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Challenger SRT HellCat vs 2015 Stingray
They finally went and did it...I think the results were just as Id expected..the Challenger is a fat pig, the Vette is a cheetah....but you shove enough rockets up a fat pigs ass and it will kick a cheetahs ass all day long...
https://autos.yahoo.com/blogs/motora...155111608.html On paper, it looks like a bloodbath: the Hellcat has 707 horsepower to the Corvette’s mere 460. But horsepower isn’t the only factor at play here. For one thing, the Vette weighs about 1,100 pounds less than the Hellcat. With its rear transaxle — in this car, the new eight-speed automatic — the Vette has a higher percentage of its weight over the rear tires, which are also 10 millimeters wider than the Hellcat’s. And while the Chevy has the frontal area of a Sharpie, the Hellcat is more like a Shar-Pei. Digest all that, and a betting man might guess that the Vette will actually beat the Hellcat off the line, but that the Hellcat will eventually reel it in. I mean, 247 horsepower is still a pretty major advantage, a whole Honda S2000 or so. I mark off a quarter-mile, per the Vette’s onboard data-logging system, and return to the end of the runway to line up with the towering Dodge. Vette in the right lane, Hellcat in the left, I roll down my window so we can verbally time the launch. Three… two… one… Go. The yellow Chevy squats down, hooks up and leaves the Hellcat at the line, where it’s fighting for traction. I’ve seen a four-second 0-60 time out of a Hellcat, but getting there requires a perfect launch — second gear on the eight-speed automatic, not too much throttle. Under ideal circumstances, the Hellcat will turn a low 11-second quarter-mile time. The Corvette will run high 11s, but it’s pretty much idiot-proof. Just floor the throttle and go. This might be closer than we expected. Since my window is still down, I hear the Hellcat before I see it. We’re about halfway to our nominal finish line, the Vette roaring past 100 mph, its optional performance exhaust in full straight-pipe mode. There’s a lot of noise. And yet there’s something even noisier barging up the left lane of our improvised Autobahn. The Hellcat’s supercharger displaces 2.4 liters, turns 14,600 rpm and draws air through a hole where one of the headlights should be. I’m sure that in the slipstream there’s a lot of exhaust noise, but from my rare position just ahead of a hell-bent Hellcat, it’s all supercharger whine. The Hellcat is gulping its share of the atmosphere and shoving the rest rudely aside. Another fun stat: The Hellcat has almost 26 square feet of frontal area. It’s a noble edifice, the Challenger. By about 105 mph, the Hellcat and Vette are door to door. By 110, he’s pulled in front. At 120 the Hellcat is walking away. Then we hit the brakes. Our unscientific conclusion: The Vette launches harder off the line, but the Hellcat will inexorably reel it in if you give it enough runway. Above 100 mph, the Dodge eats the Vette alive. At least, that’s what we think. But we’d better go back around and do this again. Just to be sure. |
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In before the obligatory "run it against a Z06".
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Whats funny is..the Hellcat has a pretty solid pricetag of 59,995...and urges...kinda heavy handedly, the dealers to adhere to it...707hp. I understand it, that, the hellcat comes with color options, that its pretty standardly equipped as far as options.
C7 Z06, has a pricetag of 80K, and Im seeing people paying a marked up price of over 100K for it...well equipped they run an MSRP of well far and beyond 80K.. Yes, "you throw a bend in that straight line, the vette walks away"...probably true, but the hellcat will make up alot of time at the top end, Id love to see a stingray, Z06, and hellcat go around the Nurburgring, Road Atlanta, sears point, Dega...etc.. |
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The Hellcat will suffer the same consequences as a GTO on a road course, it won't turn. High HP heavy car with tiny tires.
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So what you are saying is that a car with < 50% more horsepower is faster at the big end going in a straight line.
Who'da thunk. |
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Still, the fact that you can buy a 707 hp car with a warranty and EPA blessing in the era of the Prius is pretty damn awesome. |
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Yeah, and a pro-stock drag car can prolly beat an FIA GT3 class race car in the 1/4mi too...
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That 650 horse ZO6 would have little problem with the Dodge.
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I know that as long as there have been fast cars, people have wanted to see who was faster. I get that as much as anybody. What I DON'T understand is the point in comparing 2 cars with completely different design purposes. |
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And it loses in a drag race to a 60,000 dollar dodge with the aerodynamics of a cinderblock..lol |
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Buy one of each and STFU. Both have their merits, and both are attractive to me. Z06 is where I'll spend my $$$, thanks.
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Right up until you had to slow down or steer. Build a car for what you wanna do.
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A lot slower than a Z06. Dodge talked about this several times when they unveiled the Hellcat. The gave it enough cooling that supposedly you can run it all out for 20 minutes on a track before it even starts pulling timing.
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Aston Martin Vantage GT Jaguar F-Type vert Z06 vert Possibly in that order. Now, if I needed 4 seats, which I kinda do, either of the Hellcat siblings would do the trick. With the Challenger, and with $25k leftover, I'd consider cutting the roof off. |
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