added practicality, those tools look a little inaccessible. It would be far better to do mechanic work out of a truck or a van, but the visual impact wouldn’t be the same.
If you think about it, adding some extra weight over the back is a good thing. This hood design is shared between all the supercharged SRT models, from the basic Hellcat to the Redeye, Super Stock and Jailbreak. Their powerful V8s can spin up the rear tires quite easily, so the rendered toolbox is accompanied by some wider rear tires in this rendering.
There’s one more job this Hellcat could be great for. If the trunk was a little longer and the opening a bit wider, it would work as a hearse. I’d imagine many Mopar fans would like their final ride to look and sound like a Hellcat.
