Dodge starts shipping the Demon

Time to start growing my mustache.

It will be interesting to see if/when someone can match the 9.65 1/4 and 2.3 0-60 in a stock car.

Those numbers are probably the most (perfect) condition-specific performance numbers from any car company in decades.

More like lemon amirite?

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It will be interesting to see if/when someone can match the 9.65 1/4 and 2.3 0-60 in a stock car.

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I think one of the magazines already took one out and could only get like an 11.2 out of it on the track. an actual owner has gone like a 9.98 in a new 720s already at PBIR

I applaud Dodge for making this, but isn’t it banned at official track events due to no rollcage?

I can't wait for people to start posting pics of the banhammers the dragstrips are going to be handing out when people manage to break 10 seconds in a car without a roll cage or other racing safety equipment.

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I applaud Dodge for making this, but isn’t it banned at official track events due to no rollcage?

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Yes, as it comes from the factory, the NHRA has banned it from sanctioned events. But pretty much EVERY car is banned from NHRA events as they come from the factory; they don't have the safety equipment required to pass tech inspection. You put the safety equipment on the Demon and you can enter the car all day long. Don't believe the load of bullshite the marketing critters at Dodge are selling you. There's nothing special about the stock Demon compared to the stock Taurus when it comes to not being able to run in NHRA sanctioned events. Now, once it's outfitted, the Demon will be able to post times that will qualify it to be on the track. The Taurus, probably not so much.

You can still run the car on dragstrips at non-sanctioned events (i.e. test and tune days) all you want, though, until you break 10 seconds with it. Then the specific car will essentially be listed as a race car by the NHRA and sanctioned tracks should ban the car from running until it has the proper safety equipment and can pass the tech inspection. Anyone wanting to drive it on a sanctioned track afterwards, though, would probably need a competition license to be allowed to run it.

EDIT: Worse than I thought. Apparently, NHRA requires roll bars at 11.49 seconds and roll cages at 10.99, so it kinda looks like the unmodified car will get the axe well before the 9.99 second territory where the chassis requires certification.

I also think it would be badass to have one without a passenger seat.

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I also think it would be badass to have one without a passenger seat.

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Options abound, many of which can be had for $1. You want removable rear seats? That'll be $1.

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For 08 and newer it is 9.99 @ 135

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Car has to be completely stock and the track has to be NHrA and Not IHRa. I got booted at Gulfport for running 10.9 in my 15 Turbo S.