Dodge Viper Vs Hellcat in Flat Rock Speedway, Flat Rock, Michigan 2018

The 2019 Dodge Challenger can be anything you want: a docile all-season touring car, just the thing for Friday night car shows, a track-tamer, or a drag strip champion.
The 2019 Dodge Challenger is old school muscle like a playground bully.

It lags the Ford Mustang and Chevrolet Camaro in modern amenities, but boasts superlative horsepower figures in top trims and a sense of humor.

This year, Dodge has grown the Challenger’s lineup to 16 different trims, starting with SXT and working its way through the all-wheel-drive GT and V-8 R/T to the real stormers of the group, the SRT 392, SRT Hellcat, and SRT Demon. The street-legal drag-racer Demon’s the big news for 2018, but there’s also a new widebody kit for the Hellcat, a newly standard rearview camera, and available Brembo brakes for R/T models.

The 2019 Dodge Viper is blessed with a stunning, seductive shape. Its big-engine, rear-drive formula remains appealing, even as the Viper drives off into the sunset.
In its distant past, the Dodge Viper had a bad-boy reputation—one that it earned with delicate handling and a tendency toward copious oversteer. Even in the right hands, it was still a handful.

Over a few generations, the Viper’s grown up a lot. It’s become a more balanced machine, with a better interior, better tire choices, and the all-important stability and traction control that make it usable in everyday driving. That doesn’t mean it’s no longer a bad boy—just one with better manners.