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My primary concern for Dodge is that they haven't brought a sports car to the table. They're the only brand with a pure muscle car, but that's not a compliment. As a term of heritage, we tend to like calling the pony car class muscle cars; however, a muscle car can be clearly identified by it's power and almost complete lack of interest in road course suspension testing. While the Camaro leads the pack in advanced suspensions—don't bother arguing Ford fanboys—and the Mustang offers suspension options, Dodge has yet to advertise anything worthy of non-drag competition. Here, we see the Hellcat, a performance SRT that will drag well but won't be real competition for the GT500, ZL1, or Z/28 on a road course. As much as I want to see Dodge do well—they are on the right path—they aren't actually competing. They're doing the bare minimum by producing impressive horsepower numbers without actually producing a whole car that stands a chance in the pony car market.
Like I said, Dodge is making a muscle car; a brute; a car without the capability necessary to do anything other than drag races and burnouts. Everyone else is making sports cars designed to compete across the board.
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