![]() The Viper, though, is more than the American take on a Raging Bull. After all, exaggeration is what made Lamborghini what it is today. It’s flashy, it’s shouty, it drinks like there’s no tomorrow, and it will try to kill you provided that you’re a ham-fisted driver who doesn’t know how to drive stick. What I admire the most about the Viper is that it embodies the best and worst of America. What’s more, the unpredictability in demand has also taken its toll on the larger-than-life Viper. Production at Conner Avenue is slated to stop in 2017, or so a contract signed by Fiat Chrysler and the UAW stipulates. Despite that, the future of the slithering supercar is uncertain. The Viper has always been a labor of love for the Dodge brand. If the four-door Charger SRT Hellcat interests you more, bear in mind that this brawny family sedan comes exclusively mated to the TorqueFlite 8HP90 8-speed automatic. On the downside, the hellish Challenger tips the scales at 4,449 pounds (2,018 kilograms), making it 10 pounds (4.5 kilograms) heavier than the automatic model. Chevy responded to the Hellcat’s taunt with the all-new Camaro ZL1, a model “designed to excel at everything.” The thing is, the Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat is still top dog as far as horsepower is concerned. Nevertheless, no one can deny that Dodge has kicked the muscle car genre into overdrive with the Challenger SRT Hellcat.Īfter the American brand pushed the yardstick to 707 horsepower, Ford launched the Mustang Shelby GT350, a muscle car that features the first production V8 from Ford with a flat-plane crankshaft. Oh wait, it actually is an obscene display of power. The Hellcat isn’t an obscene display of power, but an. And now, let’s get cracking.Ģ016 Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat (707 HP) It is rather intriguing that five of the cars on the list are made in the country that loves the automatic as much as it loves hot dogs on the 4th of July. This may come as a surprise to you, but the top ten list featured below consists of five American models, three German brutes, a Dutch supercar, and a British interloper. ![]() To cut to the chase, what are the most powerful cars you can have with a manual transmission in 2016? This state of affairs got me thinking about the relevance of the manual in the high-performance arena. In a McLaren? Sorry, but the answer is no. You want a manual in your Ferrari? You can’t. What worries me most of all is that sports car manufacturers have cast the stick shift aside too. That’s why the majority of mainstream automakers operating Stateside have abandoned the manual transmission. of A., the slush box is king for the same reason North America loves big cars and sprawl: gasoline is cheap enough and most consumers afford a car with an automatic. ![]() For the most curious among us, approximately three-quarters of all vehicles sold in Western Europe are equipped with a manual. In Europe and other parts of the world except for the United States and CVT-savvy Japan, the manual is still king because all sorts of vehicles come with a stick as a no-cost option. In other words, they don’t give a dime about our preferences. The thing is, the manual is a dying breed because automakers are more interested in 0 to 62 mph (100 km/h) times rather than how a car feels on a back road. Automatics are more comfortable and dual-clutch jobs are a teeny-weeny faster than a stick shift, but these things are irrelevant to those with a keen sense of carving corners. For drivers, one of the best ways to control a car’s power is to have a manual transmission at hand. ![]()
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