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Originally Posted by newmoon
The only problem is the 500 was never marketed to be a roll racing machine, it was produced to rule the drag strip. Which has been the Mustang's focus for as long as I can remember. The Hellcat will more than likely in most head to head encounters now take that title.
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I understand what you are saying. Manual vs manual I'm not convinced the Hellcat will win. Auto vs manual becomes a question of how good the GT500 driver is. From a roll, standing mile, etc the Hellcat will almost certainly see tail lights.
Ford fanboys will cry foul for comparing an automatic to a manual only car. I suspect the reviews that come out will choose manual only for all three cars, just as they only compared the manual ZL1 to the GT500 in 2013. The Dodge will almost certainly cost more too, which again makes me wonder what's so special about it.
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Originally Posted by Loading.....
Don't get me wrong, I want the Challenger to join in the frey, but by looking at the numbers released so far and the three plus years to develop the car to beat the competition - this Hellcat better be the end all be all. If it is short of 662 HP... fail. If it does not beat the ZL1 and GT500 lap times at Laguna Seca... fail. If it does not run lower than 11.6 (with both transmissions)...fail. Anything else is an excuse!
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THIS^ If it turns out like the Viper did, this car will go down in history (and sales) as another Dodge flop. Team Viper had 6 whole years to build a car faster than the ZR1 and they finally did...by 0.08 seconds around a 2.2 mile track.
