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Cheapest Dodge Demon for Sale on eBay Wants You to Make a Daily Driver Out of It

For a car originally launched back in 2008, the third-generation Dodge Challenger sure got its 15 minutes of fame, and then some. The latter part mostly surrounds the insanely powerful models that the American company has introduced over the years, all of which are still ruled by the Demon.
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Photo: eBay | tobinorman
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Unveiled in 2017 as the ultimate drag tool that can be driven on public roads, the Dodge Challenger SRT Demon was retired the following year, after car #3,300 left the assembly line. With so few of them out there, it’s no wonder that whenever one hits the second-hand market, it carries a substantial markup.

It’s definitely not uncommon to see certain examples change hands for almost $200,000, yet the one pictured in our image gallery is a bit more affordable. The eBay ad reveals a buy-it-now price of $129,000, and at the time of writing, it was the cheapest of its kind advertised on the platform. Its future owner, if it ends up selling, that is, will have to take a trip to Omaha, Nebraska, to pick it up personally, or arrange for shipping.

Offered for sale by a private vendor, it is currently on the watchlist of a bunch of people. It has one owner in the papers, and 3,300 miles (5,310 km) on the clock. Accompanied by a ‘clean’ title, it sports a grey paint finish, with matte black hood, roof, and trunk lid, and shiny black wheels that spin around the red brake calipers.

Dodge Challenger SRT Demon
Photo: eBay | tobinorman
Combining black leather and Alcantara, the interior has white stitching, red seatbelts, and looks virtually brand new, from what we can see in the pics shared in the listing anyway. These also reveal that it set its owner back $93,002 originally, which was almost $10,000 more than the base price. As far as options go, it has all of them installed, save for the sunroof, the ad states. The Demon Crate is also included.

Despite leaving production more than three years ago, the Challenger SRT Demon is more powerful than today’s SRT Super Stock. In fact, it dwarfs it by 33 hp and 63 lb-ft (85 Nm) of torque, with its supercharged 6.2-liter V8 engine producing 840 horsepower and 770 pound-feet (1,044 Nm).

At one point, it broke the quarter-mile record for production cars, with 9.65 seconds at 140 mph (225 kph). As far as the naught to 60 mph (0-97 kph) sprint goes, it can do it in 2.3 seconds, with a few adjustments, in perfect weather conditions, and with someone who knows what they’re doing sitting in the driver’s seat.

Dodge Challenger SRT Demon
Photo: eBay | tobinorman
Now, it’s obvious that for nearly $130,000, there are countless new and used vehicles to choose from, and anyone who can afford to blow that much on a set of wheels is spoiled for choice. However, if you’d have that many Benjamins lying around, would you spend them on an aging muscle car, which is very tricky to master, or would you get something else?

Just for the record, we will remind you that it sits in the brand-new Porsche 911 territory, with the base Carrera Coupe retailing from $101,200 in the United States, excluding destination. The Cabriolet and Targa versions start at $114,000 and $121,300 respectively. For the GT3 and Turbo, you’ll have to fork out more, as these kick off at $161,100 and $174,300 respectively. You could also get the extremely fun 718 Cayman GT4 RS, a model that was born for fast cornering, from $141,700.

And that’s just looking in Porsche’s stable, but that kind of money could get you a variety of other weekend cars. So, what would your poison be?
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About the author: Cristian Gnaticov
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After a series of unfortunate events put an end to Cristian's dream of entering a custom built & tuned old-school Dacia into a rally competition, he moved on to drive press cars and write for a living. He's worked for several automotive online journals and now he's back at autoevolution after his first tour in the mid-2000s.
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