The rumors were true, the Magic 8-Ball was right: Jeep has, indeed, crammed a Hellcat engine into the Wrangler. It’s called the Jeep Trailcat. It makes the full-blown 707 horsepower. It has a six-speed manual gearbox. And by God, it is a beautiful thing.

But transforming the Wrangler into a Trailcat wasn’t as simple as grabbing a spare Hellcat engine and a comically large shoehorn. To fit the irascible supercharged 6.2 liter V8 into the compact 4x4, Jeep had to stretch the Wrangler’s wheelbase a full foot. To make up for the slightly awkward proportions that resulted, Jeep pumped up the Trailcat’s visual badassitude by stripping it down to its raw essence. The windshield was chopped down two inches, while the doors and roof were tossed aside in favor of door bars, a satin black roll cage, and a square of canvas to keep the rain away.