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Originally Posted by HCT
Just thought I'd chime in as I currently own a Charger Hellcat.
I'm looking to downsize at some point but I still want 4 seats, so the ZL1 is looking very interesting. I'm probably going to wait at least a year to see if Ford releases a GT500 before making a final decision though.
I'm very excited about the A10. I suspect the final verdict will come down to how smart the software is. The ZF 8 speed used in the Hellcats is used in a wide variety of cars and it's up to each manufacturer to create a shift map. So the identical physical hardware in a Bentley Mulsanne shifts very differently from the same unit in a Hellcat. That said, I expect that GM will apply all they've learned from the A8 such that the A10 should perform well right from day one. (When I say "perform well" I don't just mean shift speeds at WOT, but also downshifting aggressively going into turns without upsetting the chassis.)
As far as performance matchups go, I think the ZL1 should handily outperform the Hellcat. The Challenger has about 6.3 lbs/HP and the ZL1 has about 6.1 lbs/HP. The ZL1 has wider, more aggressive tires and Chevy has more sophisticated traction management than the Dodge does. In a straight line it'll be close but the ZL1 will have the edge; around a track the Hellcat will not even be in the same zip code, LOL.
I speak from experience when I say the Hellcat is hard to launch well consistently. (Much easier on drag radials but I'm talking about stock tires.) So apart from the times set by magazine reviewers, in any street matchup I'd expect the ZL1 to win consistently.
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I'd have to agree on this, the zl1 will be lighter, grippier, and more aerodynamic. It seems that you can't go too hard on a launch with a cat without spinning. The zl1 will be able to launch much more aggressively and keeping it very close.
No clue how close a rolling start would be between the two.
And yeah, on the track, the zl1 will be running circles around a cat.