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As expected, the seventh-generation Ford Mustang S650 has easily dominated the rear-wheel drive American sports car sector for the first six months of the year.
It had a positive return with over 27,000 units sold during the period, but curiously, the sixth-generation Chevy Camaro and the L-body Dodge Challenger, both of which will be discontinued in December 2023, were still on the list. While the Camaro had disappointing numbers, as is tradition with the latest iteration, the Dodge Challenger had a nice response for a now-defunct model: over 21,000 sales during the first six months of the year.
Of course, many American customers have more respect for the big Dodge, and for good reason. Here, we give you an example from the local quarter-mile drag strip, where the crowd cheered and applauded the extraordinary performance of a Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat dressed in Plum Crazy, and most likely equipped with some modifications to make it faster and cooler than even a Tesla Model S Plaid.
The videographer behind the Drag Racing and car stuff YouTube channel is enjoying a Hellcat vs. the world match at Indianapolis Raceway Park in Brownsburg, Indiana: it's Mopar vs. Ford, Electric vehicleand Old School action! So, the focus of the short video embedded below is a Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat dressed in one of the most recognizable Mopar colors around.
The first skirmish was against a burgundy Ford Mustang S550, and while the FoMoCo rep kept his end of the bargain of not giving up without a good fight, it turns out the big Hellcat was a bit quicker: 8.99 seconds versus 9.66 seconds. Then came a Tesla Model S Plaid, and things just escalated to legendary status: the modified could ICECan an electric vehicle compete with one of the fastest electric vehicles in the world?
Well, much to the applause of the crowd in the stands, the Hellcat vs. Plaid race was an epic ICE vs. EV brawl. At the start, the blue Tesla Model S Plaid prevailed thanks to its zero-rpm torque and All-wheel drive configuration, but Mopar raised its “nose” like a hungry predator and started to eat up the difference in an attempt to catch up with the lively zero-emission luxury sedan.
In the end, as always, there could only be one winner, and everyone cheered and applauded the great race. The two cars stopped the clocks at 9,007 and 9,308, respectively. It was close (even the trap speeds were about the same: 152.71 mph versus 151.24 mph), but not close enough, and the crowd noted the Mopar as the overall winner of the epic skirmish.
But wait, because there's more. Finally, the Dodge also went on to do an Old vs. New School brawl against a boxy Ford Fairmont or Mercury Zephyr, and after a quick tussle, recorded its third win in as many races. Cool, huh?
