2015 Hellcat
 

allllllrighty then!

2015 Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat Makes 707 HP



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And with that power it should be able to pull off sub 11 second ETs and beat a Z06 right...?

Won't happen.

Sorry for the bias but this is another glorified tire-fryer (as denoted by the photo) to appeal to the wealthy light beer drinkers of America.

Maybe. Maybe not.

I'll reserve judgement until the car is tested.

No doubt an overpowered chitbox full of rattles and creaks. I wish we would focus on building good cars instead of eyewash like this.

I am neither wealthy or do I drink light beer I and approve of this car...

Of course I am not wealthy so I won't be able to afford one.

On the upshot, it should take the trailer park bedroom poster title from the new transformer looking vette.

The Challenger is a pig, both the Camaro and Mustang are smaller and better handling cars. The new Camaro Z/28 is supposed to be a superb track car, and I suspect the new Mustang GT with the Track Pack will be pretty good too. The Challenger might have drag strip supremacy, but that's about it.

High ten's have been reported already, Auto is faster than the manual which fried the clutch after a bunch of runs...

Rattles and creaks? Our 2000 Durango is still pretty solid with 180k miles on it. We traded a 2004 Stratus with 167k miles and it only had one small squeak in the radio surround. We traded it because the 2.7l motor is not the best V6 ever built. Have you owned one of the LX platform models?

Sorry, but the Camaro is a pig also. The Z/28 is a pretty good track car for a heavy car that cost $75k. You could buy a proper track day car for less.

Re E.T.s: I'd hope so, even if high 10s...with 707hp, it's still a pig.

So, you're telling me they're reliable too ;)

The 4400+lb curb weight might have something to do with the strain on the 'ole clutcherooo

I sorta get it if I dont think about it too hard.

Id rather have the comaro with the ls7 or a boss 302. It seems like the automotive industry is out of ideas.

How much will this thing be anyways? 60K?

Even in AAR trim, it was always a struggle to get the E-body cars to handle well.
You would think with all the new composites and alloys, that they could get the weight down, tighten up the suspension, and find a way to make it corner. Unfortunately the 707 hp Challenger will be a straight-line weapon - not a curve carver.

Typical Pelican responses.

Chrysler makes the Viper for track use. That's not what the Challenger SRT Hellcat is about. It's a spiritual successor to the 1970 Hemi Cuda, nothing more. Not that it has to be, the originals go for a couple million bucks these days, so someone appreciates the formula.

Leave it to Pelicans to diss a US-built 700hp production car (with warranty!) for under $100K.....can you name another?

2015 Hellcat


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well the shelby mustang is pretty much the same thing with a mere 660hp or whatever.


Alot of people on the internet outside of pelican are critical of this car and its ethos.

I like 'murican cars and I am all for spiritual successors, but I think they need to modernize the concept. This is more of a literal successor. Id love to have me a csv wagon, or boss 302, or vette etc.

I think they should have gotten creative and made it 500hp with a stout awd system. Then they could brag about beating everything in magazine 1/4 mile tests.

It's just one big collective yawn.... Detroit puked out another high HP fatass car that won't go around a corner. Fine if that's your cup of tea, but obviously it's not on here.

This is a Porsche forum, pretty much the antithesis of what that challenger is all about, don't be surprised if we aren't impressed.

Yep. Not surprised. Said as much.

Eric, it would be like going into a biker bar and putting on some classical music... You'd get your ass whipped for it. Some things just aren't impressive to some people, this is a forum full of guys who love sports cars, who love to take them out and really drive them. We aren't looking for a drag strip queen. If you want guys to love a car like that, go check out a mopar forum.

Haters gotta hate.

When i got my V8 914 running I herd a bunch-O the same type of comments.

Gold chains, red necks, light beer, burnouts, white trash porsche.
People saying it was too heavy, had too high of a CG to handle gud, and other stuff that did nothing but demonstrate their lack of knowldege.

Then I took it to an AX at irwindale speedway on and inside the banked oval where there were 60 porsches entered and 10 of them were driven by seasoned licenced instructors.
Lots of hotrodded long hoods with 3.6s, a real 73 RS, a bunch of AI or AX 914s, etc. Not a lightweight crowd at all, they took it serial.

I finished 6th overall and I can't drive fer stink!!!!!!!!
That shu****p.