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If all the Hellcat news has whetted your appetite for an in-person meeting, here’s your chance.
Come see the man who pretended to set the cross-country illegal top speed record yo at Woodward and 13 Mile. While you’re at it, you can see both the Hellcat models and over sixty Dodge Vipers. Yeah, it’s only Friday, and personally I wouldn’t go to the Dream Cruise if you threatened my life — but if you want an early look at the 707-horsepower monsters that might go down in history as the apex of the second musclecar era, that’s the spot.
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Who is the woman interviewing the man who pretended to set the cross-country illegal top speed record, yo?
Anqunette Jamison. She is one of the morning anchors on Fox2 in Detroit. She replaced Fanchon Stinger, who was involved in a scandal involing the City of Detroit’s sludge hauling contract.
They also had Amy Andrews, another anchor/reporter, drive around Woodward with Rawlings as well.
Ahh, yes – Fanchion Stinger. Her involvement in the “Crave the Rave” sensationalist media extravaganza incensed everyone I knew. It was rather satisfying to see her exit in disgrace.
Stinger liked fast cars though. Or at least letting Rayford Jackson crash her 612 Scaglietti. It was purchased with some of the dirty Synagro money he gave her though.
She has a prime time gig at the Fox station in Indy now. Certainly a better fate than her “little brother” Charles Pugh. However, she just took money instead of sexting minors.
Wooo! Wooo! Lookit me! Wooo! Yeah! I need attention! Wooo!
4 wheel Harley?
I’m so cool, I can cross my arms and lean against a car at the same time… while wearing sunglasses!
Ahh you are jealous cause you aren’t paid to look cool and talk about a car to a tv reporter who doesn’t care one twit about horsepower.
She’ll care once he tells her the acceleration will *keep* her hair straight.
I will take Racist Comments for $1000, Alex.
Yer durn tootin’ it’s racist. That woman has a racial prejudice against the hair she was born with.
Like Michelle does and Michael Jackson did, she wants Mary Tyler Moore hair.
It looks like this is my lucky day, I’ll take the rapists for 200.
youtube.com/watch?v=0bxnuOdWUmA
The Hellcat thingy is getting as much ink as the late Robin Williams.
Throwbacks to the same era.
+I need a 707 horsepower ride to make up for my small di-k.
Let’s go with Bullshit Pop Psychology for $1,000, Alex.
So if I win a 707 horsepower car in a contest, does it include a pen15 reduction?
No, but you will have to sell your left nut to keep the fuel tank topped off.
About the only reason for it. Too much power for the street, too fat for the track.
I live about a half mile from 13/Woodward. Gonna walk down there and check out the Hellcats right after lunch. Tomorrow will be insane unless it rains.
The man leaning on the car is Rick Rawlings from the show Fast and Loud. He runs a car shop in Dallas, TX.. He’s been doing a lot of promos on that car.
I like Rawlings, but when a guy looks like he does and is the LEAST criminal-looking member of an entire industry (hot rodding), there’s a huge problem.
I agree, and that’s the sole reason I don’t watch car programs. The characters are disgusting.
Sorry, but I’m from another era. You may leave my lawn at your convenience…
Jack – why wouldn`t you want to go? I have never been, just wondered about your visceral reaction.
And with this story, TTAC reaches its Hellcat quota for the year!
Supposedly the 2015 SS was to be introduced at the Dream Cruise. More interesting to me than the Hellcat given that it has more than enough power, weighs a lot less, and is in a price range I can afford. Anyone see it yet?
I saw an SS at the Chevy Performance display on the east side of Woodward north of 13 Mile. I was driving, so I do not know if it was the 2015 or not. They also had a Colorado next to a GMT400 Silverado regular cab. The Colorado dwarfs it.
I think it’s the over-abundance of *stringy hair* that prevents Jack from attending events like this. Plus, having just walked back from the cruise a few minutes ago (they shut it down at 10:00 p.m.,) I was struck how all of these classics, with their lumpy cams and open exhaust – as cool as they are – would all be smoked by fresh-off-the-line Hellcat. It used to be that you had to go back to the 60s and early 70s for the go-fast goodies, but now, that level of performance and more is available at your local Dodge/Chevy/Ford dealer … and you get A/C, ABS, and superior crash performance as well. Nostalgia is all it’s about at this point.
Hey Jack, didn’t you have unkind words for his crews “restoration” of a Ferrari too? Is there a story here? Forced to speculate I will chose to imagine the skinny rich TV personality “stole” a hottie you were trying to make some time with. Or maybe he snuck in a sleeper and showed you his tail lights in a street race? Nah, I can’t believe that. Do dish though.
Personally, I don’t like the exhaust note. It sounds like it’s idling at 4000 rpms with all the fast popping. If you want a lopey idle, and mean sounding exhaust the old 5.0 mustang H.O. engine with 2.5″ exhaust and no mufflers is music to my ears.
I chatted with Dodge chief Tim Kuniskis who said there was more like this (Challenger/Charger) to come; chatted with Ralph Gilles, said hi to Richard Rawlings and various other folks. Chrysler/Dodge had great area at Woodward