The Dodge Demon Is Here At Last And It's So Fast It's Been Banned From Racing
The Dodge Demon launch saga is over at last, and it’s good news! The strip-ready supercharged 6.2-litre monster will have a mighty 840bhp; a healthy whack more than people had previously thought.
That huge power figure, matched with 770lb ft of angry, means a showroom-fresh 9.65-second quarter-mile. It’s so damn fast that it’s already been banned from competition by the American National Hot Rod Association, which certified the time on a real drag strip. Hell yes. Banned for being too fast? Well played, Dodge. We love it. We’ll even forgive the 14 mildly irritating weeks of teasers.
It hits the incredible new benchmark drag time with a combination of systems that help it launch with 1.8g of force. That is incredible. Dodge says that’s a harder launch than any production car, ever. Zero to 30 takes one second, 60 is smashed in 2.3 seconds, 100mph is yours in 5.1 seconds, and at the quarter-mile finish line it’s doing 140mph. Take that, Tesla.
We already knew about the semi-slick drag tyres, proper trans brake and strengthened driveline, not to mention its ability to run 100-octane racing fuel, but now we can see the whole thing as the makers intended. The front rubber is super-skinny, as per a proper drag car, and the launch is so fierce that the Demon actually wheelies.
The Demon is also already a step closer than expected to the power figure revealed by Hennessey for its highly-tuned Chevrolet Camaro, dubbed The Exorcist in direct response to the Demon.
Dodge’s final, four-minute video majors on the Demon’s drag speed potential, and we can’t blame them. This, right here and now, is a sub-10-second car straight out of the box. No overnight parts from Japan required.
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Definitely a True Ten Second Car.
Paul Walker would be smiling from the Great Racetrack in the sky.
9 second car
Like returning a car to Dom that he would love instantly.
Droooooooool
Lol I Just Saw This Guy’s History XD
You should make posts mate! You could get a LOT OF UPVOTES from the stuff you comment…
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Just wait for GT500. It probably won’t be drag focused, but oh boy am I excited
Don’t you just hate it when you get banned for being OP?
I think he could relate
Yep :/
They banned the 1969 Daytona from NASCAR races so it’s not the first time Dodge has been banned from something.
It’s actually because you can’t run sub-10 at the strip without a cage. Just adding a roll cage already takes care of the problem. I’m sure in a 2 ton car there are other ways to lose that weight.
Well, it’s more of an improvement than I thought. Can’t think of much that isn’t a Koenigsegg that’ll beat it.
STOP THE PUNS
You should know by now, you simply can’t Dodge the puns. They bring out peoples inner Demons.
I see puns on the daily, and I cringe every time
why do the front wheels look like wheels of a bicycle? or do they look narrow due to the rear wheels?
If they are anything like the usual “skinnies”, they’re about 5” wide (or 127mm). Extra front tire width in drag racing just slows you down.
These are skinny drag tyres for the front, you see them very often on RWD drag cars since extra grip on the front only slows them down in a straight line. For normal road use, it has the same tyres front and back. Partly because of safety, mostly because it looks better.
For drag cars, you want as little rolling resistance on any non-driven wheel, hence skinny fronts on RWD or skinny rears on FWD
It comes with 315s on all 4 corners but at the strip the front 2 act as spares and they have these skinnies
Am I the only one who thinks Demon has a lot in common with the Zonda R and FXXK. They are so fast, and so usless. But still so fast.
And we still love all three.
Don’t know about it’s cornering ability. I hope it will be good there too. A perfect package.
Don’t forget the Vulcan as well. And the P1 GTR. And the original FXX. And the 599XX. Because while these cars may not be useful, or practical in any sense, they have an aim and stick to it. Props to any manufacturer with the balls to do that.
Forgot the fact that the Zonda and the Ferrari can turn
Good thing is it’ll be much cheaper than those 2. :)
Now Production Cars Can Go Full Hot Rod Mode XD
Why Are You Always Writing Every Sentence Like A Headline?