Thursday 6th November 2008

Hurst Flexes its Muscles

US tuner launches its first performance car range in 11 years

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... when an ordinary Challenger is too sober

Thanks to the manufacturer-led ‘muscle car revival’, Hurst has dusted off it’s Performance Vehicles brand and unveiled a new range of Hurst/Hemi Challengers, as well as a fab new website where you can get a glimpse of some vintage Hurst machinery in action.

The last Hurst Performance vehicle was a less-than-inspiring take on the 1988 Oldsmobile Cutlass, and since then the company has concentrated on go-faster parts – notably the range of Hurst performance shifters.

However, the Hurst history books are packed with some of the icons of US hot-rodding and drag-racing, including the awesome Hurst Hemi Under Glass and the Hairy Oldsmobile, not to mention some revered road going special editions produced in league with the manufacturers like Oldsmobile.

The company says its 2009 Hurst/Hemi Challenger will be available through selected Dodge dealers in the US, with Series 1 to 4 versions offering a range of upgrades – the Series 4 being based on the Challenger SRT8 6.1 Hemi, while Series 1 to 3 get the 5.7 litre lump.

Click here to find out more.

[Stevie Mojo]

Those Challengers are very tasty!

[trampagne]

Great to see the name back in action.

[scott.s]

I love the return of these classic cars in a world full of rubbish, lets see more of it i want to see the Cortina, capri back................come on ford no one likes the current line up

[Dubmaster77]

scott.s said:

I love the return of these classic cars in a world full of rubbish, lets see more of it i want to see the Cortina, capri back................come on ford no one likes the current line up

What About the Mondeo and Cougar.... Oh wait!!!!

[Stevie Mojo]

scott.s said:

I love the return of these classic cars in a world full of rubbish, lets see more of it i want to see the Cortina, capri back................come on ford no one likes the current line up

Yeah, too right! How about the mk2 Escort and mk1 Granada Coupe aswell? Things have never been the same at Ford since the good old days.

[JPKerr]

Those yanks sure know how to build a nice muscle car

[tim milne]

If you want to know what news stories will feature on PH, just look at yesterday's Jalopnik.

[Mr Fenix]

Good to see a resurgence in muscle cars with proper heritage, I'd take the new challenger over the 2009 Mustang any day of the week.

You all know where this is headed right?

Bullitt remake !

(or vanishing point...)

[hirsty27]

JADA MODELS...that's the first thing I thought when viewing this car...

Bullit or Vanishing Point remake,..yep I think this car could work...., then again why would you remake such iconic film..,.......ah money..

[chevy-stu]

Whilst I do like the yank motors and there are a fair few good ones out, or just about to come out, there seems to be a huge bias towards the news features in these in the last few months on PH..

I almost long for some Porsche/Ferrari or TVR news...

[timewatch]

Like it in white !

Very nice indeed.

TW>>>

[dpbird90]

May I be the first to say:

Powerrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!

These should be some decent cars, lets just hope they do one with 800bhp and a limited slip diff for some serious tyre shredding hooning.

[Tahiti]

scott.s said:

I love the return of these classic cars in a world full of rubbish, lets see more of it i want to see the Cortina, capri back................come on ford no one likes the current line up

Genius. Capri, Mark 1 or 2 Escort remake.

[petrolpowered84]

Definatley should bring back the Capri - I could do with a modern one to go with the 2 classics I already have!

[rsstman]

scott.s said:

I love the return of these classic cars in a world full of rubbish, lets see more of it i want to see the Cortina, capri back................come on ford no one likes the current line up

i think the sales volumes would suggest lots of people like the current lineup. st`s and rs`s are very desireable cars.

but then i would also love to see the return of the capri and cortina although i think these would be sold in much lower volumes.