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Roadkill hosts Mike Finnegan and David Freiburger got handed three brand-new 2015 Dodges at once — a 707-horsepower Challenger Hellcat, a 707-horsepower Charger Hellcat, and a 645-horsepower Viper GT — for a combined 2,059 horsepower in one parking lot. What follows includes burnouts, a drag strip, guest appearances from Motor Trend and Dirt Every Day talent, and an unplanned stop at a motocross track that none of these cars were built for. Watch to see how much of it survives intact.

Ford did not want the GT350R to be quick in a straight line — it wanted a Mustang that could hold its own on a road course, which meant throwing out the muscle car playbook. Out went the back seat and the air conditioning. In went a flat-plane-crank 5.2-liter V8 revving to 8,250 rpm and carbon fiber wheels that cut fifteen pounds from each corner. Read on for what Ford’s most track-focused production Mustang actually gave up to get there.

Edmunds put a 2018 Camaro SS and a 2018 Mustang GT through track and street testing, expecting the usual story about 0-60 bragging rights. The real gap turned out to be philosophical, not numerical — a pushrod LT1 versus a dual-cam Coyote, and two very different answers to what a pony car chassis should reward. Read on to find out which car editors Carlos Lago and Mark Takahashi decided actually does fun better.

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