What 700 Horsepower Feels Like
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- Опубліковано 30 лип 2024
- We take the new, 707 Horsepower, 2015 Dodge SRT Challenger Hellcat for a spin around a high-speed oval, on country roads, and down the drag strip.
Read the article here: www.caranddriver.com/reviews/2...
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I love it when European guys scream that muscle cars can't go around corners. News flash it's a street car where most of its races will be done in a straight line. And it corners on a track. And as for weight when it's a race car it's stripped and prepped to do corners. it will literally destroy and demoralize an m3.
lol with nearly half the power, an M3 would wreck this on the track.
Harrison Freon a track spec m3 vs. A track spec hellcat ? There is no comparison. More horsepower out of the corner.
When you learn how to drive it you can steer it with the back wheels by pressing on the "go" pedal.....
Harrison Freon M3 would rip this POS apart on the track..And in the street.You strip it and prep it up for corners, and will prep a m3 for straight line...Good bye hellkitten! In every way! Love it when american guys talk all this and they know they can NEVER afford a Audi,Mercedes or Bmw. Soooo funny!
Jay Man Love it when some Euro-trash d-bag comes on here and talks like an idiot showing their underwhelming stupidity while trying to insult people in the country of every type of existing culture. Sooo funny! The M3 costs about the same as what the Hellcat is priced at around $60K. It's not at all a matter of affordability but returned value. BMW's tend to be problematic high-maintenance cars and aren't any more reliable than non-luxury brands, and most Americans realize they don't need to pay an extra $5k (about 4kEUR) to have overpriced unseen, unfelt exotic materials with no function tucked in corners. And your M3, though 3,600lbs vs 4,400lbs, is not exactly a lightweight and is slower than the Challenger to begin with. What's with BMW pathetic 4yr/50K mile warranty anyhow? They obviously don't want to lose money fixing their beamers issues while new-millennium (most auto-makers were pumping out garbage in the 1980's & 90's- most people have selective short-term memory, so I'm reminding them) Dodge can confidently provide a 5yr/100K mile warranty.
Pretty funny to read yet another long set of comments from mostly jealous and uneducated car fans. So here's a heads-up and there can be no argument: The Hellcat Charger and Challenger are FULL SIZE cars with room for 4-5 adults and big trunks with comfortable interiors. This makes them suitable for family use and travel more than ANY other car in their class. I'm 6'3 and can't even be comfortable in a BMW like a M3. GT500 and Mercedes AMG...equally uncomfortable. Big cars don't handle as good as small ones. Small ones don't ride as well as large ones. The Hellcats provide insane performance for their SIZE. On a highway you can have a ton of fun and handling is not a factor. On a twisty road a Miata is more fun to drive than the Hellcat OR a BMW. Pick your poison. If you want ROOM and a practical car that can fly, these Hellcats are the only game in town short of an M5, which is a pretty uninvolving car to drive and look at, more expensive (NOT as comfortable) and slower than the Hellcat! Wake up, people, and learn that cars like this will be a perfect fit for some, while an M4, GT500 or GT-R is better for others.
Hit the nail on the head.
perfect comment
Hell yeah. Also, we can all hate on Honda, right? No one likes Honda...or the Toyota Prius.
". . . a practical car . . .?" Paying a big premium for a powertrain that's unusable on public roads, and the attendant costs of a daily life with a mega-hp engine (gas, insurance, tires, gas, drivetrain wear, brakes, gas) - all add up to a steep price to pay for bragging rights and not a practical car in the conventional sense of the word.
This video was a total puff piece by C&D. They have lost their last vestige of credibility in my book, and I've been a reader for 30+ years.
(Go ahead, call me a geezer. I was burning rubber when you were watching Sesame Street. Haha.)
John Techwriter
What is your definition of an "Unusable" powertrain? 707hp is definitely usable, and the gas mileage is still in the 20s. All in all, it's a badass car.
It's amazing how the Hellcat is sending shock waves through the entire Automobile industry. It's truly a masterpiece. Got to get one come hell or high water!!! :o)
707 horsepower in a 4400+ lb car. Well, I'd imagine it feels just about the same as 662hp in a 3850lb car. We saw that 2 years ago.
As we can see, this car is mainly targeted at the fat bastards who want a car to match.
its targeted for real fucking muscle car fans and not cheap ass gt500 fanboys
Jimmy Russles Wow, did you come up with that one yourself?
I remember you, you are the troll that comments on Hellcat videos, correct?
EpicNEd I'm the one that tries to bring fanboys back down to Earth with facts.
hartsickdisciple Nah, you can't admit the hellcat is fast.
What's funny is, you hear all these kids saying shit like, "the car is too heavy, it can't turn a corner, it can't hook up, or my Corvette would destroy this thing." Well guess what. This car was not made to do any of those things. It's not a race car. It's big, heavy, has plenty of hp and torque, and loves to light the tires up at any given moment. Last time I checked, that's exactly what a muscle car is. So you can take your fucking Corvette that costs twice as much, and shove it up your ass. I'll be in a Hellcat having twice as much fun, because THAT is what this car was made for.
Thank you President Obama, Fiat for saving Chrysler and the American car industry. Beautiful. This is truly a renaissance of the American cars.
Yea thank you. Only bad part to me is Pontiac R.I.P. That's ok tho because legend never dies :)
Yea and under Obama, who can afford it? lol
Yes, thank you Obama for spending money on things we don't need. Just a testament to how the presidency has gone.
BobDingle25
So we don't need a vibrant auto industry in the US? You wouldn't say that if your job depended on GM or Chrysler (or if you were a parts supplier). Can you imagine another 1-2 million unemployed auto workers circa 2008? Think about it.
*****
Agreed, but at least they paid the government back with interest and early. Not to mention the 1-2 million jobs and technological know-how were saved during the worst of the crisis in 2008. Between saving the wolves of Wall St. and manufacturing in US, I vote for manufacturing any day.
But my heart keeps calling me backwards
As I get on the 707
Ridin' high I got tears in my eyes
You know you got to go through hell
Before you get to heaven
I see what you did there...
I don't care what the hell you think .. I freaking love this car!!!!! I prefer this over the 2014 camaro.
If you read Car and Driver's September 2014 issue, you'll see that they estimated that the Hellcat does the quarter-mile in 11.1-11.4 seconds, and comes with a six-speed manual STANDARD. 0-60 in about 3.4-3.8 seconds, also. Those numbers are just estimates, but they seem pretty damn realistic to me. I believe they made this car just to tear up the drag strip, though. Still a very badass car.
I am a Ford guy, its an American car, we should be proud of it, regardless of US company makes it, y'all doing some childish shit and do u kno how much you would pay for an Overseas car that has 700+ hp, please tell me cause this is the bargain of a lifetime...
The official car of men with beer guts
The Most Powerful ? Yep.. For the moment... In a few weeks, Ford will announce the New Stang with 725, followed by the New Camaro with 750.. The HP wars are on !! Yes !!!
So the car with the test driver in it is about 5000lb?
4700, so not far off lol.
pretty sure there was a driver in there when it ran 11.2 and 10.8
What was the ET at the drag strip?
A 10 second street car that gets 20mpg, haul 5 people comfortably, and all for $60,000 dollars. It is a performance bargain!
8:44 isnt it damaging to the paint , also with the cleaning of it ?
THIS IS the CAR to have!!!!
nope
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Sovereign Knight hehe I can give you 1000 reasons why you are wrong. ;)
11 s on street rubber and 10 s on drag radials , Were do i sign? I just want one
Great video, but one important detail was left out probably intentionally, what were you able to run in the quarter???
This is nice and all but what does it do when it sees a bend in the road? And whats up with restricting the driver on the banked over for a highspeed run?
ah yes, because muscle cars can't corner, how original. Well, you might be surprised to learn this but since the 90's American Manufacturers have actually figured out how to produce sports cars that corner exceptionally well. Specially Dodge, look at the fastest laps around Laguna Seca, top 5 are American Sports cars, 3 of which are held by the Dodge Viper (1st, 3rd, and 4th respectively) and the fastest American Sports Car around the Nurburgring is the Dodge Viper which is the 6th fastest vehicle followed by the Corvette back in 12th. So I'd say if anyone has a chance at figuring out how to take a corner properly, the good folks at SRT have you covered. Cheers.
HPRam1
Ahhh and there you go presuming my comments implies a flaw that subconciously nags you in the back of your mind. I asked a simple question. You don't know if I'm interested in buying this car or not. I'm not obliviouls to what current US car makers are producing these days Camaro ZL1, Camaro 1LE are some of the best handling muscle cars coming from the motorcity in the US. Also the 2015 Mustang now comes with IRS, hell the 2014 Camaro Z28 just spanked the GT-R in MotorTrend's comparison a few months ago. So please don't be daft and assume the implications of my comments. All I wanted to know is what are the other perfomance metrics of this car for comparison shopping. Cheers.
Its funny how he's talking about how quiet the Hellcat is and how it has no drone while his voice gets drowned out by the exhause drone. lol
This is the best Chris Farley video yet "In a sedan down by the river".
Feels like 400 hp when it's 2 tons
yet it will still walk ZL1s and Shelbys
bradardoin Zl1's maybe beat, not walk, Shelby has a higher power/weight ratio so it would be about equal or shelby slightly ahead
halabi97 Pretty sure m5 and e63 feel like 350hp because they're almost same weight as hellcat and less hp.. so yea :/
stoopidvideo Are you serious? Those are super sedans, not muscle cars. They do much much more than just go fast, they are a completely different kind of car made to do different things...
halabi97
I gotta agree with him. If you look at the spec sheet, size, interior space and comfort, performance, and personality of the car the Challenger has more in common with an M6 than it does with a GT500. It's just styling and exhaust sound that make it a muscle car.
Thought they said u can get the 6sp viper trans also.
Dude driving looks like an older Chris Farley from the side view. You can't tell me he doesn't. Lol
5:03 where is it this oval ???
Chp or bhp?
On Spetember 20-21 2014 AAA speedway, Fontana please bring a few out to the Infield track days. I would like to see if it can really beat my stock 14' Shelby without marketing involved. Hope to see these there. Or in October. Just show up.
Living in Detroit, I get to see a few of these fairly often... I like them a lot and wouldn't mind having one myself. They do make a valid point about oem vs tuner cars. That being said, I look forward to when a Hellcat owner sticks their chest out and pulls up next to me. Beating the hell out of them is always a pleasure lol.
THANKS FIAT!
The only thing people love more than muscle cars, is bitching about muscle cars!
at 3:05 the engineers talk about how easy it will be to tune these cars, but currently very few shops out there have been able to crack the code on the '11-'14 VVT hemi. most have to go with a plug-in Trinity tuner, which limits your mapping options. sure hope Chrysler made the Hellcat more tuner friendly. if not, expect the aftermarket to once again lag on performance goodies for this motor.
Watch this car fetch a $1,00,000 at Barrett Jackson in 30-40 years.
I loveeeeee this car soooo much
This car is WICKED!!! I LOVE IT!!!
What an absolutely incredible car
Very nice. Very fast and very reliable muscle car for the modern age.
2015 c7 Zo7 has 707hp and runs10:60s on drag radials. not 10:80s
All of you saying it won't feel like 700hp have probably never driven anything more powerful than your civic. How could you honestly freaking judge this car with experience like that? All of these auto reviewers stated their opinions just like you people are doing now, then they were completely blown away when they drove it. Those opinions changed immensely.
What about the Shelby gt500 super snake 850hp
Love my HC
The viper has the bigger naturally aspirated V10 from the market but doesn't have the biggest figures and now the Challenger Team is beating them with their supercharged. Team Viper it's your move now
I thought the Viper was classified as a Sports car...
Yeah though the companies keep separated teams to increase the intern competition and innovation, so the muscle car team is always pushing the sports car team further like Camaro x Vette, when the z28 was launched the intern pressure was on the Vette team because the sports car team have to make a better car since the sports car will always be more expensive and be attached with a higher market, the spirit car can't lose consumers to the muscle car. Idk if I made it clear enough, but basically that's what happen.
sadly vipers next move may likely be to stop production...they peaked at around ten thousand units per year in the beginning but now they havent made more than 2 thousand vipers a year...they sell about 1500 per year at most now. compared to corvettes 50k per year and with this car they will sell more v6s and small hemis for the people that need to drive everyday
@1:10 It's a coup not a sedan. Where's the other 2 doors?
I bet Plank road going to Milan was an absolute nightmare
Fastest* Muscle car in history
*In a straight line
Where is your GTR Nismo video? You got the car didn't you?
yet with stock tires and on the street it can at best throw a 4.7 sec 0-60... seems dodge didnt think the whole car through,,,
A slow 0-60 only means the driver does not know how to put the power down. For example, one of my friends tried doing a 0-60 in my car and his time was over 2 seconds slower than mine was. Try it yourself if you know how to launch your car.
Stock tires at 4.7 I find respectable. How much does it cost???????
What im saying is they say itll put down 10.8 1/4 mile on a drag strip with drag radials but thats sticky tires on a sticky track so it works. However SRT engineers never thought to put wider tires on the hellcat only 9.5in for 707hp so 19 total inches to put to the ground compared to say a GT500 662 hp 11in tires so 22in total to the ground SVT put more thought into it than SRT
Well they guys admit to not planning to put a full 700hp in it until the project was half done. Either way, I like the styling of the Challenger, and even though it is only a small candle of a light, it is still nice to have a minor claim to coolness in the car world.
They probably thought about it, but decided not to because of some reason. They probably wanted to keep the car at a certain price tag and that's how they accomplished it. I mean, if you think about it, how long until you need new tires anyways...
@3:18"the-the big difference though is we have to pass all the durability requirements, obviously, and the difference between a tuner car and a fully developed, fully durable OEM car is huge..." indeed, but i do often wonder what parts are engineered not to be fully durable for a given vehicle or type of vehicle, per manufacturer. also replacing most parts, like, say, bearings, etc. on modern chryslers requires a lot of packages that only INCLUDE parts like bearings WITH various other otherwise fully functional parts. needing bread n butter repairs means a crap definition of "fully durable". they just don't make em like they used to. my gripe with chrysler in the last how many years... i've had too much bad with their electrical/computer stuff. you can keep an old muscle car goin forever, but is that gonna work out with these latest things?
Pretty good video, but who enjoyed the music? Not me! They designed that exhaust to be heard without interference, didn't they?
If that guy wants to be around to enjoy all the great cars coming out in the next decade he needs to listen to his doctor and wife. Time to loose weight. Just do it.
700+ horsepower don't feel like 400 horsepower in a 2 ton vehicle. ...it feels like being launched from a spacecraft! I love dodge for this!
anyone that is downing the newer Hemi Challengers, has not driven one. I am old school but never had the HONOR of driving/owning a nostalgic Challenger. My "muscle cars" had the 6 bangers in em..lol
My 09 Challenger 5.7 with a 6 speed stick is one badass PLEASURE to own and drive. Cant say I miss leaking oil pans, squeeky brakes, over heated engines and all that FUN stuff of the 70's..lol My exhaust system sounds so good to me as I enjoy going thru the gears smoothly.... Air conditioner going, great tunes playing without STATIC...lol IM NOT knocking the old TREASURES! I LOVE EM ALL.. But dont knock todays treasures.. they ride niceeeee :) I wouldnt trade my baby for anything! ahem..... cept for maybe another Red 2015 Hellcat! BwaaaHaaa
Quite a few negative comments about this car. Sure it is a heavy car, but the Horsepower makes up for it. The time slips indicate that the weight is not as much of a problem as people think. I don't see this on a road course much, but has the original Muscle Car premise. Straight Line! The exhaust is also nice. Something rare today. Thumbs up!
I want to see the same report done on the Hellcat Charger.
i am very impressed with dodge for tis, not only 707hp but also reliability to be able to use it over and over and it not over heat, thats something that a lot of supercars cant even say, hell the laferrari caught on fire because it over heated!!
as far as it being 4400lbs well ,with all of the added creature comforts i can see that happening ,but its not that big of a deal, so for all of the haters ,i refer you to the new bmw m5 over 560hp but weighs in at over 4300lbs, the same with the mercedes amg63 or 65 sedans, their weight is over 4500lbs yet, both of those sedan are uber quick and are considered to top class in accelleration and handling, so its extremely possible to weight alot and handle, and of course the ultimate example ,the buggati veyrons weight is over 5300lbs and as you all know it can handle and is super fast ,so 4400lbs when compared to everything else isnt that big of a deal by 2014 standards
Very Cool, I won't buy one but if I did it would put a smile on my face every time I started it.
I just built a 2014 hemi challenger with everything it's 53,000 so the Hell Cat will be at least 65,000 plus and around 75,000 with all options. For a car that will only go in a straight line.
Hagrid at his day job !!!
I have a 1969 Riviera, which is a huge car, but when a challenger rolls up to me at a red light, it seems its twice my size 😂. It's too bad dodge couldnt try to cut down on the length or width of the hellcat. All 4500+ pounds of it gives that 707 horsepower a real holdback.
Am I the only one to notice the car is a little low on the left side?
he said there is no elecrtronic limit on srt models , he is ful of sht too there is electronic comtrols that makes it run on 4 cylinders until you punch it. Maybe not this one but all others have that control
Gosh I would look so fucking good in this thing!
There are fleets of 700+ h.p. Cobas just waiting Mr. hellcat!
Plus I see two doors on this car, how does that make it a sedan?
I want 1 so badly.
450HP Base Model Corvette C7 can run 11.7's in the automatics. Do i suppose to be impressed with this 707 Horse Power quarter mile time?
Did everybody forget about the shelby gt500 super snake a few years back. 750hp
Richard Hammond is going to shit himself
the only how i would say that car is fast is when u put it against it arrivals
WOW, a 700hp 2 door mini-van. Only n America.
Feels like piloting a huge boat.
By the way, I think that Fiat/ chrysler did a great job the charger and challengers.
Ford did a great job on the mustang variants. Although I'm a chevy guy,(with a Shelby) I think chevy failed in the re-issue of the Z/28. Doesn't make me want one like in 1969. No similar look. Ok a red "Z". and a black "28" maybe. A nice car, but didn't grab me and suck me into one.
John Techwriter - I've been a reader for more than thirty years also. I think the expenses of one diverse car give challenge to the thought of owning two specialized. As for burning rubber, I'm not ready for a golf cart and HOA fees yet. How about you?
I guess this make up for being the last company with a 3 speed auto transmission n America.
where are you going to drive it? hahahaha
I'm tired of people being like "it doesn't corner". I will agree its not a Porsche 991 or a z/28. Its got other intentions. I'm sorry i didn't know that when i bought a muscle car with a shit ton of power i should expect it to compete with a 991 or gtr on a track. No, its a muscle car, not a track car or a sports car.
Still trying to figure out why they say this is "the fastest muscle car ever". It's claimed top speed isn't faster than the GT500. I have doubts it can go around a track faster than a Z28 (which is quicker than a GTR). I'm also just having trouble seeing it completely demolish at the drag strip, if the standard Hemi challenger is any indication, it won't be able to throw it's weight around, especially with those horrible aerodynamics. Also, real muscle cars come with a manual.
I think the trans would be annoying. I'm not sure if it was just his driving style, but it seemed like when he was cruising around, it couldn't find a gear and stay in it. Constantly shifting and hearing the engine constantly varying RPM would get on my nerves.
Now I love the car and respect the fact that it has 707 HP. The only question I have is how is it the best muscle car. The shelby has over 745 HP including a 1000 Hp Super Snake. Is it that it has 707 from factory? And Mustang has due to after market Shelby parts and not Ford SVT. Anyways I love the ar and as Ford fan I would definitely buy one. For 59,990 it's an awesome price. Great job Mopar!!!
What about the Shelby 1000? That certainly has much more power than the Hellcat.
yea but that's not factory build
That's not considered a muscle car anymore. It's in the super car category.
install the same modifications on a Hellcat (Shelby 1000 is not factory) and then see what happens.
I guess i'm just confused with the definition of "factory built" because SRT is a division outside of Dodge that takes their cars and turns them into performers. Shelby is the same way. They took the GT500 and made it into a 1000hp monster just like SRT took the Challenger and turned it into a 707hp monster. I guess I just fail to see the difference there. I'm not trying to be a troll or be arrogant, that's just how I'm seeing this.
Derek Butler No the SRT brand is still part of Fiat Chrysler. It's like how BMW has its M performance division or Mercedes has AMG; and even Ford's SVT. While Shelby does work with Ford on an OEM vehicle (GT500) they are not part of Ford. Many people complain saying this isn't the most powerful muscle car because of the Super Snake, but that's an aftermarket performance package from Shelby American Inc.
so the copo Camaro just gets overlooked in these review?
Was I the only one that missed out on the Car and Driver 1/4 mile times that were posted on this video? Or were they really just not in the video at all?
OMG OMG OMG after 3 years dodge has beat the gt500 by 40hp its suddenly the best car ever! such a achievement.
It is cool
Great Video don't give any 1/4 time times or anything....
i forgot about this channel
Imagine if you made carbon fiber front and rear bumpers as well as trunk, hood, roof and wheels and removed the rear seats. This car would run 10s all day.
My home town track
0:55 Did he just call the challenger a sedan? lmfao
Put a few Black Pin stripes or something on the car... For 60k, a fancier paint job would be nice..
For the look and the price can not be beat!Truely the old school muscle car look!Lucky for everyone this car is heavy!500-1000lbs lighter and this car would run in the 9'S! Bring on the Cobra's, Camarro ,Corvetts,GTR,S Ect...........I would not bet against the hellcat! 2013 SRT8 Challenger Owner Soon to be A Hellcat Owner
I didn't know that Peter Griffin reviewed cars.
I was just watching mad max and they were making a big deal out of 600 horsepower and I looked up 700 horsepower
Any product ever made was created to achieve certain goals, thats the case with cars too. There is no point commenting on a car thats built to be ridiculously fast and say stuff like "yeah right but it has very high fuel consumption", or "its to heavy". IT WAS NOT BUILT TO BE AN ECONOMY CAR. if you want economy you cant have speed. End of story, go buy a toyota yaris. And yes heavy is better when you want better grip, a car like the hellcat is NOT made for people who want 1-2 seconds faster cars that they never gonna feel anyway. And being a European/Greek i can say that i would prefer an american muscle car anytime of any day instead of a german or jappanese perfomance vehicle. That said after owning 3 big bmw's and having driven one muscle car
If you have a Badass driver that is not affraid of speed trust me it will never see a set of tail lights ever
The 8-speed auto is opcional, this is a extreme muscle car!
Funny how they never talk about it with the black key which gives it 500 hp..Chevrolet corvette stingray can't compare to this in engine performance, they made the hemi legendary and alive again. I doubt some of its numbers for as top end the aerodynamics is not in favor nor is braking, and cornering. Take it to Numbering track and see what it does..2015 Z06 will destroy this car.. Overall great muscle car love to have one...
Id rather have the charger hellcat less weight and more room for my family. Getting one soon!
And they wonder why this company is in trouble? I drove the original SRT and made the TERRIBLE MISTAKE of trying to apex a turn out in Texas at a fairly reasonable speed......OMFFFFFGGGGG.....the thing handles like a cruise ship, the brakes are shit, the transmission shifted in places you don't expect.......but lets not adress any of those issues....nah, what we need to do is add 200 horsepower. ......good job guys....
Drag they said? Challenger Daytona anyone! ;)