The R/T has a 5.7, the R/T Scat Pack and the SRT have the ‘Apache’ 6.4...only the HellCat has a 6.2.

I don’t have a candidate at the moment, but I think this is a great idea and am hoping this really takes off!

I have to bow to the bad-assishness of that!

Agreed...

I’m rooting for the 93 Riley Motorsports “Don’t Mess With Texas” Viper GT3-R. I would have like to root for the 33 Viper as well, but...”Gas Monkey”.

Reluctant CP - it’s not an unmolested ‘survivor’ and is in need a complete restoration to get the asking price.

I doesn’t matter that this has a manual, as it really isn’t going to make this anemic, heavy marshmallow any more fun to drive or collectible. And it’s still a malaise-era Jaguar, with all of the crapulence that implies. Super-CP...

I’m all for personal freedom until you’re costing the rest of us money.

Thanks for your well-articulated response, as this gives me something to actually have a worthwhile dialog about.

I’m not suggesting what you’re describing; it should be obvious that most non-dealer shops don’t buy the most common parts from dealers. This is exactly why I cited a range, and didn’t simply state that garages mark up all parts 300%.

I would agree with graduated license/HP levels, but we might as well go all the way and limit motorcycles to some arbitrary number...say, 25HP because who needs more than that?

2004 Suzuki GSXR1000 - my highest top-speed track bike...

This car is hard to find comps for, but the price seems a little high for an example that is neither totally-stock or restored.

I don’t know where you live but, here in Michigan and with over two decades of experience in this industry, I’ve only seen a handful that would do this on a regular basis and they didn’t last very long.

The rules in Michigan are rather vague; Repair Facility complaint investigators, who have zero automotive repair training and use motor pool mechanics as internal experts, typically adjudicate complaint for consumers regardless of merit or evidence.

Thanks for pointing out what should be obvious but, based on wrenching in school and garage ownership...isn’t. Most people don’t realize that the ‘cost-of-goods sold’ (the cost of the materials used in creating the goods along with the direct labor costs used to produce the goods) is around 15%, where the same cost is…

I’m not cross-shopping these cars, with the possible exception of the Camaro, if I’m in the market “new big fast sled with toys and a warranty”. And there are much cheaper ways to get to the straight-line performance of the Hellcats than half of the cars in this list.

The fallacy of this entire article is that the tuning techniques applied to the potential “killers” can be applied just as easily to the Hellcats. There are pulley, exhaust and calibration kits that are delivering in excess of 800 RHWP. And, at the end of the day, I still have a car that I like better than a three…

Slow news day?