00:00Why is this American muscle car banned in countries like Japan, Germany, and Australia?
00:04The reason might shock you.
00:05The Dodge Challenger Hellcat is a beast with more than 700 horsepower something car lovers in the U.S. adore.
00:11But in other parts of the world, that power comes with a big problem.
00:15Take Japan, for example.
00:16The Hellcat can't even pass a standard vehicle inspection.
00:19Why? Because it's way too loud, breaking the country's 96 decibel noise limit,
00:23and it fails to meet Japan's strict emission standards.
00:26Germany has its own barriers.
00:27European Union rules set very strict limits on car noise straight from the factory, just 68 decibels.
00:33The Hellcat? It blows past that by a huge margin.
00:36Plus, with CO2 emissions exceeding 480 grams per mile, the taxes are so high that owning one would cost a fortune.
00:43Australia isn't any friendlier.
00:45Most states don't allow new drivers anywhere near cars with this much power.
00:49In fact, some regions even require a special license to legally drive it,
00:53thanks to the Hellcat's extreme power-to-weight ratio.
