2015 Challenger SRT Hellcat has 707hp

[Mordith]

I don't care what anyone else is talking about. This is what I am addressing

Americans giving yall god-level power at the same price as 400hp German cars. This is the true muscle car era.

My point is I add a $800 tune to that 400 hp German car and I close the gap immediately.

Not to mention at a similar price point which car is going to sell more units?

 

[ORDER_66]

I don't care what anyone else is talking about. This is what I am addressing



My point is I add a $800 tune to that 400 hp German car and I close the gap immediately.

Sure buddy......

 

[MoneyTron]

My point is I add a $800 tune to that 400 hp German car and I close the gap immediately.

Not to mention at a similar price point which car is going to sell more units?

No, you don't.

And it really depends on whether current/previous SRT Challenger owners want to upgrade. The GT500 and ZL1 have sold just fine, this shouldn't be different. M3 owners always like to talk about how "exclusive" and "rare" their cars are, so sales really shouldn't be a advantage in this comparison.

 

[King Sun]

I don't care what anyone else is talking about. This is what I am addressing



My point is I add a $800 tune to that 400 hp German car and I close the gap immediately.

Not to mention at a similar price point which car is going to sell more units?

 

[edzyy]

Power is great. Like really great. But sometimes it can throw an entire car out of balance. What car would be better with less power?


For this, we just have to look at our recent test of the Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat. With 707 horsepower, it's just bonkers. Bonkers.

But our man Damon who tested the Hellcat said that he had way more fun in the V6 Challenger than the Hellcat on track, because the Hellcat was nearly unusable. On the street, lower power, like the 1.0 liter Fiesta, lets you ring it out without actually breaking any laws at all. Because it isn't fast enough to break any laws. Can you imagine a Fiesta 1.0 with the suspension, appearance, and character of the Fiesta ST? Call it something like the Fiesta ST Jr. and you'd have a winner on your hands.

What say you? What can could become better with less power?

http://jalopnik.com/what-car-would-...source=jalopnik_twitter&utm_medium=socialflow

i said this car would handle like ass & I was right

 

[ThumpDaddy]

I'm not even looking to do any road racing but if I was, I would just use the black key fob and run it at the race track and then use the red key fob to run it at the drag strip. I don't do any of that SCCA racing so that wouldn't bother me at all.

 

[sfgiants]

anyone complaining about how this car "handles" is missing the point. dodge themselves said they weren't making a car to compete with a car like the z/28 or zl1 around a track. they just wanted to pack as much power in that bytch as possible, and that's what they did. muscle cars never been about 'handling', its about straight line and this car does that.

 

[edzyy]

Another muscle car scared of turns

 

[chkmeout]

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fukk a turn... whats good on that highway

 

[ORDER_66]

Another muscle car scared of turns

 

[edzyy]

 

[MoneyTron]

Another muscle car scared of turns

Recorded 0.94g on the skidpad.

 

[Mordith]

Recorded 0.94g on the skidpad.

Think that skidpad measurements are an accurate way to measure a cars handling brehs.....

 

[King Sun]

Think that skidpad measurements are an accurate way to measure a cars handling brehs.....

 

[Mordith]

Think that skidpad measurements are an accurate way to measure a cars handling brehs.....

Let me clean up my statement. Skid pad measurement is only 1 aspect used to indicate how well a car will theoretically perform on a track. Also .94 is a rather pedestrian rating for a $60k+ performance car....