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Originally Posted by motorhead
Really? Have you priced a GT500, Z/28 or a ZL1 in the last two years? That's a very weak reason to compare two very different types of vehicles. Beside a 707hp vette if produced will 40 to 50 grand more than the hellcat for sure.
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Yes, 2 years, you are right.
But I can certainly see a $60k 460HP aluminum framed fiberglass sportscar with a V8 rumble and honest 29 mpg highway appealing to the same kind of buyer.
They are running 118mph trap speeds, and go close to 200mph up top.
The Vette is a good performance value, even if HP@Brochure isn't on top.
It's 1/2 the price of the Viper, same weight, and far better as a car, so not a Viper competitor.
If your toy budget is $60k, where are you shopping?
With the Hellcat, you are paying a pretty serious penalty in all other aspects of performance just to have the engine rating. Top speed and 0-60mph times are about the same as the Vette.
707HP is a hellavu number. But much like the Z/28, the Hellcat is a very focused design, giving up attributes for the sake of a single purpose.
Much like I would not suggest a Z/28 is the better value than a Stingray, even if it is faster around a racecourse, I don't see the Hellcat's potential timeslips worth the trade-offs either.
My guess is people will put their mod'd Hellcats into the 9's within 6 months of the release date. And they will join all the other 9 second hotrods out there.
10's have already been done in stock cars.