Zero to 60 in Less Than Three Seconds

By: Auto Dealer Monthly

 

It’s insane! Chrysler will soon begin production on 700-horsepower editions of the Dodge Charger and Challenger, both due in the 2015-MY. Considering my 1968 Dodge Super Bee was rated at 335 hp and was one of the fastest production cars of the day, I have to ask, where’s it all going?

 

Trumping the 650-hp 2015 Corvette Z06 and the 662-hp Mustang Shelby GT500 — and a host of European exotics — Chrysler’s SRT Hellcat line should be the ultimate “Need for Speed” machine, assuming buyers can find a public highway suitably equipped and unguarded to exercise its capability.

 

Well, hang on, speed freaks. In Monterey, Calif., Brandon Boeckmann is preparing to put his private-label, 1,058 hp Galpin GTR1 supercar in production. He and his team have been showing off the prototype at car shows. Prices will begin at a cool $1 million. I wonder if that includes floor mats.

 

Boeckmann is the grandson of a friend, Bert Boeckmann of the Galpin dynasty in the San Fernando Valley. The group includes the nation’s No. 1 Ford dealership and a myriad of other super-performing franchises. They stated they only intend to sell six units the first year. I am trying to picture a group of salesmen out in front of the GTR1 showroom, smoking cigarettes and waiting for an up. Will they put an inflatable gorilla on the roof? Only time will tell.

 

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Zero to 60 in Less Than Three Seconds
Zero to 60 in Less Than Three Seconds