Sadly, the Hellcat V-8 will be laid to rest after nearly a decade of duty in many memorable Chargers and Challengers. It's the year Dodge fanatics have been dreading, as it marks the end of the brand's era of excess. The SS stickered for $82,790, with Dodge claiming a quarter-mile time of 10.5 seconds at 131 mph-again, on a prepped surface.įast forward to 2023. It featured four 315-section-width Nitto NTO5R drag radials and a suspension set up for rear load transfer. In 2020, Dodge introduced the 807-hp Super Stock, essentially the Demon reincarnated (minus the transmission brake and race-fuel tune). While it initially kept pace with similarly themed Camaros and Mustangs of the day, Dodge fell behind as Chevy and Ford kept investing in their respective machines, making them more modern and better at racing around a track. The Challenger's third go-around came in 2008, when it was reinvented with retro styling and a contemporary Hemi V-8. The second existed from 1978 to 1983, but it was a rebadged Mitsubishi Galant that Mopar purists prefer to forget. The first generation only lasted until 1974. Compared with those two, the Challenger's production life was cut short. Dodge introduced the original 1970 Challenger well after the 1964.5 Ford Mustang and 1967 Chevy Camaro got the pony-car party started. The storied muscle-car maker has chased taillights throughout its 100-plus-year history.
It's curtains on V-8 Hellcats after that.ĭodge doesn't believe in the words of Ricky Bobby's daddy: "If you ain't first, you're last." The Demon 170 will cost $100,361 when production starts this July, but only 2500 to 3000 U.S.Its four-digit horsepower figure requires E85 gasoline, and with that Dodge claims a quarter-mile time of 8.91 seconds at 151 mph on a prepared surface.The 2023 Dodge Challenger SRT Demon 170 is a 1025-hp street-legal drag-strip special that signals the end of the brand's V-8 muscle cars.
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