Good day, Patrick.The Hellcat
Good day, Patrick.The Hellcat is pretty much a straight line muscle car, the Vette a sports car. Put them against each other on a road course and I imagine the Vette will spank the Hellcat. The Hellcat is an awesome car, if you are looking for a 1 trick pony. The Vette, better all around. Put the Hellcat up against the Z06, (a full fledged, "Supercar" that will cost more, but you get a whole lot more) my guess is the Vette will beat the Hellcat in the 1/4 mile and absolutely annihilate it on a road course. Sure, with the Hellcat come bragging rights over the engine and, "potential" 1/4 mile times, but that is about where it ends. If you plan to drive it in the real world, after the initial, "Rush" of HP and Torque wears off, I think the Vette owner will still be smiling and having more, "fun". I like the Hellcat, it's a throwback to Muscle car days, when HP ruled. The Vette is a car looking to the future and is a forward thinking engineered car. If I had to choose between the 2, I'd personally go with the Vette. I know nobody is buying either of these cars giving much thought to gas mileage, but when the prices go up and they will, it will be a significantly less of a sting in the Stingray. Both cars awesome in their own way, I am not quite sure that there will be allot of cross shopping between the 2. High powered Sports car versus a monster powered Muscle car, really apples to oranges. Comes down to would you rather play in the twisties generating G's, or in a straight line holding on for dear life. To each his own and the bottom line is that's all that matters. If you were buying for yourself which would you go with, if having to choose between the 2, just curious?