At this point, whenever we see yet another Demon 170 failing to sell at auction, it’s downright comical. It seems like the reserve doesn’t get met for one of these babies nearly every day, which means that a lot of dealerships now suddenly find themselves in a very uncomfortable position.
Personally, I’d really like to know who’s still paying $200k+ for these cars today. I mean, unless you’re part of the 1% of 1%-ers and you don’t care how you spend your billions, I think you’d be more than happy to sit back and wait until flippers start freaking out and accepting bids in the $150,000 range for these cars.
Even if you sell your Demon 170 for $150k, you’re still making a profit over MSRP, unless you had to overspend to get yours in the first place – in which case, yeah, you’re pretty much screwed.
To be fair, this particular Demon 170 does feature quite an appealing specification, even though I’m not sold on the Octane Red exterior. Still, you could definitely do worse colorway-wise. We showed you a Destroyer Grey model just recently, and it did not look great. Why would anyone want a glossy grey muscle car? I digress.
This Octane Red Demon 170 is car #1,937 of approximately 3,300, and comes with a satin black Air-Grabber hood featuring “Alcohol Injected” lettering on the scoop bezel, the optional $9,995 sunroof (for the satin black roof), satin black decklid graphics, the SRT Performance rear spoiler, and a set of black 18” front and 17” rear alloy wheels with Mickey Thompson ET Street rubber out front and ET Street R at the back.
In terms of stopping power, you get black four-piston Brembo brakes with yellow SRT lettering, which fits the overall color scheme of the car.
Meanwhile, interior highlights include the heated Alcantara-wrapped steering wheel, a dashboard plaque with the identification number, black Alcantara and Laguna leather heated and ventilated front seats, Demonic Red seat belts, and carbon fiber dashboard and center console trim. It's actually great that this doesn't come with a rear and/or passenger seat delete.
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You also get a suede headliner, blind spot monitoring, rear-cross-path detection, dual-zone climate control, an 18-speaker Harman Kardon sound system with a trunk-mounted subwoofer, plus the carmaker’s Uconnect infotainment system with sat-nav, Android Auto and Apple CarPlay.
As for performance, you already know what it is – the 6.2-liter HEMI HO V8 with its 3.0-liter supercharger is putting down 900 horsepower and 810 lb-ft of torque on conventional E10 fuel, or the grand total of 1,025 horsepower and 945 lb-ft of torque on E85. Everything gets sent to the rear wheels via a TorqueFlite eight-speed automatic gearbox, and under perfect conditions, you might be able to run the quarter mile in just 8.91 seconds.
What’s even more special about this car is that it’s got just 11 miles on the clock, and according to the dealership, it’s never been sold to a private party, which means it doesn’t even have a title.
Yet, it failed to meet its reserve at auction, with the highest bid maxing out at $164,000 (the original MSRP was $133,431).
Sergiu got to experience both American and European car "scenes" at an early age (his father drove a Ford Fiesta XR2 supermini in the 80s). After spending over 15 years at local and international auto publications, he's starting to appreciate comfort behind the wheel more than raw power and acceleration. Full profile
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