Dodge Demon
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DakotaGT
GT Owner
I can't believe how crazy things are getting. I love it! 9.65 quarter mile e.t., 840 hp, AND 6 year/60,000 mile powertrain warranty? Just nuts!! Ok, I might have to get one of these....
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BlackICE
GT Owner
twobjshelbys
GT Owner
On the car in general: I drove one of those in the 90's. The car is essentially a Mercedes E320 with a Dodge power plant. The sad thing is that the Challenger is still an 90's Benz.
There is a guy that makes these really funny movies with Hitler dissing his staff about cars. As offensive as the players may be, they really are funny. One of the best lines from the one about the Challenger was something like "you can light a firecracker in the ass**** of an elephant and it will go fast but you can't make it turn".
Let's face it, the Mercedes base car was a wonderful touring car. I had an E320, it was absolutely without a doubt the most comfortable driving car I ever owned, but it was HEAVY.
So while the Demon might be big in numbers, the Challenger REQUIRES all that horsepower to match the weight:HP ratio of the competition. Their downfall is they don't have a suspension worthy of a track car.
It does, however, do a really good job of a "modern incarnation of a classic", much as the 07-ish Mustang did a good job of getting the Mustang right once again.
DakotaGT
GT Owner
This car is not pretending to be a sports car, Junior. It is a factory drag racer, that you can still drive on the streets with your family, if you spring for the extra two dollars for the passenger and rear seats.
DakotaGT
GT Owner
You're right. I better start contacting my dealer friends. It's probably already too late though…
twobjshelbys
GT Owner
Dodge has a way of controlling it. When the Challenger first came out and then later with the Hellcat they incentivized dealers who got cars by giving the next round to those who sold theirs quickly and penalized those with long "on the lot" times [presuming that if a popular car didn't sell it was because the price was jacked over MSRP.] It seemed to work well. Some dealers had small markups but they disappeared pretty quickly.
Bingo. 'Couldn't agree more.
Name another STOCK, street legal factory car that can do a 'wheels-up' launch...to say nothing about being able to equal or better those 1/4 mile and 0-60 times. Think of what that beast could do if it didn't weigh as much as a transit bus! :facepalm:
A person who buys one of these obviously couldn't care less how it performs 'in the twisties'. He recognizes the Demon was designed more as 'straight line' performer than anything else...just like the muscle cars I grew up around in the '60s and early '70s...and they sold like hotcakes. :wink
'Different strokes...
It is kind of a homely puppy though...innit.
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Me too. There was a kit for the GT500 that I came close to installing. It's a very good solution for a car that comes equipped with air conditioning anyway.
RPM217
2005 white/blue stripe
Joe Dozzo
Well-known member
I actually think its awesome, I love that the HP wars are back and in full swing!
9's off the show room floor is something we've been waiting for.
9's off the show room floor is something we've been waiting for.