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Traded Hellcat for a GT 350
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<blockquote data-quote="ANGREY" data-source="post: 16095131" data-attributes="member: 188865"><p>So enlighten us all as to what other feature the hellcat/demon excels at. Speak to us about fuel economy, or braking, or turning capability or ANY other driving metric other than moderate success at straight line speed.</p><p></p><p>Go to ANY drag strip and hellcats are rarely (if ever) the fastest car there. There's THOUSANDS of built camaros and mustangs and even ricer cars that are made to go faster (in a straight line) and even cars that only equal the hellcat's ET/Traps, ALL of those cars out perform the dodge in virtually EVERY other aspect of driving experience.</p><p></p><p>The hellcat/demon could have been an exceptional car (even for the money) if Dodge could find a way to shed 600 lbs off the car. At 4400 lbs, the car weighs nearly as much as my 4Runner. It's pathetic. There's absolutely NO reason, other than dodge being lazy or penny pinching for a coupe (Challenger) to weigh 4400 lbs. It's almost as if Dodge engineers and bean counters said "hey the car is really heavy, it'll go way faster if we save some weight, but who cares, we'll just market old engine tech and show a really big crank HP number and idiots will buy it thinking it's the baddest car around."</p><p></p><p>A 3800 lb challenger with 800 hp at the crank starts to become impressive. A 4400 lb pig that uses tech that was around in 1990 that costs more than a luxury car is a case study in marketing success. Dodge didn't invest a single dime in R/D for the program. Nothing about the motor or trans or components (carbon fiber, lightweight materials, etc). Nothing. They literally said, just make a big, inefficient motor and strap it to a tug boat and idiots will pay a fortune for it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ANGREY, post: 16095131, member: 188865"] So enlighten us all as to what other feature the hellcat/demon excels at. Speak to us about fuel economy, or braking, or turning capability or ANY other driving metric other than moderate success at straight line speed. Go to ANY drag strip and hellcats are rarely (if ever) the fastest car there. There's THOUSANDS of built camaros and mustangs and even ricer cars that are made to go faster (in a straight line) and even cars that only equal the hellcat's ET/Traps, ALL of those cars out perform the dodge in virtually EVERY other aspect of driving experience. The hellcat/demon could have been an exceptional car (even for the money) if Dodge could find a way to shed 600 lbs off the car. At 4400 lbs, the car weighs nearly as much as my 4Runner. It's pathetic. There's absolutely NO reason, other than dodge being lazy or penny pinching for a coupe (Challenger) to weigh 4400 lbs. It's almost as if Dodge engineers and bean counters said "hey the car is really heavy, it'll go way faster if we save some weight, but who cares, we'll just market old engine tech and show a really big crank HP number and idiots will buy it thinking it's the baddest car around." A 3800 lb challenger with 800 hp at the crank starts to become impressive. A 4400 lb pig that uses tech that was around in 1990 that costs more than a luxury car is a case study in marketing success. Dodge didn't invest a single dime in R/D for the program. Nothing about the motor or trans or components (carbon fiber, lightweight materials, etc). Nothing. They literally said, just make a big, inefficient motor and strap it to a tug boat and idiots will pay a fortune for it. [/QUOTE]
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