If there's one modern-day muscle car that needs no introduction, it is the Dodge Challenger SRT Demon 170. After all, it is the most powerful factory car in the segment, making the original Bugatti Veyron look in dire need of some extra oomph.
Presented early last spring, it was part of the celebrations that sounded the death knell for the aging Challenger, and it truly is an out-of-this-world machine capable of smoking pretty much anything on four wheels in a straight-line sprint.
According to Dodge, the 0 to 60 mph (0 to 97 kph) is dealt with in a neck-snapping 1.66 seconds. The quarter-mile comes in 8.91 seconds with a perfect takeoff at an exit speed of 151.17 mph (243.28 kph), and it is capable of pulling over 2Gs with the right pedal to the metal.
Mind you, as with its predecessor, the new Dodge Challenger SRT Demon 170 needs some pre-race prepping. Still, with everything up and running and E85 in the tank, its 6.2-liter supercharged V8, which is almost new, develops a whopping 1,025 hp (1,039 ps/764 kW) and 945 lb-ft (1,280 Nm) of torque. On E10, it produces 900 hp (913 ps/671 kW) and 810 lb-ft (1,097 Nm).
Photo: Instagram | 412donklife
The Stellantis-owned brand wanted to turn it into a collector's item, so they capped the production to 3,300 units. Each one had an MSRP of $96,666, yet as we all know, the second-hand market tends to be crazy these days, so it is not unheard of for certain examples to cost three or even four times more than the original MSRP.
Unfortunately, the pictured one is not for grabs, and from what we can tell, it's not even real. In fact, it calls Fantasy Land home and has 412donklife on Instagram to thank for its virtual existence. These digital illustrations portray it dressed in a nice shade of blue and with several blacked-out elements. Nevertheless, the icing on the cake is the new alloy set.
Signed by Forgiato, as per the new center capes, the wheels have a turbine-like pattern and sport some concavity. They are on the oversized side of things, and while the pixel manipulator has refrained from releasing the exact number, we reckon they're around 28 inches in diameter. To fit under the arches, they were wrapped in rubberband tires, and as much as we'd want to hate this digital build, we can't.
Between us, we think this Dodge Demon 170 looks fabulous in this attire and on stilts, yet that doesn't mean this is a mod for everyone, as putting humongous wheels on any car will leave its toll on comfort, not to mention that it will also affect the turning radius. So, do you dig the spec as much as we do?
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. Full profile
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