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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“so damn fast that it’s already been banned from competition by the American National Hot Rod Association.”
Seriously? This would be like banning someone from playing baseball because they hit too many home runs.
Sub-10 requires a roll cage, they’re just trying to make it sound more impressive. Chuck in a roll cage and harness and you can run all day.
To bad strait lines are the only thing it will be able to do
Drag-tuned car is only good in drag racing.
In other shocking news, water is wet and the sky is blue.
*too bad it does best what it was designed to do best. There I fixed it for you
A car fit for a Toretto….
Get your Bibles ready people..
is it actually faster than the p100d from 0-60?
On a drag strip with 2 step, yes.
On the street, no.
Did we all forget that ford did this with the mustang super snake?
Pretty sure it can’t do 0-60 in 2.3 seconds……
And the fact that it doesn’t have a transbrake.
Can it turn though?
No. Why would it need to?
It’s a drag car..being marketed as a drag car..engineered as a drag car..shall I go on?
Yes. Its not a Porsche but anyone can have fun driving an 800+HP muscle car
if this is the fastest v8 and the most powerful v8 what is for example cars like agera r or similar
What about the camaro copo? maybe Im not too informed but I though it was a drag prepared production car
Can’t be legally registered.