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Thread: The Doge Challenger Thread. Much power. Very purple. Wow.

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    Quote Originally Posted by RoadAndTrack.com
    One of the development targets was for the car to endure a 20-minute track session in 100-plus-degree heat without having to start pulling power from the engine.
    Heh, well that's something at least.

    Quote Originally Posted by TTAC.com
    Still, they closed the freaking road course after just ninety minutes so the journalists could line up and try their hand at quarter-miles. I didn’t bother to do that.
    Stopped reading. This car is all about the quarter, big sway bars be damned!
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    Some other journos got to drive the Hellcat on the street. Automobile magazine was one of them. TTAC gets the cold shoulder from a lot of OEMs, and not without reason.

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    I will be shocked if the Hellcat is faster than the ZL1 at the track -- I just don't think big power can beat better handling.

    At the strip, it'll be Hellcat all the way of course.

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    Really depends on the venue, though, doesn't it? Big power won't help on technical courses, but surely can offset of a lot of bad qualities if there are simpler areas in which to make up time.

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    Well, considering I'd run out of talent on a track long before just about any reasonably competent car would, it's largely irrelevant. It's heavy because it's full of so much win.

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    Yes, Dodge is Hellcatting the Charger.

    The Hellcat-ization of the Charger is spelled out in the engine’s SAE J1349 certification filing. J1349 is a voluntary third-party-witnessed test that manufacturers can take part in, and it’s the only way to get an engine’s horsepower and torque numbers certified by the organization. Since Chrysler chose to list the Charger on the document, it means they’re interested in certifying the power output of that engine for that car.

    The bottom line? Expect a 707-hp four-door with a Dodge badge. That will make it the most powerful sedan on sale, you know, ever. (Current not-very-close second? The 30-copy BMW M5 30 Jahre edition, which makes 600 hp.)
    Babyseats optional.

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    Giggity
    Get that weak shit off my track

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    I'd like to see a Chrysler 300 "letter series" with it, personally.

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    Velvet Hammer
    Get that weak shit off my track

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    Quote Originally Posted by novicius View Post
    Babyseats optional.
    If I had such a car, I'd put a baby seat in it for sure. Just to mess with people.

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