Is GM Preparing to Take On the Dodge Hellcat? - The Cheat Sheet
The supercharged 707 horsepower Challenger and Charger have proven so popular that the company can’t meet demand for 2015 , the company is likely to launch a Hellcat-ified Jeep Grand Cherokee (known as the Trackhawk) in 2017, and lately, it seems... But all that may change very soon, because General Motors looks like they’re ready to get into the Hellcat-slaying business – albeit on a very, very limited scale. The Tesla P90D, and the Cadillac CTS-V come within striking distance of the 204 mile per hour Charger sedan (the faster of the two), but the Tesla is the only one that can outgun the Hellcats on power – and both cars cost thousands more. But if anyone can really beat FCA at the horsepower-per-dollar game, it’s GM, which all but invented the muscle car formula, and hates not being the first to think of an idea. The likeliest candidate GM has for a Hellcat-style makeover would be the Chevrolet SS, with its 6. 2 liter V8 driving 415 horsepower through the rear wheels, and a row-your-own gearbox. Sources inside GM say the SS, better known as the Holden Commodore in its native country Australia, will be receiving the 650 horsepower LS9 V8 from the last-generation Corvette ZR-1, and unfortunately, it doesn’t look like Holden is interested in... Source: www.cheatsheet.com
