I'm very curious how the performance of these two cars compare. I know the Shelby is a much more special car, being a Shelby and being the last Shelby that Carroll Shelby had a hand in etc etc. This thread is just simply to compare the performance of the 2013/2014 GT500 and the Charger Hellcat (not challenger), nothing more.
So by looking at the stats, acceleration of the two cars are very similar. The Shelby getting a 3.5 second run to 60 by motor trend (although I've never gotten under 4 with the stock tires) and an 11.6 second 1/4 mile run at 125.7 mph. The Charger Hellcat was tested at 0-60 in 3.7 seconds with a 1/4 mile time of 11.8 at 124.3mph. It's after that where the information gets a little more interesting. I've been searching for 0-150mph times, and it looks like the Charger hellcat is faster 0-150. Somebody on these forums in another thread posted that Car and Driver got a 0-150 time of 15.8 seconds for the hellcat, which is crazy. Car and driver tested our Shelby at 17.6 seconds 0-150mph, which still beats the new Z06.
So it seems like in terms of acceleration, it's a drivers race, until you get past the 1/4 mile mark or in the super top end, in which the test results would seem to indicate the hellcat would walk away. Does this seem right?
As far as handling and braking, it seems the cars are similar also. The Charger stoping from 60 to 0 in 104 feet, and our car doing it in 101 feet, even though they emphasized brake fade (which I haven't experienced) and they didn't report in the 4,500 lb sedan, which is remarkable.
Handling seems similar to, according to the numbers, even though the law of physics would indicate the GT500 would be the more nimble car. The Charger's figure 8 time on Motor Trend was 24.5 seconds with a .91 average g. Our car had a 24.2 second figure 8 time with a .80 average g. Lateral acceleration g force for our cars was recorded as .98 avg on Motor Trend and .94 avg g for the Hellcat.
So from the numbers, one could conclude that the performance of these two cars are very similar. I'd still love to see a comparison for the stuff you can't measure in numbers.
I like the Charger Hellcat A LOT. I kind of like the idea of having the Shelby's performance, but in a car that's completely practical with 4 doors, huge back seat, huge trunk and can be driven every day in complete comfort. That is, of course, if the performance is really comparable to our cars. What are your thoughts?
So by looking at the stats, acceleration of the two cars are very similar. The Shelby getting a 3.5 second run to 60 by motor trend (although I've never gotten under 4 with the stock tires) and an 11.6 second 1/4 mile run at 125.7 mph. The Charger Hellcat was tested at 0-60 in 3.7 seconds with a 1/4 mile time of 11.8 at 124.3mph. It's after that where the information gets a little more interesting. I've been searching for 0-150mph times, and it looks like the Charger hellcat is faster 0-150. Somebody on these forums in another thread posted that Car and Driver got a 0-150 time of 15.8 seconds for the hellcat, which is crazy. Car and driver tested our Shelby at 17.6 seconds 0-150mph, which still beats the new Z06.
So it seems like in terms of acceleration, it's a drivers race, until you get past the 1/4 mile mark or in the super top end, in which the test results would seem to indicate the hellcat would walk away. Does this seem right?
As far as handling and braking, it seems the cars are similar also. The Charger stoping from 60 to 0 in 104 feet, and our car doing it in 101 feet, even though they emphasized brake fade (which I haven't experienced) and they didn't report in the 4,500 lb sedan, which is remarkable.
Handling seems similar to, according to the numbers, even though the law of physics would indicate the GT500 would be the more nimble car. The Charger's figure 8 time on Motor Trend was 24.5 seconds with a .91 average g. Our car had a 24.2 second figure 8 time with a .80 average g. Lateral acceleration g force for our cars was recorded as .98 avg on Motor Trend and .94 avg g for the Hellcat.
So from the numbers, one could conclude that the performance of these two cars are very similar. I'd still love to see a comparison for the stuff you can't measure in numbers.
I like the Charger Hellcat A LOT. I kind of like the idea of having the Shelby's performance, but in a car that's completely practical with 4 doors, huge back seat, huge trunk and can be driven every day in complete comfort. That is, of course, if the performance is really comparable to our cars. What are your thoughts?
