Dodge Demon new teaser
The more powerful Hellcat coming to New York is going to be lighter too
Today the second in a dozen - a dozen! - preview videos has been published. Following 'Cage', which really is worth a look if you can, we now have 'Reduction'; there's not much to it really, but the important news is that this Demon will be 200 pounds (90kg) lighter than a Challenger Hellcat. Should get it under two tonnes then...
We'll be following the progress of this eagerly given a) it's called the Dodge Challenger Demon and b) the prospect of a lighter and faster Hellcat (some rumours are suggesting 800hp) is a tremendously exciting one. Each of the videos before the reveal at New York in April is said to "highlight the engineering that has gone into its development", although given this one is only 24 seconds long there may not be a great deal to learn. According to Dodge there are 'adjustments' to the wheels, steering, suspension and brakes, though there are no further details yet. Get spotting!
Watch the video here.
The wheel/tire package on Scat Pack, SRT 392 and Hellcat Challenger/Chargers is inadequate - that goes for on the street too. Drag radial tires help a lot, but technique is everything else
Inexperienced run-what-you-brungers who just mash the throttle vs progressive application to WOT produce spectacular clouds of tire-smoke, but singularly unspectacular ETs.
I'm sure that the SRT Demon will address that shortcoming with a new Mopar Lightweight 20x10 rear wheel and 315/35/20 tire or similar.
The really serious Mopar runners are using a M/T drag radial but with a taller profile and an 18" rim.
I for one salute them for it, it wont be long until these cars are an extinct breed and we'll look back on this era for the cars pure entertainment value and dirty V8 noise.
The wheel/tire package on Scat Pack, SRT 392 and Hellcat Challenger/Chargers is inadequate - that goes for on the street too. Drag radial tires help a lot, but technique is everything else
Inexperienced run-what-you-brungers who just mash the throttle vs progressive application to WOT produce spectacular clouds of tire-smoke, but singularly unspectacular ETs.
I'm sure that the SRT Demon will address that shortcoming with a new Mopar Lightweight 20x10 rear wheel and 315/35/20 tire or similar.
The really serious Mopar runners are using a M/T drag radial but with a taller profile and an 18" rim.
I bet the driver is having fun even if you are quicker.
Sounds brilliant too.
I don't think people buy cars like this primarily to race them. However we have the facilities, opportunities and healthy competition to have some fun with our cars, in addition to just pootling back and forth to work etc.
I have a more lowly Challenger Scat Pack, but it's very well suited to clubman style head-to-head and bracket racing and I take it to my local track (Orlando Speedworld) regularly, as do many other owners of similar cars (Mustangs, Camaros, Corvettes, Chargers, the odd CTS-V and the like).
still a storming V8 ...
I for one salute them for it, it wont be long until these cars are an extinct breed and we'll look back on this era for the cars pure entertainment value and dirty V8 noise.
An (admittedly, comparitively low power) 550hp 5.0 supercharged V8 Jag will average 23-26mpg. Barely less than a Golf R where I hear the hell cat will only achieve about half of that. That kind of thing makes a big difference! Feels good not to waste and still have a 500+hp v8
Elsewhere in the market, big pickup trucks are going from V8 to turbo V6, midsize cars are going from V6 to turbo four, and smaller cars are going down to small capacity three cylinder engines - e.g. their Focus now gets the same 1.0 Ecoboost engine that we have in Europe.
An (admittedly, comparitively low power) 550hp 5.0 supercharged V8 Jag will average 23-26mpg. Barely less than a Golf R where I hear the hell cat will only achieve about half of that. That kind of thing makes a big difference! Feels good not to waste and still have a 500+hp v8
Elsewhere in the market, big pickup trucks are going from V8 to turbo V6, midsize cars are going from V6 to turbo four, and smaller cars are going down to small capacity three cylinder engines - e.g. their Focus now gets the same 1.0 Ecoboost engine that we have in Europe.
I was just trying to temper the notion that America is a land where every car has a massive V8 engine. Obviously they still enjoy bigger engines in their cars than we do in "Yerp", but downsizing is something that is happening on both sides of the Atlantic.
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