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"Olympian" is one of the terms we use to signify the greatest height,
the seat of the gods. Yet Mt. Olympus is the second-highest peak in the
Balkans ranges, overshadowed by the crest at Musala in Bulgaria's Rila
mountains. Both great heights, but one is a little higher. That's how we
get the Olympian Chevy Camaro ZL1 pitched at the Musalic Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat in Motor Trend's latest episode of Head 2 Head.
The side-by-side spec sheet is filled with farcical numbers. For the
ZL1, that's a 6.2-liter V8 with 580 horsepower, 556 pound-feet of
torque, a 4,051-pound curb weight, 0-to-60 miles per hour in 3.9
seconds, a quarter-mile time of 12.2 seconds and a base price of just
$57,800. Opposing that, the Hellcat wrings out its 6.2-liter V8 for 707
hp, 650 lb-ft of torque, weighs 4,449 pounds, does the quarter in 11.7
seconds and has a base price of just $60,990. Except in the case of the
Hellcat, when Motor Trend put it on the dyno the machine spit
out a reading of 672 hp and 606 lb-ft at the wheels. If there's a
10-percent driveline loss through those beefed-up internals and
heavy-duty eight-speed transmission, that means the Hellcat is actually
rated at about 750 horsepower and 700 lb-ft.
But once they get put on a closed-off strip of coast road in Northern
California, there are only a few strands of hair between their
respective performances. That's not the case for they sensations
provide; host Jonny Lieberman calls one of them, "One of the most
incredible cars ever made," and says, "It changes everything." Watch the
video above to see who got the verdict and how.
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