To do that, it hits a speed of just over 151 mph (243 kilometers per hour). The new Challenger Demon, a descendant of a car that first went on sale in 1969, also produces 945 pound-feet of torque, or rotational force - so much power that the company had to strengthen the rear drive shaft and differential with aerospace-grade metals.Īccording to Stellantis, the car will be the first production vehicle to run a quarter-mile (0.40 kilometers) in under nine seconds - 8.91 to be exact. Since last summer, Dodge has been rolling out powerful special-edition “Last Call” versions of its gas powered muscle cars, culminating with an event Monday night to show the Challenger Demon 170 at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway drag strip. Now I’ve just got to figure out ways to bring all the other elements in of the excitement of the driving experience.” Muscle cars, one of the primary ingredients is to be a fast accelerating car. “It’s the end of an era, for sure,” he said Monday. Tim Kuniskis, CEO of the Dodge brand and the unofficial spokesman for America’s gas-powered rubber-burners, said that, while he’ll miss the traditional muscle, he’s excited about making electric performance vehicles. Stellantis hasn’t said whether all three models will survive, but it did show off a Charger Daytona SRT electric concept muscle car back in August. The Canadian factory that makes all three cars will be retooled to make electric versions of larger cars starting next year. Stellantis will stop making gas versions of the Dodge Challenger and Charger and the Chrysler 300 big sedan by the end of this year, squeezed out by stricter government fuel-economy regulations and an accelerating shift to electric vehicles to fight climate change. It’s what the performance brand from Stellantis is calling the last of the rumbling cars that for decades were a fixture of American culture on Saturday night cruises all over the country. Stellantis says it can go from zero to 60 miles per hour (97 kilometers per hour) in a scary 1.66 seconds, making it faster than even electric supercars from Tesla and Lucid. The 2023 Challenger SRT Demon 170 will deliver 1,025 horsepower from its 6.2-liter supercharged V-8, and the automaker says it will be the quickest production car made.
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