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Challenger [Official] Challenger Demon
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The Dodge Challenger is a full-size muscle car that was introduced in early 2008 originally as a rival to the evolved fifth-generation Ford Mustang and the fifth-generation Chevrolet Camaro.
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2023 Challenger SRT Demon 170 Ends Dodge's Era of Excess with 1025-HP V-8
Dodge treats Hellcat fans and taunts haters with this outrageous send-off, an ethanol-fueled street-legal dragster priced at $100K.
2023 Challenger SRT Demon 170 Ends Dodge's Era of Excess with 1025-HP V-8
Dodge treats Hellcat fans and taunts haters with this outrageous send-off, an ethanol-fueled street-legal dragster priced at $100K.
The 2023 Dodge Challenger SRT Demon 170 is a 1025-hp street-legal drag-strip special that signals the end of the brand's V-8 muscle cars.
Its four-digit horsepower figure requires E85 gasoline, and with that Dodge claims a quarter-mile time of 8.91 seconds at 151 mph on a prepared surface.
The Demon 170 will cost $100,361 when production starts this July, but only 2500 to 3000 U.S. copies are planned through December 31. It's curtains on V-8 Hellcats after that.
Dodge doesn't believe in the words of Ricky Bobby's daddy: "If you ain't first, you're last."
The storied muscle-car maker has chased taillights throughout its 100-plus-year history. Dodge introduced the original 1970 Challenger well after the 1964.5 Ford Mustang and 1967 Chevy Camaro got the pony-car party started. Compared with those two, the Challenger's production life was cut short. The first generation only lasted until 1974. The second existed from 1978 to 1983, but it was a rebadged Mitsubishi Galant that Mopar purists prefer to forget.
The Challenger's third go-around came in 2008, when it was reinvented with retro styling and a contemporary Hemi V-8. While it initially kept pace with similarly themed Camaros and Mustangs of the day, Dodge fell behind as Chevy and Ford kept investing in their respective machines, making them more modern and better at racing around a track.
Enter the 2023 Challenger SRT Demon 170. It summons an otherworldly 1025 horsepower and 945 pound-feet of torque from its supercharged 6.2-liter V-8. Unlocking the new Demon's full fury requires E85 gasoline, and that 170-proof ethanol fuel mixture inspires its name. Even when burning 91 octane, the new engine makes 900 horsepower and 810 pound-feet of torque.
With E85 in the tank and on a fully prepped surface under perfect conditions, Dodge claims the Demon 170 clocked a quarter-mile run of 8.61 seconds at 151 mph and hit 60 mph in just 1.66 seconds. Of course, it won't be that quick on the street."
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Crazy exit and numbers.
Edit apparently, if I heard correctly those 1/4 mile figures aren't claims but NHRA certified, LOL!
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A reminder that no stock Demon ran their claimed 1/4 mile times or achieved claimed performance figures.
This will probably be the same. That 0-60 mph in 1.66 sec is probably more like 3.66 sec and 1/4 mile is at 9.96 sec at best.
However its good that someone still makes/made a proper muscle car one last time. It feels like Chevy and Ford have forgotten that.
This will probably be the same. That 0-60 mph in 1.66 sec is probably more like 3.66 sec and 1/4 mile is at 9.96 sec at best.
However its good that someone still makes/made a proper muscle car one last time. It feels like Chevy and Ford have forgotten that.
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Oh definitely you'll not see that on any streets with road legal tyres. It's not happening, they probably did it after dozens of attempts on the drag strip, perhaps and have one slip! Only they know!
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Dodge resurrects Challenger SRT Demon for final year of V8 muscle cars
2023 Dodge Challenger SRT Demon 170 reaches 60 mph in just 1.66 seconds and delivers the highest G-force acceleration of any production car at 2.004 gs Dodge Challenger SRT Demon 170 delivers 1,025 total horsepower at 6,500 rpm and 945 Ib.-ft. of torque at 4,200 rpm on E85 ethanol blend Demon...
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No?
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The 170 stands for the alcohol proof content of ethanol because it runs on E85. I believe from memory.
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I wonder if that leads to drivers getting breathalysed a lot.
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@9.39 that's pretty good.
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