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Originally Posted by LOWDOWN
Is that the same Motor Trend that burned up the track in an Automatic Hellcat Challenger to the tune of one 11.7, and a bunch of 12s? Good authority...
The question you need to ask your handlers, 1, is how many will they BUILD by year-end? You can't sell what you DON'T make...and they seem to be enjoying regular siestas down on Connor St...and, as Joe pointed out clearly, "being outrun by a taxi cab" isn't doing much to wake those sleepy worker up...
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I get that mag at home. I just read the motor trend article again and it clearly states that all motor trend testing is done on the street not on a track. Motor trend has given all Chevrolet cars (the new impala SS, the corvette the ZL-1, the Z-28) good reviews so are you implying that they don't know what they are talking about on your chevy cars also or just on the Viper. As far as me being handled sounds like your the one being handled the Viper is faster that the Vett no matter what model you get and the challenger hell cat is to. So quit trying to pick a fight and go back and read the Motor Trend article you quoted. For your reading enjoyment and you stand corrected. THIS IS TAKEN FROM THE MOTOR TREND ARTICAL. I'd also like to note that this is the closely spaced eight-speed ZF automatic Hellcat, not the longer-geared six-speed manual version. The Shelby had very tall gearing, meaning that you could launch the sucker in first gear, and it was of course a manual. Let's revisit the Ford versus Dodge comparison once we get our hands on the row-your-own Hellcat. Until then, Mopar faithful, have faith! What about the 11.2-second quarter-mile time that Dodge has been trumpeting to the world? Well, half a second (11.7 seconds versus 11.2) is the difference between a prepped VHT surface and the street. All Motor Trend testing is done on asphalt, while Dodge got its big number on the strip. Now a word about trap speeds. 125 mph is insane. Here's some comparative data for you. The 991 Porsche 911 Turbo S can hammer home the quarter mile in just 10.9 seconds (on Pirelli P Zeros, coincidently) but its trap speed is only 123.7 mph. The quicker time is due to better traction at launch (thanks, AWD!) but the Dodge -- which costs a third the entry price of the porker, about $60K versus $180K -- is going faster at the end of 1320 feet. And since stoplight-to-stoplight racing is never GPS-tracked ... You get my point. Look at the 2014 Nissan GT-R Track Edition. That flavor of Godzilla does the quarter in 11.0 seconds flat, but is "only" trapping at 125.1 mph. OK, so the Hellcat's barely faster, but here's the point -- it's faster. Here is the link to the Motor Trend article you were referring to. FASTER THAN A GTR TRACK EDITION WOW.
http://www.motortrend.com/roadtests/...at_first_test/