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Dodge did something no automaker had ever done: shipped a production car on genuine 315mm drag radials, straight from the factory. That decision alone was enough to break the assembly line. Demons and widebody Hellcats had to ride down the line on temporary wheels before getting their real tires bolted on at a separate facility, and the drag radials come with one weakness that has nothing to do with horsepower.
Months before Dodge officially unveiled the Challenger SRT Demon, fans spotted silver, flare-fendered Challengers in an early trailer for The Fate of the Furious, with Vin Diesel appearing in a behind-the-scenes clip alongside one. The car backed up the hype: a supercharged 6.2-liter Hemi V8 making 840 horsepower and 770 lb-ft of torque, good for a 2.3-second 0-60 run. It’s one of the most dramatic factory-to-Hollywood crossovers in modern muscle car history.