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rob_lewis
rob_lewis SuperDork
8/13/14 12:16 p.m.

My wife's already texted me asking if she could have one. I wonder what her co-workers at GM would think if/when she pulls up in one.....

-Rob

wearymicrobe
wearymicrobe SuperDork
8/13/14 12:19 p.m.
Appleseed wrote: 204!?!? Get. The. Berk. OUT.

That's 17 miles and hour faster then my bloody supercar with a slippery body. Heck that's 2mph faster then my ACR was rated for.

Are these things underrated in terms of power, I fully expect with the times they are putting down for the car to be in the mid 700's at the crank.

yamaha
yamaha UltimaDork
8/13/14 12:24 p.m.

The charger is pretty slippery for a boat of a car. Sounds like they've just done what people have been doing since the 6.1 srt8 cars.....displacement, heads, cam, exhaust.

Grizz
Grizz UltraDork
8/13/14 12:30 p.m.

And boost, don't forget boost. Wonder what all those Cherokee people with the 1000hp engines can do with one that's already lightly built.

Appleseed
Appleseed MegaDork
8/13/14 12:41 p.m.
wearymicrobe wrote: That's 17 miles and hour faster then my bloody supercar with a slippery body. Heck that's 2mph faster then my ACR was rated for.

That's one fast Neon.

mndsm
mndsm MegaDork
8/13/14 12:43 p.m.
Appleseed wrote:
wearymicrobe wrote: That's 17 miles and hour faster then my bloody supercar with a slippery body. Heck that's 2mph faster then my ACR was rated for.
That's one fast Neon.

Weary gets all the cool toys.

wawazat
wawazat New Reader
8/13/14 12:47 p.m.

Vinsetta Garage launch party! Yummmy!

SilverFleet
SilverFleet SuperDork
8/13/14 12:54 p.m.

Another thing:

Call me whatever reproductive organ you want, but if I have a car that makes 707 supercharged HP and can go 204mph while seating me and up to four of my friends, I could care less if I'm rowing my own gears. I don't mind having a friendly automatic transmission helping me out with that.

dculberson
dculberson UberDork
8/13/14 1:00 p.m.

Make mine plum crazy and my wife's the red. She likes red.

Cotton
Cotton UltraDork
8/13/14 1:02 p.m.

Awesome AWESOME!!!

fasted58
fasted58 PowerDork
8/13/14 1:16 p.m.

Nice front end treatment as well

yamaha
yamaha UltimaDork
8/13/14 1:45 p.m.
Grizz wrote: And boost, don't forget boost. Wonder what all those Cherokee people with the 1000hp engines can do with one that's already lightly built.

Wait, the hellcat is boosted? Why?

bgkast
bgkast SuperDork
8/13/14 2:02 p.m.

In reply to yamaha:

Because it comes with a blower on it...

mazdeuce
mazdeuce UltraDork
8/13/14 2:03 p.m.

I'm glad they built this. We live in amazing automive times. I was talking to my son about the dark days of my youth (16 in 1991) and how we salivated over any car that made over 200hp. How we went bonkers when the Z06 got 405hp. Now I could go buy a 700hp family sedan.

captdownshift
captdownshift HalfDork
8/13/14 2:17 p.m.

In reply to mazdeuce:

<--- loves 1990-1994 cars, their look, lines and potential and considers OBDI to be the pinnacle of automotive development.

wearymicrobe
wearymicrobe SuperDork
8/13/14 2:24 p.m.
Appleseed wrote:
wearymicrobe wrote: That's 17 miles and hour faster then my bloody supercar with a slippery body. Heck that's 2mph faster then my ACR was rated for.
That's one fast Neon.

slightly different ACR

Pat
Pat HalfDork
8/13/14 2:35 p.m.

I. Love. It.

Sine_Qua_Non
Sine_Qua_Non HalfDork
8/13/14 2:38 p.m.

Hellcat Conquest for me

Grizz
Grizz UltraDork
8/13/14 2:54 p.m.
yamaha wrote:
Grizz wrote: And boost, don't forget boost. Wonder what all those Cherokee people with the 1000hp engines can do with one that's already lightly built.
Wait, the hellcat is boosted? Why?

It's a supercharged 392 with some top end work. All of that is what makes the engine the hellcat. No blower = no hellcat. And probably because the wooshy thing on the top of it made it easier to get 700 hp than going NA.

rebelgtp
rebelgtp UberDork
8/13/14 3:12 p.m.

I so want one. Still not 100% sold on the new front end. I could see me driving the Charger Hellcat and my wife having the Challenger version If I won the lottery that is

Adrian_Thompson
Adrian_Thompson PowerDork
8/13/14 3:21 p.m.

The best part is, it really does look sleeper-ish. Remove the badges, paint the wheels silver and the brake calipers black and it would be a serious Q ship. My wife fails to understand my want for one of these, or a Shelby GT500 or a, or a, or a......

calteg
calteg HalfDork
8/13/14 3:26 p.m.
Grizz wrote: AWD Polara wagon with TWO hellcats.

Posts like this are why I love GRM

Swank Force One
Swank Force One MegaDork
8/13/14 3:27 p.m.
mndsm wrote:
Grizz wrote: I'm just happy. I'm hoping this means ChryCo is returning to its pants on head retarded "why the berkeley not" mentality.
This. For some reason the Challenger struck me as stupid, but four doors makes it massively lulzy. Sorta like a CTSV. Plus i actually REALLY like the way the current Charger looks. It's like when Mazda stuffed the turbo engine in the 3, threw it over the fence and said "let's see what THIS does". I love it when E36 M3 like that happens.

Also see: Toyota X-Runner.

I still wanna meet the guy who got that to go through.

"Hey Bob, RWD sports cars are making a come-back, what can we whip together that performs similar to a 350Z?"

"..... we build Camrys. And small trucks."

"Truck! Thanks! Talk soon!"

Harvey
Harvey Reader
8/13/14 3:40 p.m.

Maybe I can get this for my wife for her 3.5 mile commute. Seems just right.

DrBoost
DrBoost UltimaDork
8/13/14 4:03 p.m.
Grizz wrote:
yamaha wrote:
Grizz wrote: And boost, don't forget boost. Wonder what all those Cherokee people with the 1000hp engines can do with one that's already lightly built.
Wait, the hellcat is boosted? Why?
It's a supercharged 392 with some top end work. All of that is what makes the engine the hellcat. No blower = no hellcat. And probably because the wooshy thing on the top of it made it easier to get 700 hp than going NA.

You'd be surprised at how little top end work (other than the blower) went into this car. I don't know if I can say more, I was shocked.

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