Dodge Challenger Hellcat - first drive

[mylesmcd]

I am a dealer and delivered one of these yesterday.

Unbelievable. Still a Challenger in many aspects, but even on a straight dual carriageway the most i could give it was half throttle. Epic noise, lots of sideways action, very American!

[graemel]

They are an unbelievable piece aren't they.
What price did you sell it for ?

[mylesmcd]

We have to be below MSRP, so they guy walked out with $64,500.

I can honestly say i it scared me a little! the delivery is insane.

I ll get the rest of the pictures up in a few

[Matt Harper]

Dealer delivering new car to client - "lots of sideways action" - what the actual fk?

Edited by Matt Harper on Sunday 7th June 18:18

[graemel]

I knew I was going to be impressed with my Hellcat. But I must admit it has exceeded all of my expectations.

[mylesmcd]

In the discussion with the guy who bought it, i told him it was far and away the most scary car i have ever been in....it has made me re think my limit of horsepower.....is it really needed? ( lol)

[graemel]

is it really needed. No. Is it scary No. Is it awesome Yes

[mylesmcd]

fair point, i would have loved longer in it. Somewhere you could really let it go.

savage savage piece of kit.

[vaughan watkins]

Well I've loved my SRT8 and it's been my daily for 2 years doing about 18k miles a year and its a lovely big if kit but you do get used to the power so would like a bit more, just can't justify the extra £30k or so to upgrade to a hellcat, that said it would be a shame to use one as a daily as I think they will be future classics and worth looking after a bit more than a daily. Would love to experiance one though.

[mylesmcd]

i think the big shock came for me in that i had only driven Hemi's - no SRT8, so i was missing a level.

In answer to the sideways remark, i had the car in shipping mode and was delivering it that way. The car valet took it off and i wasn't expecting that much extra go-go when i pulled out onto the dual carriage way. it would have broke a lesser man....

[Matt Harper]

mylesmcd said:

i think the big shock came for me in that i had only driven Hemi's - no SRT8, so i was missing a level.

In answer to the sideways remark, i had the car in shipping mode and was delivering it that way. The car valet took it off and i wasn't expecting that much extra go-go when i pulled out onto the dual carriage way. it would have broke a lesser man....

Regardless, I'd be very pissed-off with you, if I'd entrusted you with my new car and you ragged it to the point it got sideways. Not a great testimony to the integrity of your business to brag about it on a public forum either.
I know it's easy to get cars like this out of shape if you punch them too hard (I have a 392 Scat Pack), but they are also very docile if driven with restraint - which is what a dealer should be doing, in my humble opinion.

[mylesmcd]

Matt Harper said:

mylesmcd said:

i think the big shock came for me in that i had only driven Hemi's - no SRT8, so i was missing a level.

In answer to the sideways remark, i had the car in shipping mode and was delivering it that way. The car valet took it off and i wasn't expecting that much extra go-go when i pulled out onto the dual carriage way. it would have broke a lesser man....

Regardless, I'd be very pissed-off with you, if I'd entrusted you with my new car and you ragged it to the point it got sideways. Not a great testimony to the integrity of your business to brag about it on a public forum either.
I know it's easy to get cars like this out of shape if you punch them too hard (I have a 392 Scat Pack), but they are also very docile if driven with restraint - which is what a dealer should be doing, in my humble opinion.

it wasn't a full opposite lock drift by any stretch of the imagination, more a gentle sway out of line. But, my point was how quickly it had.