In reply to MazdaFace :
I’m pretty sure these come in manual only
In reply to MazdaFace :
I’m pretty sure these come in manual only
Is the Hellcat that much bigger than a Camaro or Mustang? I thought they were all more or less similar in size.
barefootskater said:I like the Jag idea. The best bad guys are always British, and they all drive Jags. At least according to Top Gear.
But baddies in n American movies and shows traditionally have cadillacs so the cts and ats v coupes fit that.
SRT Durango? They can look pretty 'bad guy'.
In reply to Cooper_Tired :
Yup my bad. Should've remembered that since I used to sell them. Well not sell. Drool at them in the showroom.
Lexus ISF?
I grew up in La Jolla and go back every year at the holidays to visit friends and family. I can think of very few places where a Hellcat would be considered ungainly. Parallel parking it on Prospect St or the Cove would be a bit challenging, but finding parking there at all is challenging.
Some of the very back roads (that extremely few people know about, even locals) on Mt Soledad are extremely narrow, but unless you're on a motorcycle, those are practically single lane roads for any car.
I dunno. I'd get your wife what she wants, none of the other cars are really all that much smaller.
I like the RS5 suggestion and an RS7 would also be a decent choice.
Find a John Cooper Works MINI Cooper, add a bunch of speed parts and a flat black wrap. It'll look exactly like a 2/3 scale Hellcat.
pushrod36 said:Lexus LFA?
FTFY
I came here to suggest F-Type. I know that they're pretty, they're not very big, and they sound nice with the V6.
“A Challenger is too big”
”Get an F150 or crown Vic” 
There are a couple of bad guys cars that cruise around here. First is a newer V8 Mustang. Flat black with gloss stripes. Black out windows, and wheels. Has a giant black aluminum wing on the trunk. Sounds even tougher than it looks. Other is a murdered out 190 Mercedes with a Chevy V8. Both cars are serious gangster, and would make awesome cars for the lead tough guy in a shoot-em-up movie. Every time I see them, I figure the driver is on his way to get some revenge.
How about an Aston Martin DB9, it was good enough for Bond..
What smaller car can be turbo/supercharged by a reputable company? That's where I'd start looking.
DeadSkunk said:Find a John Cooper Works MINI Cooper, add a bunch of speed parts and a flat black wrap. It'll look exactly like a 2/3 scale Hellcat.
That was her last car. she loved it but the automatics at the time did not work as well as the manuals and she went with the manual. Not sure how much better the new ones are she is looking for overwhelming power this time.
We may just go out and borrow a hellcat for a weekend from one of the guys in the dodge club locally and just see how she does with it first. Or I can just rent a base model for the weekend to let her try it out.
FYI
ATS/CTS-V's are CHEAP so are used GTR's both of which she likes. So are GS corvettes.
FYI no Astons. I would love a Vantage for her and she would love it but the e-gear is garbage and the DP9 is a little to stuffy.
911 Turbo?
m5?
thestig99 said:911 Turbo?
Came to post that. A 997.2 Turbo makes 500hp out of the box, and everyone raves about the PDK gearbox. Smaller than a Hellcat. 
Be sure to check out the Challenger Hellcat Widebody. It's a far better package than the standard Hellcat. With those huge meats , you can actually turn all that power into acceleration, instead of just incinerating the tires. They are a hoot on a road course as well---- and a manual transmission is available.
They also look even meaner than a standard Hellcat. The Demon flares take away a bit of the slab-sided look of the car.
It's too bad that the ATS and CTS, v or not, look awful.
xflowgolf said:thestig99 said:911 Turbo?
Came to post that. A 997.2 Turbo makes 500hp out of the box, and everyone raves about the PDK gearbox. Smaller than a Hellcat.
I even almost posted a very similar picture 
911 Turbo is perfect forgot about that. Heck even a GTS or 2S would be perfect. .
Thanks guys looks like I have a good list to go through with her this weekend.
I daily a challenger in orlando traffic (read that as crappy). It's big but not that big. Took me a bit of adjustment coming from a Mazda3 but it's ok now. Rent one to try it out. If I had the cash for a hellcat I'd do it, but the coolest looking challenger I've seen was a black on black 392 shaker with the black forged wheels and Brembo package. That one was just MEAN. I bet a wide body hellcat in black would be pretty beastly too.
If money isn't the biggest object, the C63 Black Series Coupe looks absolutely sinister and has the shove to back up the looks.
With the money that is being considered and her prioritizing looks and then size, find a properly built camaro/mustang/etc restomod.
They were smaller back then and if it's built right (which for the money I've seen in the suggestions it could be) it could have most/all of the comforts she'd want and you'd better believe it would turn heads.
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