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Originally Posted by L99BEN

What's best is of course subjective but have you actually driven a GT500 yet? I guess what I meant by "best" is the acceleration. I cant think of a new car with a factory warranty that's faster from a roll for around $100K, and the braking performance is even more impressive. The ZL1 did seem to little better and is lighter. The GT500/stang has the best visibility compared to the challenger and camaro. The DCT is amazing to operate as well but the factory set-up isn't optimal for 60 ft times, even on a tire. The HC/RE challenger, especially charger wins in low-end torque and practicality dept.
I bought the ZL1 without test driving unfortunately. I found the WOT experience very underwhelming and wanted to mod right away or sell it TBH.
I regretted trading my Hellcat in for it at the time. (BTW, no offense to the ZL1/owners, it is a great car, just not my cup of tea!)

The GT500 has amazed me from day one and continues to, to this day. I even love it more now than when bought it.
You may be overthinking but this is a huge purchase so I understand! Most owners are VERY satisfied. Check out the GT500 forums and you'll see what I mean.

That one LLBB with only a strut issue might be a great deal actually if that's truly all it was!

You seem to be a V8 man but have you considered the new M3 xdrive? They are fast with basic bolt-ons, like high 9sec ET at 140 mph...Much more practical and not too loud. They are just getting started with this platform. I think a nice option if you can get over the fugly front end

This (the bolded part) is interesting. ZL1s are as quick as Hellcat Challengers in a straight line up to about 130 mph. For some reason ZL1s do fall off pretty hard past 130 mph compared to other similarly performing cars. I wonder if your ZL1 had air in the intercooler circuit that never allowed it to make full hp even at lower speeds. That would be something you'd never know if you didn't know to check it.

The GT500 is definitely the roll race champ under $100k until the C8 Z06 comes out, which will probably trap similar to the GT500. A Redeye is close, though, but not close in handling or looks IMO.