Demon Officially Announced

Looks like a winner.

http://www.msn.com/en-us/autos/new-york/...JWjX?li=BBnb7Kz

You should have to pass a training course before they give you the red key. I give it 24 hours after they begin delivery until someone with more money than skill wraps it around a telephone pole.

840 HP is not for the amateur driver.

I love the options this car has, and I think the performance is amazing. But am I the only one not really liking the look? I love the way the hellcats, srt's, and rt's look, but this looks a bit odd.

I think it's the fender flares.

Hate the flares. It's an awesome car though. And wait till stock and super stock racers get ahold of them!

There were a lot of Hipo cars and Lopo drivers out there that wrecked their new toys. Darwin theory at work...

According to the report the nhra has already said no to the Demon.

I'll take one. And you can leave the ugly fender flairs and wide tires on mine PLEASE.

24 hours? You're generous

youtube vid claimed there is 3 power modes. 757hp pump gas, 815hp 100oct fuel and 1023hp 115oct fuel. that's crazy.

Here's another, bigger article: Challenger Demon Hot Rod article.

Interesting that the sound of the Demon idling in the video sounds like a cat purring!

It also says something about first production car with flares, but the Aspen & Volare Street Kit Cars come to mind.

NHRA said "no" only because it doesn't have a legal roll cage for the 9.99 seconds and faster rules. OEM safety features aren't enough at those speeds. That can be fixed, but will add weight.

Otherwise, it's an absolutely awesome achievement.

My Wife who is a car Journalist and also a Chrysler family was going to cover the unveiling with myself riding shotgun, but a Family emergency occurred and we were sidelined to say the least.

Have fun guys. It's a winner.
Chevrolet and Ford will be answering soon enough.

Goes faster then Saftey rules allow, update saftey and nhra doesn't care.

does anybody know what HP level was used,it looks like 815HP?

815 looks right at 9.65@140

I Imagine they used the 840HP that they mention. I believe the previous numbers of the three stages was BS that got spread around.

yeah, 840, not 815. still a bunch.

What's the price before the dealers add their F.T.C. (F The Customer) markup?

Very cool car, but FCA goes to all the trouble to hype this thing up and post the performance at the track, and the car as sold isn't legal to run those times.

This makes me think their target audience is rich car collectors who will never get within a mile of a track's burnout box, rich guys who will be adding it to their expensive toy collection (and probably be the first ones to total them before the guys even make it to their garages), and... rich drug dealers who will flog them to death on the street before they have to report to their next quarterly parole officer meeting.

But I could be wrong.

Would it be possible to offer it with a cage that would have to fit every driver?

I bet the legalities of selling a car with a roll cage is something that prevented this from happening. Even in a low speed crash, on the street, your head hits that roll bar and serious injury can occur. It's a liability.

Sounds like there's a new market for a bolt in cage for one of these..if it will pass tech. Did they do anything to the frames of these cars from the factory, like tie the subframes together? I have to wonder if these things will start buckling the B pillars...

The cage would mess with the crash zones in the car which would make it tough to make legal with the feds.

It would have no problem being able to run at the 8 tracks that I have run at. NHRA does not own all drag strips.

The problem is that the dummy may be driving the Demon and take out someone that is much smarter in another car. I wonder what it costs to insure one of these things?

Any prices on what one might cost

I imagine there will be some great sale prices on the Hellcat now.

Not sure it will affect the prices of NEW Hellcats but ya gotta figure the supply of used will increase because of those that can afford and demand the pinnacle of performance.

Increased supply on the used market means lower prices. How much lower??? Who knows...

Have to watch the full Chrysler video worth the time...Thing comes with factory trans break. Inter cooler runs off ac system on and on worth the watch. Keep in mind it did this on under 15 pounds of boost factory everything.Most likely a real safe tune..... Now all my wedge stuff is really looking outdated.....

I read earlier that it will be $85,000 and will have a 60,000 mile warranty. Way out of my price range.

Me to bob

I've been watching a B-5 Hellcat since it arrived at my dealer last year. It is down $13K under list now, and no takers. I am hoping it drops another $10K and it will be mine.

This whole deal has been a great piece of marketing by Dodge. Articles about these Demon's has been all over my Facebook feed the last couple of days.
GM will come out with a Camaro that will make more, and so it will go. 1000 + HP cars from the factory will eventuate I'm sure.

GM has the copo camaro that has a 427 and is said to have 1000hp. There is a vid of it running a 8.99 at milan. 3 different power plants available for that car.

Dave, is that the Hennessy car? Upgrades are a minimum $55K over the price of a new Camaro, but it does make 1000Hp.
The Demon has to be the most comfortable 9 second car in history.

Not sure https://youtu.be/f03RM5i3cDs

Heres another.https://youtu.be/6qItrfYVw-E

If the car weighs 4300lbs and a light driver weighs 150lbs, to run a 140mph you need almost exactly 1000hp... something is a amiss. Is the car lighter than 4300, more powerful, or both???

The copo is a purpose built race car and the demon is a purpose built street strip car. My point was i think there all 1000hp or real close.https://youtu.be/3vD6A6NxySQ

I'd guess it's like the hellcat and true horsepower is under rated.

As far as hellcats go, there were 3 challengers on the local dealer lot and a charger... my guess, people are waiting for the demon. I read only 3k being sold in the US this year.

One hp figure i heard unofficially was 1023hp with 115 oct fuel.

Are they rating them by rear wheel hp numbers? 840 at the tire would be 1000+ at the crank.
Kinda like the '98-'02 LS1 Camaros/Firebirds...rated at 305 hp and put down nearly that to the rear tires.

My boss told me yesterday that its marketed at 70-95K

4200lbs without driver. So lets say Leah Pritchett is 100 lbs. The 140 mph says 909hp, the 9.65 says 945hp. Im beginning to believe the 840hp is on 91 octane.

Where's the "Like" button?

Just read that that 1023 hp is on race gas and the performance ecu you need to get it there is like 3k option as part of that fancy dodge crate/box you can get.

It's not supposed to be as heavy as a regular SRT

Like 500 pounds lighter

Fender flares are the cool thing right now, look at how many different kinds of cars had them at SEMA. They might look a little out of place on the dragstrip but would be fine on an autocross track or road course.

I think the rear ones look good. But the front ones look out of place with the skinnys.

If the factory or someone stamps the front fenders out of Aluminum or carbon fiber without the front flare mounting bosses, then just maybe Fiat might be able to include those in the trick fix box as both an esthetic and additional weight loss option.