Dodge set out to build a Challenger that beat its own 707-horsepower Hellcat and back it up with more onboard technology than any SRT before it. The Demon’s New York Auto Show debut delivered both: an 840-horsepower Hemi and drag-strip-specific tech most manufacturers reserve for actual race cars. It’s proof that fast and sophisticated don’t have to be mutually exclusive in Detroit.
The Dodge Challenger SRT Demon is set to become the most advanced muscle car ever made. Its infotainment system combined with awesome performance make the new Demon a cut above the rest.
The Dodge Challenger SRT Demon make its debut next month at the 2017 New York auto show. It will be more powerful than the 707-horsepower Hellcat and its infotainment system will be what Dodge calls the Performance Page.
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A muscle car built purely to be fast is nothing new — Detroit has been doing that since the 1960s. A muscle car built to be fast and genuinely sophisticated at the same time is a much rarer combination, and it’s usually one or the other, never both at once. So when word started circulating that Dodge’s next Challenger variant would out-muscle its own 707-horsepower Hellcat while also packing more technology than anything wearing the SRT badge before it, the claim sounded like typical pre-launch bravado. The debut at the New York International Auto Show was set to settle the argument either way, and it did.
Beating Its Own Hellcat Wasn’t Enough
Dodge unveiled the Demon on April 11, 2017, and the whole point of the exercise was obvious from the spec sheet: beat the Hellcat, even if that meant embarrassing its own halo car. The Demon topped out at 840 horsepower and 770 lb-ft of torque, delivered through a red-key mode that unlocks 808 horsepower on pump gas and a black-key mode paired with the Direct Connection powertrain controller that frees up the full number on 100+ octane race fuel. Very few manufacturers are willing to let a new model make their existing flagship look tame, but Dodge did it without hesitation.
Tech That Actually Matters At The Track
What set the Demon apart from a simple horsepower bump was how much of that technology was built for a specific job. Launch control was tuned to the car’s specific tire compound and suspension setup rather than a generic calibration, and the available TransBrake — borrowed straight from drag-racing practice — let drivers pre-load the transmission against the brakes for a cleaner launch than any factory Challenger had ever offered. Pair that with an interior that could still be optioned with a back seat for street duty, and you get a car that’s genuinely dual-purpose instead of just fast on paper.
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Race yeah..
Whaaaaaaa. .it’s all in good fun
Damn shame the average working man/woman cannot afford one.
I’ll bet Jay Leno already has one, and the limited edition Yenko Camaro.
Ya ok
Das ist mal ein geiler Arsch
Ain’t shit till it hits the street . Then after the first high speed turn the Chevy and Ford will be gone. Dodge isn’t even in NASCAR and the Viper is dead.
Chrysler is coming back to NASCAR.
It’s a straight line bruiser, not a road course car. Pay attention
Brain Bowman I well aware of what this one dimensional car is. It’s not any better than the COPO Camaro . Only Dodge would waste engineering on a automobile too expensive for the market segment it is intended for.
infotainment system ur no just give me a REAL muscle car
Bet she’ll be a stellar street car