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Originally Posted by McRat
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.
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You are right on most points here, but the hellcat and vette are targeted at two very different buyers. That's why I don't see the comparison. I agree about the vette. It really is a bargain for what you get, but most people looking at and craving 700HP Mopars don't really care about Corvettes. At least in my little neck of the woods. Same goes for vette guys around here. They don't give Al Bundy Mopars a second look. I'm the outcast in the group, but my heart would lie with a 707HP Challenger any day over a equality priced Vette that will most likely out perform it in many ways.