In no way was the gt500 made to fight the hellcat... And the carbon track pack essentially is the "R". Ford is not and probably never will be a straight line focused manufacturer ever again aside from their cobra jet program. They are on the world stage, the hellcat, fell through that stage with its heft.Lets be clear about the history here. Without the development of the roots supercharged factory Ford motors and the success of the Thunderbird SC, the Terminator Cobra, 1st Generation Ford GT, and the 2007 - 2014 GT500 by Ford there wouldn't be a supercharged Z06, ZR1, ZL1, Hellcat, Redeye, or Demon. Thank Ford for paving the way.
The 2020 GT500 may have been bench-marked against the Hellcat. So be it. Perhaps there will be a GT500R that will be bench-marked against the Demon or Redeye. There is a GT350 and GT350R, so a GT500R is possible.
I, for one, am glad to see the horsepower wars back in full swing. I like the beasts being produced by Dodge and GM. I just want to give credit where credit is due.