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Ford hasn’t been able to top it with a crazy version of its S650 Mustang, and if you said GTD, then you should know that it is less powerful. Like a lot less powerful. It has 753 horsepower at the wheels and 815 horsepower at the crank, according to the spec sheet, and it costs $320,000+. And that may be superior to the new Mustang Dark Horse SC, it is nowhere as exciting as the Demon 170.
Meanwhile, the folks at Chevrolet do not have a muscle car in their lineup anymore. The Camaro has been dead for almost three years now, but recently rumors claim that the moniker is returning, not on a two-door model, but on a four-door, as the future of the Camaro is reportedly a sedan. However, if the information turns out to be correct, then it will offer V8 power, and perhaps a stick shift option.
Dodge’s modern-day muscle car, meanwhile, is still unavailable with a V8 engine, but that will reportedly change starting in late 2027, as the 2028 model year Charger is expected to go down the V8-powered route in a premiere. And knowing how Dodge tends to roll, we wouldn’t be surprised to learn that the Demon 170’s successor is a few years away, and we really hope that it is, because this model deserves a modern continuation.
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Now, despite not being in production anymore, there are still quite a few units of the Dodge Challenger SRT Demon 170 that have only a few miles under their belts. Some of them hit the used car market occasionally, and the example pictured in the gallery above is one of them. According to the vendor, Vanguard Motor Sales, this machine has only 245 miles (394 km) on the clock. Thus, you are looking at a brand new muscle car, albeit one that was launched for the 2023 model year.
This machine features a blue paint finish on the outside, sprinkled with some yellow on the OEM apron, and some black on various components. The wheels are shod in drag radials, from what we can see, and the interior offers a mix of black leather and Alcantara upholstery, with some white stitching for a bit of contrast. And despite the fact that we are looking at a new ride, there is some wear on the driver’s seat outer bolster.
The 2023 Dodge Challenger SRT Demon 170 in question has an ultra-clean underbody, and the engine bay is also squeaky clean. This is where the 6.2-liter supercharged V8 mill rests, and it is a heavily upgraded version of the famous Hellcat lump that can run on E10, making 900 hp (913 ps/627 kW) and 810 lb-ft (1,097 Nm) of torque.
Fill the tank with E85, though, and those numbers will increase to 1,025 horsepower (1,039 ps/764 kW) and 945 pound-feet (1,280 Nm) of torque. As you likely remember, this model needs a neck-snapping 1.66 seconds to sprint to 60 mph (97 kph), albeit in perfect conditions, with a skilled driver holding the wheel, and a bit of luck. On a good day, it will run the standing 1/4-mile in 8.91 seconds at 151.17 mph (243.28 kph), though we’ve seen some that have turned out to be even quicker, and that’s with no tuning job involved.
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Dodge’s Challenger SRT Demon 170 remains a great machine that has been born for drag racing, and it feels right at home at the drag strip. And despite being dead and buried, it is still on the very pricey side of things, because this model usually fetches from $125,000 to $145,000 in today’s used car market in the United States of America.
Some of them tend to be even more expensive, especially the brand-new examples, and the model had an initial MSRP of $96,666, in case you forgot. However, the insane dealer markups made it pretty much impossible to land one at a decent price, and the initial resale value brought this model very close to the $250K mark. Needless to say that the market has cooled significantly since then, as we told you in the above paragraph.
Now, this Dodge Challenger SRT Demon 170 is brand new, has a mere 245 miles under its belt, and other than some wear on the driver’s seat, it is as new as they get. So, how much do you think you will have to fork out if you dream about parking it in your garage and driving it whenever you want to? Well, signing your name on the dotted line means transferring $179,900 to the selling dealer, as this was the asking price at the time of writing.
But is it worth $180K? You be the judge of that, and if you want to see more of this muscle car, then you can do so here on the quoted website.
