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A Ford Torino GT built for Street Car Takeover’s Heavy Street-style class went into eliminations with zero test passes — and still lifted its front wheels beating a 707-hp Hellcat Charger, a Hellcat Challenger, and a Cadillac CTS-V. See how a half-century-old Ford handled three modern factory muscle cars in one quarter-mile pass.
A stock 1969 Charger, an authentic Charger Daytona, and a modern Hellcat go through identical wind-tunnel testing to answer a question most muscle car fans get wrong: the Daytona’s towering wing wasn’t primarily about cutting drag, it was about solving a dangerous rear-lift problem at superspeedway speeds. Watch to see smoke trails and pressure data confirm exactly what Chrysler’s engineers were fighting in 1969 — and how differently Dodge’s modern Hellcat was ever meant to be used.
A stock 1969 Dodge Charger, an authentic Charger Daytona with its full nose cone and rear wing, and a modern 2015 Hellcat all go through the same wind tunnel to answer a question muscle car fans have argued for decades: how much did the Daytona’s radical aero package actually do? NASCAR banned the bodywork almost as soon as it proved effective. Watch to see what the real numbers say, fifty years later.
Twelve of the world’s best driver’s cars line up on an airstrip for MotorTrend’s sixth drag race showdown – and then an uninvited Dodge Charger Hellcat, parked nearby for entirely unrelated reasons, ends up joining the field anyway. The results surprise viewers more than the official lineup does. Watch to see which cars actually back up their reputations.
Marspeed lines up the Dodge Charger Hellcat, Dodge Challenger Hellcat, Chevrolet Camaro ZL1, and Ford Mustang Shelby GT350R against each other and a handful of other rivals, comparing four completely different takes on the same basic idea: how to build the ultimate modern muscle car. From the Hellcats’ brute supercharged torque to the GT350R’s naturally aspirated, road-course-tuned approach, each car represents a different bet on what buyers actually want. It’s a snapshot of 2017’s horsepower arms race at its peak. Watch to see which philosophy comes out on top.