Name: Corvette ZR1 vs Camaro ZL1 vs Dodge Demon | Top Gear
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Three cars, 2235 brake horsepower combined

The Corvette ZR1 is quite possibly the angriest car ever.

thanks to a 2.7 litre Eaton supercharger.

none more so than the $130,000 price tag,

because that means it offers similar performance

to the McLaren 720S for under half the price.

First things first, you can get an eight-speed auto with this car,

but you can also get a seven-speed manual

and I'm pleased to report that we have the seven-speed manual here.

How absurd is a manual gearbox these days in a 755 horsepower car.

This car is biblically, almost painfully fast,

It's much like the Z06, but beyond that, well...

It just likes the afterburners... and flies.

This is the point where most racing drivers claim

that turning everything off is the best way

to yield the most fun and the lowest lap times

But Chevy's engineer's claim, even with Lewis behind the wheel,

it's faster with the performance traction management system switched on.

And who am I to argue, so, right now we're in track mode

and quite frankly, I'm glad the safety blanket

because despite our sticky rubber, despite all this aero that's on our side,

you can feel this car wanting to break traction all the time.

There is more to this car than just endless power

There's some finesse here, too, especially the brakes,

from 212 miles an hour to a standstill in about eight seconds.

I'm not going to do 212 miles an hour, but I can demonstrate what they mean.

The truth with this car is that the standard C7 Corvette

so, Chevrolet was going to have to go some to mess this one up.

But it isn't your only option if you're in the market

for a Chevrolet that eats racetracks for breakfast.

powered by the same LT4 supercharged V8 you get in the Corvette Z06

and fitted here with the hardcore 1LE pack.

Only available with a six-speed manual, it adds a bigger front splitter and wing.

New appropriately-named Goodyear Eagle F1 supercar tyres

and some extremely trick lightweight Multimatic dampers

that can be adjusted for camber and ride height,

so, you can dial in your perfect track setup,

How could anyone drive this car and think: "I know what I need,

another 100 horsepower, like you get in the Corvette"?

Well, it's still a bit like being punched in the face... in a good way, of course.

Now, it's not a small car, this. You've got seats in the back.

It weighs over 1,700 kilograms. It's big. It's brutal.

Throwing it around is a physical experience,

so you might think, on a racetrack, it would all start to unravel...

but you'd be wrong because that's where this 1LE package really comes alive.

It's so positive. Turning is so immediate.

If you needed proof of just how fast this car is around the track

well, it's done a lap of the Nürburgring in seven minutes and 16 seconds.

It's the least powerful car here, but feels like the fastest.

Although the Corvette will probably haul it in on the straights.

For anyone that thinks American cars can't handle corners,

The thing is you don't have to have this fully spec car.

You can have the 1LE track package, with the non-supercharged Camaro SS,

less power, potentially more fun to throw around.

How are you honestly going to use your car?

Do you prefer the track or do you prefer the road?

Meet the Dodge Demon, a car designed specifically to pull a wheelie

and smash the quarter mile in under ten seconds.

It takes a Challenger Hellcat and fits a bigger supercharger,

new pistons and crankshaft, a higher rev limit,

higher flow fuel injectors, wider track, 18-inch drag radial tires

and a beefed-up transmission and drivetrain.

This is the world's fastest production car... for $85,000

despite this car being so focused on the drag strip

it's not actually that much of a pig to drive when you get on the track.

There's a couple of reasons for that. Number one is

these massive 315 section Nitto drag radial tires.

They actually give you loads and loads of grip.

And the other is the adaptive Bilstein dampers,

so you can have it all roly-poly in street mode,

or you can tighten things right up in sport.

Now, this thing does weigh over two tons so, it is... it's quite sizable,

but it can be hustled around, as I said earlier,

at quite outrageous speeds and just listen to that engine.

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