At the 2017 New York Auto Show, one thing is abundantly clear – horsepower is still king.
We learned that two ways. Naturally, the Dodge Challenger Demon absolutely stole the show. It’s a street-legal drag racer with 840 horsepower, 770 lb.-ft. of torque and a zero-to-100 km/h time of 2.3 seconds. Filled to the brim with engineering tricks and technology that help it dominate drag strips, the Demon is insanity on wheels. Nail the perfect launch at a drag strip and it can cover a quarter-mile in 9.65 seconds – the Demon is blisteringly fast, to the point where it’s more or less banned from NHRA competition unless it has a roll cage.
Of course, that’s just the tip of the iceberg – the refreshed Porsche 911 GT3, with its 500 horsepower and stratospheric 9,000 rpm redline, is nothing short of breathtaking. Similarly, Jaguar is making the F-Type more accessible and affordable by introducing a new entry-level model powered by a 296-horsepower turbo-four. But there’s one debut that leaves us conflicted; we seem to have a love-hate relationship with the Jeep Grand Cherokee Trackhawk.
What are your favourites from the 2017 New York Auto Show?
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