Charger Hellcat vs. BMW M240i Street Race Video Goes Viral
When two fast and furious machines go head to head, there’s a lot of glorious noise and tire smoke followed by a very short race.
Like it’s less sophisticated looking brother, the Dodge Charger Hellcat pushes out 707 horsepower with 645 lb.ft of torque. With its 6.2-liter supercharged Hemi V8, the Charger Hellcat is a muscle-bound tire shredder in a smart suit. It’s a fun four-door commuter and family car by day, and a green light superhero at night. The Charger in Hellcat form is not subtle, but it has style and is crazy fast. And, as you can hear from this video from the Driver Mod Garage YouTube channe, that frenetic sounding supercharger mixed with the beef of the exhaust never gets old.
Conversely, the BMW M240i is a small European sports coupe. It’s BMW’s smallest now since it replaced the 1 Series. The M240i is halfway between the standard 2 Series and the full-on track weapon that is the BMW M2. The M240i is still a backroad superhero in a slick costume though. It’s turbocharged 3.0-liter inline-six makes an acceptable 335 horsepower and 369 lb-ft of torque, which turns out to be quite potent when you realize it only weighs 3,500 pounds.
If the Hellcat’s driver had concentrated on getting his jump off the line, then that weight difference and the extra car length he gave the BMW to get going probably wouldn’t have made enough difference. Instead, the M240i took the win after a clean getaway. Still, we don’t get much information about the race. We don’t know the distance or how close it was. We don’t know for sure just how much either car has been modified either, but Driver Mod Garage says that the M240i just has a plug and play tune on the engine. The BMW took the win, but we get to enjoy the sights and sounds of a Hellcat at play. We’re happy with that.
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