RE: Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat: Driven

[P4ROT]

Surely, even at 4k revs, this is still an animal with the valet key?

[Dagnut]

J4CKO said:

We have had the Germans doing their power one one-upmanship for a while, but cant remember anything starting with a seven for bhp available, especially when that may be pessimistic.

If anything nine secs to 100 seems slightly underwhelming for that much power, I know a GTR is a different beast but it manages six something with 550 bhp, I bet it is actually quicker than nine secs to 100.

It is ages since a power output made me raise an eyebrow.

The Supersnake GT500 has 850hp..

This car is doing 11 sec quarters and 30 second standing miles so its safe to say it would leave a GTR and blow and M4 away.

Edited by Dagnut on Wednesday 15th October 10:08

[SteveSteveson]

defblade said:

Wow. That should be quicker than my BMW K1200 bike, which was fitted with Warp Drive!

(Glad I've deliberately bought a slow(ish) bike now, or I'd be having to buy an even faster one to make sure...)

Not even close. It's car quick, but it ain't bike quick. K1200 will do 2.8s, this is "mid 3's", which at those sort of times is a massive gulf. Don't worry, your bike is safe from anything apart from a very small number of very expensive cars.

[Pesty]

405dogvan said:

powerstroke said:

Pesty said:

I like the interior

Me too, why we seem to see the vile bland German interiors as a bench mark beats me!!

I suspect if you sat in that, you'd quickly see why we rate interiors which aren't made out of the same plastic as the interior trays of chocolate boxes...

OK - not QUITE that bad these days, but sit in a Chrysler 300 (a car which technically competed with the 5 Series) and you will yearn for the quality of a Kia.

You suspect wrong

I sit in one every day check my profile (face lift) I like it yes the plastic on the dash isn't the best ( better in my facelift) on the new 300 and grand Cherokee it's leather covered so you are out of date I'm affraid. Factor in too that these are half the price maybe even less but IMO not twice as bad.

Sit in A new 300 and get back to me mine is great no squeaks simple dash I have no issues with the plastic the stereo is great touch screen system works as does voice recognition the phone is so good I often get accused of being at home when I'm doing motorway speeds

[JordanTurbo]

Surely the "valet key" should be pink? So I can give it to the wife.

[vz-r_dave]

YankeePorker said:

My dear wife has a sublime Challenger SRT, but only the 480 (US) hp version. Fun, but not the most reliable of beasts. As a result I get emails from Dodge - for those who might be interested, there's a Hellcat telephone ringtone available for download here:

http://www.drivesrt.com/2015/challenger-srt-hellca...

392? My brother has one, what an awesome piece of kit.

[Brummmie]

SteveSteveson said:

Not even close. It's car quick, but it ain't bike quick. K1200 will do 2.8s, this is "mid 3's", which at those sort of times is a massive gulf. Don't worry, your bike is safe from anything apart from a very small number of very expensive cars.

My Cheap TVR has hit 102mph in 6.8 secs on a drag strip, and a 10.6 secs standing quarter..

[YankeePorker]

vz-r_dave said:

392? My brother has one, what an awesome piece of kit.

Yep, she LOVES it, after years of boring grey/silver people carriers as company cars in Europe.

But I miss my Porsche turbo, and the Challenger is a very poor substitute......

Edited by YankeePorker on Wednesday 15th October 16:49

[SimesJH]

Love the looks. Love the name. Love the engine. Love it all. No exceptions.

Don't give a rats ar$e about the fuel economy or comparison to any other car.

Sadly, I'm not 'Dodge material' as I live in the UK.

Remake of Vanishing Point, anyone? Done properly with no jokey actors or CGI, OK. That'd possibly be fabulous.

[qube_TA]

Crazy car, it's awesome that this sort of thing still exists and hasn't gone extinct.

[unpc]

405dogvan said:

I suspect if you sat in that, you'd quickly see why we rate interiors which aren't made out of the same plastic as the interior trays of chocolate boxes...

OK - not QUITE that bad these days, but sit in a Chrysler 300 (a car which technically competed with the 5 Series) and you will yearn for the quality of a Kia.

I work in vehicle interiors for premium and very high end OEMs to cater for people like you. Despite this I couldn't give a rats ass what the interior looks like on my cars, as long they work.

[ivantate]

On my virtual bedroom wall this has replaced the white countach.

[Pesty]

Forget for a minute the absolute bonkers logic of saying a new cars interior will be crap because you sat in a car launched over ten years ago and didn't like the lplastic as if every car from the same country will be crap forever more because of it and look at this.

I was waiting for a customer today and with no internet nought an auto express which had pics of the 60k s60 polestar


Yep this looks loads better than the previous pic I loaded up, not . This pic looks better than the magazine pic that looked like just swathes of black plastic. 60k performance european car really that much better than the Challenger?



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Edited by Pesty on Wednesday 15th October 14:34

[soad]

YankeePorker said:

vz-r_dave said:

392? My brother has one, what an awesome piece of kit.

Yep, she LOVES it, after years of boring grey/silver people carriers as company cars in Europe.

But I miss my Porsche turbo, and the Challenger is a very poor substitute......

Fixed your upside down photo.

[YankeePorker]

soad said:

Fixed your upside down photo.

Thanks - beta up load turned upside down whatever orientation it was on the iPad!

[Stu R]

405dogvan said:

I suspect if you sat in that, you'd quickly see why we rate interiors which aren't made out of the same plastic as the interior trays of chocolate boxes...

OK - not QUITE that bad these days, but sit in a Chrysler 300 (a car which technically competed with the 5 Series) and you will yearn for the quality of a Kia.

I've got a Dodge and a Kia parked on the drive and not once have yearned for the latter's interior in the former. Unfortunately they don't have the sublime interior quality of the BMW X5 which cost a hell of a lot more and just spat it's handbrake switch off the center console, rendering the handbrake unusable until the dealer has a couple of hours with it.

The Challenger's interior is fine, no worse than Vectras, Mondeos et al. If you're the type to swoon over soft touch plastics over a thumping great Hemi then muscle cars probably aren't for you anyway.

[Dagnut]

The interiors were only an issue when they were really bad. Cheap rattley materials and bits falling off would get on your wick, but now they are of a high enough quality that it doesn't matter unless you're the Audi type. They are functional, comfortable and robust...what else do you need?

[vz-r_dave]

Stu R said:

405dogvan said:

I suspect if you sat in that, you'd quickly see why we rate interiors which aren't made out of the same plastic as the interior trays of chocolate boxes...

OK - not QUITE that bad these days, but sit in a Chrysler 300 (a car which technically competed with the 5 Series) and you will yearn for the quality of a Kia.

I've got a Dodge and a Kia parked on the drive and not once have yearned for the latter's interior in the former. Unfortunately they don't have the sublime interior quality of the BMW X5 which cost a hell of a lot more and just spat it's handbrake switch off the center console, rendering the handbrake unusable until the dealer has a couple of hours with it.

The Challenger's interior is fine, no worse than Vectras, Mondeos et al. If you're the type to swoon over soft touch plastics over a thumping great Hemi then muscle cars probably aren't for you anyway.

Not quite 'PH' is it.... the most un 'PH' forum on the web based on the comments I read on the forums these days.

[powerstroke]

405dogvan said:

powerstroke said:

Pesty said:

I like the interior

Me too, why we seem to see the vile bland German interiors as a bench mark beats me!!

I suspect if you sat in that, you'd quickly see why we rate interiors which aren't made out of the same plastic as the interior trays of chocolate boxes...

OK - not QUITE that bad these days, but sit in a Chrysler 300 (a car which technically competed with the 5 Series) and you will yearn for the quality of a Kia.

No sorry I've had jappanesse and north american cars various ages from the sixties upto recent and liked the overall package , bits of ste jornos trot out is oh the interiors inferior to Euro offerings yes it is if you like rock hard seats and acres of grey plastic !!! however if it helps putting Joe average off buying a yank car then fine let them drive boring Audi's etc .

[daytona365]

Giving this to us in the UK, is almost akin to selling the space shuttle to Africans.