This Dodge Challenger Demon Was Annihilated By A Hellcat-Swapped Prius

Our favourite Toyota Prius in the world takes on the mighty SRT Demon, and it comes out as the clear winner

14 Aug 2018

The car you see here isn’t really a Prius. It’s a car we took a closer look at during SEMA 2017 (see video below), and it’s actually a custom chassis powered by a Dodge ‘Hellcrate’ 6.2-litre supercharged V8, with a Prius body dumped on top.

But that doesn’t make it any less amusing to see this Prius-shaped monster hurtle down the quarter-mile, something it’s able to do in a little over nine seconds, with the aim of eventually clocking eight-second passes. We’ve seen it in action before, but this is the first time we’ve seen it take on a Dodge Demon.

No times are given for this run at the Dodge Roadkill Nights in Michigan, but we don’t need figures to sum up just how comprehensively beaten the Demon was - just look at the gap the ‘PriuSRT8’ is able to open up!

We can’t say we’re hugely surprised by the result. Yes, the Demon may have 840bhp on tap, but thanks to the fitting of a 4.5-litre supercharger among many other modifications, the Prius makes 800hp. At the wheels. Plus, it’s also going to be quite a bit lighter than the drag-spec Challenger.

Does this make us want a Demon any less? Nope.

Growing up on a diet of World Rally Championship highlights and lengthy Gran Turismo 2 sessions, a life in cars was as good as inevitable for Matt.

Comments

Is it me or the demon is complete and pure shit

It’s you

You really need to truly understand the muscle car culture to appreciate it.

It is you

It is you. Clearly. Just because you like rice burners doesnt mean you get to call other cars, except a prius, shit. You clearly have no taste or class. Go drive one. Im sure youll change your mind. I hated BMWs. I drove one. Now I love them.

“the Prius makes 800bhp. At the wheels.”
Err… 800whp then?

Yup.

“800whp. At the crank.”

So, a car was defeated by a shitbox running a less powerful version of the same engine that was tuned to a similar power

Okay then

A stock Demon is considerably heavier than a very-much lightweight Prius.

They’re not similar power. The Prius has 800 bhp at the wheels which is roughly 940 bhp at thr crank, and the Demon only has 840 bhp. This large of a power difference is massive on the drag strip.