A Dodge Challenger show car with 1,000 horsepower was stolen just before this years SEMA convention and crashed but still managed to make it to the show floor on time.The car was built by Quintin Brothers Auto and Performance in Vermont, who sent it to Las Vegas where the SEMA parts convention is held. The Challenger was reported stolen on October 30, when it was swiped from the overflow parking lot of the Main Street Station Casino.According to local news, Nevada Highway Patrol was at some point dispatched to the parking structure of the Rio Hotel and Casino, where they found the stolen vehicle. In an attempt to stop the thief from leaving, an officer parked in front of the car, but before he could leave his vehicle, the Challenger rammed into the side of his cruiser and proceeded to escape the parking complex.The vehicle was later abandoned at The Boulevard Mall and then given back to its owners to display at the show. We were in shock, we couldnt imagine that anything like this could ever happen, shop co-owner Cole Quintin said. It looks like they were living in the thing, but they only had it for about 11 hours.The front end was smashed in the hit-and-run police chase, making it look more like a drift missile than a straight-line star. Were sure that with 1,000 horsepower it would burn up the rear tires either way. Props to the builders on still showing the car, even though everyone wouldve completely understood if theyd decided not to. The 2020 Mopar Dodge Challenger Drag Pak, unveiled at the 2019 SEMA Show, delivers sportsman racers a new, turnkey package loaded with suspension and chassis upgrades and is certified for NHRA and NMCA competition. Production is limited to 50 serialized units. Mopar Speaking of Challengers, Mopar itself had a little debut at SEMA heralding the return of the Drag Pak after a five-year hiatus. The fourth generation of the special edition makes more power than the previous version, according to Mopar, and the previous version made 1,200 horsepower and ran mid-7-second quarter-miles, so hold onto your socks for the official numbers.That massive output comes courtesy of a supercharged 5.8-litre V8 coupled to a manually shifted three-speed automatic transmission. Mopar will build 50 of the
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Watch: New 2020 Corvette already wrecked in California
That was quick. Not even a month after Chevrolet pulled the wraps off its mid-engined 2020 C8 Corvette, a driver has managed to wad one up on a Californian road.In what certainly seems to be the first public crash of a new Corvette, multiple social media sources point to an Elkhart Lake Blue example colliding on a windy strip with an oncoming vehicle.We hope all hands walked away from the wreck.This video from YouTube gives us our best look at the mishap. After rolling by a grey GMC Yukon XL, which could be part of GMs response team, the biffed C8 heaves into view. Its clear the drivers side corner took the brunt of the impact, explaining why the IIHS likes to put vehicles through a small-overlap test.Both airbags have popped, giving us hope the safety systems worked as designed and the occupants are okay. Its flashing hazard lights tell us the electrical system or at least parts of it still functioned after the crash, perhaps an unintended benefit of all the Expensive Bits now being placed behind the driver.A last-gen Ford Ranger and newer Chevrolet Equinox were also tagged in the fray, with the latter taking the worst of this exchange. Most of the Chevys drivers side rear suspension has vanished and the side curtain airbags have also deployed, while the Ranger suffered drivers side front damage. Again, heres to all occupants emerging unscathed.Gearhead and car writer Jason Cammisa provides some extra context via his Instagram account. View this post on Instagram Wrecked C8 Corvette! That didnt take long. 😢 Friend of a friend happened upon this scene. Dunno who did what but theres also a Chevy Equinox there with a lot of rear suspension components ripped off, sitting on top of a guardrail. 🤦🏻♂️ The C8 looks like it’s missing its front-left corner. We can speculate forever. But the only thing thats important is that everyone got to walk away. Hope thats the case. #Chevrolet #Chevy #Corvette #C8 #CorvetteC8 #C8Corvette #crash #wreck #WreckedC8 #CrashedC8 #C8Crash #carcrash #carcrashes #wreckedcar A post shared by Jason Cammisa (@jasoncammisa) on Aug 11, 2019 at 1:19pm PDTWhile its always easy to play armchair vehicle-CSI, it doesnt take much of an imagination to suggest what happened in this instance. It is possible the C8 took the right-hand California curve too wide, connecting with the Equinox as it was headed around the same curve in the opposite direction. The Ranger, behind the Chevy, would have had nowhere to go.Be safe out there,
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