OT's opinion of the 2018 Dodge Challenger SRT Demon?

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Dodge unveiled what it claims is the fastest muscle car ever: the 2018 Challenger SRT Demon with a devil of a kick—808 horsepower and 717 lb-ft of torque on 91 octane gas for the street and a ridiculous 840 hp and 770 lb-ft of torque on 100-plus high-octane race fuel for the track.

There is enough launch power to pull a wheelie, and Guinness World Records certified the production car as traveling 2.92 feet with the front wheels off the ground.

Dodge is touting the Demon, a street-legal factory track car that goes on sale this fall, as the world’s quickest quarter-mile production car certified by the National Hot Rod Association. Dodge execs also say the Demon is quicker than the Tesla Model S that Motor Trend crowned acceleration champ when we clocked the electric car reaching 60 mph in 2.28 seconds. The Demon recorded a time of 2.1 seconds, but that comes with a huge asterisk: The Tesla was tested on regular dry asphalt, but the Demon was on a regulation drag strip. Drag strips are coated in sticky resin, and the extra traction can shave a couple tenths of a second. So we will hold out on any pronouncements until we get a Demon for testing ourselves on our usual surface.

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Some Dodge-generated stats to chew on:

Zero to 60 mph in 2.1 seconds, which beats the Tesla Model S—again, on a stickier surface, which improves launch grip. Zero to 100 mph in 5.1 seconds.
Quarter mile in 9.65 seconds and 140 mph, which means it is legally banned from racing on a track without a rollcage.
It leaves the start line accelerating at 1.8 g, hitting 30 mph in 1.0 second.
Horsepower peaks at 6,300 rpm, torque at 4,500 rpm.
Brakes from 60 to 0 mph in 97 feet.
Eco mode limits it to 500 horsepower, starts in second gear, and short-shifts subsequent gears.

Dodge plans to build 3,300 Demons at its plant in Brampton, Ontario, with 3,000 allocated for the U.S. and 300 for Canada. It is far less exclusive than the Ford GT, which will be limited to 1,000 supercars over four years and cost more than $400,000. That price isn’t even in the same ballpark as the Demon, which won’t hit six figures when order books open in a few months.

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