It can hardly be called one of the greatest rivalries among American automakers; that honor of course goes to the Chevrolet-Ford rivalry. Chrysler/Dodge? They don’t really factor in as a major player in the sports/muscle car scene.
That said, we are simply dying of curiosity. Which propels itself quicker through the quarter-mile: the light, sleek, 460 HP Chevy Corvette Stingray? Or the heavy, square, 707 HP Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat?
Yahoo! News set out to answer that question for us lovers of speed. First, let’s look at the numbers: 4,469 pound curb weight from the Challenger, versus 3,436 pounds in the Corvette. That’s assuming a manual transmission in both cars; the difference in weight from equipping an automatic is negligible for our purposes.
That means the Corvette Stingray has about a 1,000 pound advantage over the Challenger Hellcat, plus some change. Meanwhile, the Dodge also has a much larger face exposed to the wind, and from the looks of things, a much higher drag coefficient. So, the Corvette has the advantage in terms of aerodynamic drag, as well. By about a mile.
But then there’s that nagging issue of horsepower; 707, versus 460. This is a genuine David vs. Goliath sort of situation that’s developed. Yahoo! News predicted that the Stingray would hook-up and launch much more efficiently than the Hellcat, but would exhaust its lead at about the eighth-mile mark, ultimately losing to the brutish Hellcat.
How did the drag race shake out? Head over to Yahoo! News and watch the video to find out.
Comments
It is a proof that it does not have a good chassis; All horses in the world will not be enough
Regards from Spain
And you are a BULLS**T!
I would love to see how the Shelby GT500 with 662 hp does against the Hellcat. It weighs about 600 pounds less and comparable horsepower and torque!
I think a lot of corvette owners are going to go home with their tailed between their legs. The only vet that stands a chance against the hellcat is the ZO6 and as soon as they put some good rear meats on there that’s even debatable. I’m hearing the hellcat is really putting out 800HP just like the old days when the 426 HEMI was rates low too and later in years they found out the numbers were false. The ZO6 and the Hellcat are equal adversaries. If you drive anything else that STOCK don’t bother. I sure as hell am not going to put my 436 HP against 800 HP. It’s worthless.
I never have to turn and run in kate, my beautiful Z51 C6 convertable. I am vry happy with 140+ miles per hour at watkins glen. No vette owner is ever going to be ashamed and turn tail and run. Cant win em all but sure is fun trying and only in a kate/vette thank you.
have fun with whatever you like and stop knocking evrryone else. Life is way to short.
I would love to run a hellcat in my 13 shelby.
They dont factor into the muscle car scene? I would argue the challenger is the only mucsle car. The mustang and Cam are sport cars with a backseat that only a toddler can fit into. Being nimble and light is not what a muscle car is about… Maybe a pony car. Muscle cars are all about presence and machismo whoch the challenger jas in spades. The mustang looks more and more like an alphabet soup german car.
FYI the vet doesn’t look anything like a muscle car. When the Dodge is put up against any of its muscle car rivals, they get shutdown.