With all the great colors out there, I for one, really struggle with the Gray cars. My buddy works at a Dodge dealer and he says they just ran out of paint and its really primer...LOL. But, when you can get some of the other colors, Gray just seems lacking on a Challenger. I went the B5 Blue, but was also thinking Octane Red or Tor Red. Plum Crazy is a great color on these cars. But, for some, Gray is their choice, so be it.

The "sticker" cars as they are known in many circles that were special editions seem like not much of a real 'special edition' to me. They could have done something really different rather than just stickers and graphics. Most dealers are still thinking they should carry a larger ADM because they are 'special', but I would suspect with future interest rate hikes the sales of these cars is going to slow down even more.

The swinger has unique wheels…otherwise it’s mostly a badging and sticker package although it has a lot of options included as part of the ‘last call’ promotion. The sales manager came out and gave me the hard sell…it’s a pretty nice car but for the money I could get a really cherry used hellcat. I really like the green paint though…reminds me of my old 69 Coronet 500. 😁

Just picked up this Shakedown last week.

That’s a great looking car!

I looked at the blue manual hellcat…the clutch was incredibly stiff. Like a serious leg workout! It was beat on…the splitter was munched, the shift knob was so worn you couldn’t see the shift pattern printed in it (at 43k!). It had a lot of scratches and whatnot but two things stood out to me. The gasket for the hood was loose/ripping and starting to breakdown, leaving residue on your hand if you touched it. The other odd thing was the center of the steering wheel was very worn. The chrome ring around the airbag was worn to where it was yellow plastic. What would rub on that? Very strange.

Car was nice but had been driven like a you’d expect someone to drive a hellcat.

I have a 15 M6 HC Challenger and my wife has an 18 Scat Pack Charger Daytona. The Daytona is definitely a better balanced, easier to live with everyday car but the Hellcat is such big, stupid fun, especially with a stick. And I agree about the Michelin Pilot Sports for tires, they changed the entire dynamic of the car to where it can actually be driven hard without breaking the tires loose every time you step on the gas.

Make no mistake, the new cars do not replace the old cars. True, they perform better in pretty much every category but they do not replace the amazing driving experience of a rumbly big block original 60s/70s musclecar.

Bought new in 15. Challenger hellcat m6
I was very impressed and told the wife. "I can't beleave they sell this to the public"

I still want B5 H.C. Challenger. I looked for months for B5 2009-2010 with the first re-introduction of the similar shade of B5, but they were always like 5 grand more for that color. I finally settled on my BSP 2012 M6 R/T Classic to hold me over. 12 years old now and 75,000 miles, this car has been flawless. Just oil changes, front brake pads and just changed the tires last summer.