8 Supercars The Dodge Hellcat Redeye Could Beat On The 1/4 Mile
The new Dodge Challenger Hellcat Redeye is properly, astonishingly, maddeningly powerful. It’s received a detuned version of the Challenger Demon’s V8, developing a moderately absurd 786bhp (or a neater 797hp).
For the base model with its 275-section rear tyres, that’s a bit of a worry. Is there enough rubber in the world to keep Redeye owners supplied with fresh rear boots, after all the unintended smoky launches?
But it’s not the only version of the Redeye available. You can also spec it in Widebody form, which means those skinny rear tyres become 305mm wide fatties. In the process, three tenths are cut from the quarter-mile time, giving a figure of 10.8 seconds.
That got us thinking: what cars could this $76k muscle barge theoretically beat on a quarter-mile run? We’ve drawn up the following list of cars which are either a little slower according to the figures, or exactly the same.
The list does need to be taken with a little pinch of salt - the figures used are a mix of manufacturer claimed figures, estimates and real-world tests, and the Redeye isn’t going to be able to do that 10.8sec run every time. Nevertheless, it makes for interesting reading.
And in any case, a drag race between a Redeye and any of these is going to be seriously close. Let’s cross our fingers for some YouTube videos…
McLaren 540C - 11.2sec
Lamborghini Huracan LP580-2 - 11.2sec
McLaren F1 - 11.1 seconds
Ferrari Enzo - 11sec
Nissan GT-R (2017 on) - 11sec
Chevrolet Corvette Z06 (C7, automatic) - 10.95sec
Ferrari F12berlinetta - 10.9sec
Honda NSX - 10.8 seconds
Growing up on a diet of World Rally Championship highlights and lengthy Gran Turismo 2 sessions, a life in cars was as good as inevitable for Matt.
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But what quirks does it have?
And on the race track it will be a different story. While Mustang and Camaro moved on a long time ago, Dodge is still using old platform and “shove more power in it” approach. Challenger weights around 4500 pounds for God’s sake.
I really don’t see the point in comparing a purpose built drag car with more track-focused supercars, they’re not really comparable.
Mr ‘Murica says: “Still not a Demon”
Erm. All of them.
Dodge said the demon did a 9.65 1/4 mile but I havn’t seen one do it in under 10 so this I think will lose to all or most of those cars
More like 8 cars I would rather have then the Challenger
More surprised that the f1 is still so fast
“Eat my dust, muhahahaha”