Which of these V8-powered American gladiators is your kind of muscle car, the Dodge Challenger Black Ghost or the Ford Mustang Shelby GT500? Let us know in the comments. And for everything U-Drags, be sure to visit our NEW webpage - edmunds.com/udrags

The GT500 (760 hp) beat the Challenger Black Ghost (807 hp), and the C8 Z06 (670 hp) beat the GT500. Lesson: power doesn't necessarily equate to performance.

Dodge is coming up with all type of new names, but same results 😆

Massacre. This clip should be rated R.

The GT500 is amazing. I’m so glad Ford got away from the straight line only performance that the previous GT500’s had, and put some handling into the package…👍🏾👍🏾

props to dodge for making the slowest 800hp car on the market!

The Shelby just proved that the black ghost is a myth just like the original story

This GT500 will be missed. It's put in so much work.

I really have to hand it to Dodge. It's very impressive how they manage to make so many variations of the same car without making a single good one. They are like the anti-porsche.

Yesterday I bought a 2019 manual Mustang GT. I love it. Still trying to figure out how to quickly accelerate from a dead stop. Muscle cars are something else!

The Challenger is, and will always be, legendary for the having the most power and still being the slowest among all of its competitors.

The boat couldn’t make a single turn ,it takes the Atlantic Ocean to turn 😂😂😂😂😂

This is why you don’t see hellcat boys trying to race gt500s. They only race gt cars

😢 Gonna miss that GT500!! I now view it as the standard here on U-drags that everything else is compared to. I love seeing how all the other cars fare against it. I think you guys should keep it for now! There are more cars to race against it such as a Camaro!

You guys can't pump these U Drags out fast enough! This is one of my favorite automotive comparison tests on KZfaq. Whoever came up with the idea, it's brilliant. I'd love to see an entire racing series built around this concept.

That challenger is disappointing honestly, the tires and weight of the challenger kill it. It just doesn't hook or grip and is shaped like a brick, a beautiful brick though

Those Shelby’s are insane- for the money they are legit

Dodge really out here charging people $100k for a fresh whooping and a nice set of stickers while they get it.

Crazy because the the shelby thats shown is the base shelby and not the one with the optional carbon fiber track package!

I’m gonna pause the video before the race and say the Shelby is going to annihilate the ghost… I wasn’t wrong.

Can you please do a mach1 handling pack vs SS 1le!!

I am always amazed how people who review any form of auto Hellcats launch them wrong. You start in second gear. Unprepped surface I get 11.5 to 11.7 (125-128) every time with my 2016. I am a total novice at drag racing but am astonished by auto journalists who haven't figured this out.

You guys won't understand how excited I get when these videos drop!🤸‍♂️

The Challenger is a modern muscle car trying to become a sledge hammer while the GT500 is now a modern sports car trying to become a scalpel. Both beautiful rides but there was always going to be one clear winner here, the GT500.

The Dodge is a one trick pony and you're lucky if you get the trick right. The Black Ghost might've lost to a Mach 1.

Saw this coming. Love the black ghost but it stood NO chance against the GT500.

The Challenger remains as it always has...an overweight, clumsy pig for all the HP it supposedly makes. I mean, 5 or 6 BUS-LENGTHS that Mopar pig was gapped by! The GT500 embarrasses MANY supercars that cost magnitudes more than it does...in drags (where it is limited by traction) , on tracks, and from rolls. I've owned both and there's simply ZERO comparison. The Cobra is an absolute f'n beast. The GT500 doubles duty as a "musclecar" pretty well....but it truly is a track beast, complete with amazing handling, grip, acceleration and the rest of it. The Dodges are relics, since they ARE built on a Mercedes E-class chassis from 2005 and for what you pay, have pretty embarrassing interiors and a rearview camera that looks like it was sourced from a 2002 parts bin. But...as we've all seen, the Mopars perform flawlessly in parking lots in the inner cities while liquifying tires as they do donuts, while lizzos twerk on the hood

Power to weight ratio, gearing, aerodynamics and grip. These all play into it.

Already knew the result before watching the video, that slow brick will never take a corner, meanwhile the GT500 is a great all-around drag, roll, racetrack car package all together. Not to mention GT500 is 47hp less and 82 torque away than the Black Ghost yet still walked the living life out of it Now watch the Mopar fanboys dragging out their more expensive Demon/Demon 170 trying to defend the Black Ghost after it lost to GT500 😂🤣🤣🤣

Shelby GT500. The Ghost Buster

No surprise on the U-turn and acceleration out of the turn what shocked me is how the 500 walked the Black Ghost on the straight drag section, even when the Ghost got the jump the 500 instantly reeled it in and passed it. Ford had the total package with this 500.

The 500 has proved once again that it is the reigning King of American Muscle. It is very good in every performance venue: Street, Strip, Roll, and Track. While the Challenger RE, Ghost, etc, etc, is a very capable car on a prepped drag strip with a proper drag pack, it isn't very competitive anywhere else.

That GT500 has some crazy top-end. Just think if it had all-wheel drive.

This is the perfect example what the Shelby GT500 would do to a Dodge Demon on this track.

The GT500 is an amazing Mustang. Imo.This is the best overall Mustang ever built. The 5.2 Predator and the DCT Is an outstanding combination in a Mustang that can handle both a dragstrip or a road course.

They named that challenger correctly because it got murdered by the GT500.

For a car the Chrysler says should be firmly in the 10s, it seems hard to actually get them there outside a prepped track. Still a great looking throwback car, but I suspect the 392 provides much of the muscle car look, sound and feel for a fraction of the dollars. The T/A and shaker cars are very nice!

The cornering ability on the gt500 is actually surprising 😮

Thanks for posting this. I’ve been enjoying U Drags

Ford being the last of the American muscle cars still putting V8’s in, I’m glad it won that despite 40+ less HP - good going Ford 👏

I am completely shocked not by the launch but just by the shear overall badassery of the gt500 man oh man🦾🦾😎😎

"despite the dodgy start" no pun intended 😂

My favorite part of these is just the inside camera and listening. Love these races.

Dodge should seriously be embarrassed. How many years have they had to improve this formula? 🤦‍♂️

I love how the gt500 is the standard to beat, really says something about them mustangs

Okay, okay, I'm subscribing! Just yesterday, I posted that I wished you'd U-Drag Race your GT500 vs a Redeye (or variant) and boom, you guys delivered! I too wasn't surprised at the winner, but I was surprised at how hard the GT500 pulls on the more powerful (on paper) Hellcat. While the race against the Z06 was quite interesting, THIS was the apples to apples "street cred" race people were waiting for. Much appreciated and enjoyed!

Typical dodge fiat crap. Make it shiny with ridiculous names, power you can’t put down, and idiots will overspend on it.

Now run the GT500 against the Demon please. I'd imagine the Demon would lose even worse 😂

gt500 will always beat cats

I really love the U-Drag course; it's a very interesting take on regular drag racing, makes it way more interesting and entertaining.

Last call🤣🤣 Exposed, Outclassed, Demolished at it’s supposed strength.

Makes a lotta noise, with lotta badass names, but falls really short when it comes to actual performance

The GT500 is a muscle car that can perform on the track.

I have a SRT and a R/T Charger. I love these cars but clearly the problem is, they need to be built lighter. They are so heavy it kills the power to weight ratio!

The Dodge can't even beat the gt500 in a straight line. no wonder why Dodge is killing it off, it's so outdated.

I’m mopar to T and I knew for a fact that the black ghost was gonna get smoked for sure as always . Dodge had more than enough time over these few years to come up with ways to shed that weight and to also put that power down properly .

That tremc 7 speed is the deal breaker. Such a beast of a transmission. I hope tremc makes it for the GT

As a Mopar fan, and Challenger owner - I knew the result before watching. The GT500 is a beast with stickier rubber, better brakes, better aero, a greater rpm band - making its power longer.... and its considerably lighter. All said I still don't want one. Challengers offer a certain kind of magic that makes them possibly the world's best cruising, burnout and highway car. They eat up miles and only return smiles. However, I'd love to see both cars on the same tire to see if the couch-car could close the gap. PZeros are not the best choice for 800hp and 4500lb regardless of width. They're an allseason compared to the Pilot Cup2.

All these dodges are played out 10 years same cars

My prediction: GT500 gaps the shit out of that Dodge hunk of junk.

Challengers are made to race the Ecoboost. That was like a semi with two trailer gap.

I think the fact that the GT500 also has the aero of a track car while the Black Ghost has the aero of a small house was probably a significant factor even after hookup.

Glad to see a real opponent for the GT500! Fun race and the outcome was perfect.

Seems as though the fastest car in this race, won. 🤔

Would love to see a U-Drag with the Shelby against a ZL1 1LE!!!!!! Maybe, also a gauge that shows gas/brake pedal input. Thanks for the awesome content. ❤️🤓

More like the 100k Black Boat.

I would love to see prestine examples of older cars going against each other! Like a Trans Am vs old Mustang, GTO vs old GT500, Skyline GT-R vs Evo, etc.

Just love the sound of the Mustang supercharger

I rented a GT500 same as the one in the video while on vacation in Orlando last year. The owner had fit a smaller charger pulley and exhaust to take it to 900hp and wow was it the best car I've ever driven and I've tried a lot of different cars.

Best thing about the Challenger having better sales than the Stang and Camaro is there's more Mopar people to beat.

@10.07 " Video Data Thingy" I noticed as soon as it hit 2nd gear (Black Ghost) it bogged right down, almost like CPU pulled out the timing reducing power. . . .maybe detonation ? or heat soak? wondering if the "Black Ghost" had the correct octane ? Something seems off. . .. The Black Ghost should of reeled him in due to GT hooking up and getting ahead to mid-range of straight away. How many miles on the Black ghost?

The Black Ghost is a fraud the story has been debunked already lol So you pay 103k for a hellcat with a few emblems and new stickers. Good on you dodge you milked that one good I'll give you that! I feel sorry for the sucker that paid over a million for the original Black Ghost.

You should have seen my face when you said FRONT WHEEL DRIVE!!...😂😂

All knew how this was gonna go lol

Please do zl1 vs gt500

I really love the Challenger too but it's amazing how it can't match the GT 500 with more HP.

GT500 running with corvettes while being heavier and less aerodynamic is impressive

As a challenger owner, what they really need is a good traction control system. The car is pretty analog and driver focused and thats both good and bad. Its old school, but you could tell that dodge really needs to hire more geeky computer guys to program a good traction control system.

The better car won

Holy crap that looks like sooo much fun. Shelby all day everyday

I just want to say that the interchiller was the best piece of equipment they ever made and built for a muscle car you can use your AC to cool your supercharger with a flip of a switch it is the best thing they ever made

I like the Udrag format. Short and sweet head to head that's not just about acceleration.

As expected dodges are getting walked by anything making compareable power..the power to weight ratio ain’t it.Gimme that ford all day.

Looks like big power for loosing 😂😂

The supercharger on the Dodge is the sweetest sound in the auto industry...

The boat could lose 100 times over and i’d still take it over the mustang. Nothing beats the aggressive look of the widebody challenger.

I wasn’t expecting that wide of a gap

I'd love to see a new GT500 vs and original 60's. I know what would win, but it would great to see how far we've come in the automotive world!

U-Drag format is awesome...tired of seeing EVs, AWD and 700-HP monsters just doing a straight-dominate demo. The braking and turning bit is real nice modified drag to see more balanced cars.

The format is nice, but can you maybe feature more than the same 10 cars over and over?

103,000 for a dodge. 😂😂

12.6 for the Dodge is due to tire and/or driver. But there is no excuse for the 123 mph trap speed . 707hp hellcat's trap that heatsoaked in the summer.

That black ghost left some ponies at the factory lol

Edmunds U-Drags is better than Carwow races. KEEP going!

All that power and Dodge can't put it to use in the metrics that matter. Fail.

The entire Mustang line is superb👍

😂😂😂😂😂 at the End When he said making the dodge go ghost 👻 😂😂😂

A brick with wheels vs a work of art

Yesss! YESSSSSS!!!!!!! :) I asked for this last week!!!

man that mustang is a dream