05-22-2013, 04:20 AM
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Drives: 2010 2SS, 2011 Buick Regal Turbo
Join Date: Mar 2009
Location: Nashville, Tennessee
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Originally Posted by Apex Chase
Funny how that number keeps climbing the more it gets reported. Last I heard the Hellcat was looking at right around 600hp because they didn't want to step on the Viper's toes.
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Totally agree with this.
Don't know if Chrysler has the same policy as GM, but the Challenger can be in the same dilemma the Camaro is in. The "no car shall be more powerful than our top sports car" and for Chrysler that is the Viper. With the Viper making 640 hp I seriously doubt you'll see a Challenger making the same, even though it would be 2 different powerplants. There has only been one Chrysler product that made the same hp as the Viper at the time, the 510hp Dodge Ram SRT-10.
Ford is the only one without a top sports car, so the Mustang can go as high as it wants to. When the Ford GT was around, the SVT Cobra was nowhere close to the 550 hp of the GT. When production of the GT ended in 2006, the 2007 GT500 got 500 hp and has increased since.
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