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Originally Posted by DarkneSS

Oh yeah a stripped out 100k track only car sounds great. Hellcat is street legal and runs 10s.

Exactly. I like to balance looks, performance, and comfort as equally as possible. The 5th gen Camaro IMO satisfies all those desires better than any other similarly priced car for around $30k or less. The Hellcat hits all those desires much better than a ZL1 or GT500. Its faster than both, looks better than a GT500 and possibly even the ZL1, and although I've actually never driven any Challenger, I believe numerous owners and reviewers when they say it is more comfortable. Although heavier cars never handle as nimble, they do generally feel more comfortable.

I think Chevy focused too much on road courses with their top of the line Camaro offerings to win favor with reviewers. They wanted to be able to say, "Hey look we build high quality vehicles and professionals agree!" But honestly I think most auto enthusiasts don't really base their purchases off magazine reviews. If we did, we would all be driving slow ass Subaru BRZs.

I think a lot of people didn't get the Challenger because it was really under performing for how much it cost compared to a SS or a GT back when they all came out. As long as the Hellcat comes in at 70k or less they OWN that price bracket.

Find me another brand new car that runs 10s bone stock, looks as good as the Hellcat, and is as generally comfortable. A GTR runs high 10s stock I believe and those are 100k+.

I was under the impression that the high 10 run was on a set of DR's and that the stock rubber pulled a still outstanding low 11sec 1/4.