When it comes to American muscle, Dodge is still pushing the envelope like the 60’s never ended and the Brotherhood of Muscle just welcomed its most potent member. This is the 2018 Challenger SRT Demon and it’s a car that’s so fast it’s been banned from NHRA drag racing unless owners make significant safety modifications. Dodge is claiming a number of production car firsts, including wheelies, the use of 100+ octane gas, and front passenger seat delete. They’re calling the Demon the world’s fastest 0-to-60mph production car at 2.3 seconds, also turning in the fastest quarter mile with an elapsed time of 9.65 seconds at 140 mph. Powered by an 840-horsepower, supercharged 6.2-liter HEMI® Demon V-8, the limited-production Challenger SRT Demon is the world’s most powerful factory-production V-8. The standard 8-speed automatic transmission comes with TransBrake, which locks the output shaft to hold the car in place before a standing start. It rides upon a set of 4 standard Nitto street-legal, drag race tires. Skinny, front runner drag wheels are included in what is called the Demon crate. Fully customized with the buyer’s name, VIN and serial number and priced at only $1, it unleashes the car’s full power and further includes the high-octane engine calibration, performance air filter, track tools and more. Other $1 options include a front-passenger seat, rear seat and trunk carpet kit. All customers who buy the new 2018 Dodge Challenger SRT Demon receive one full-day session at Bob Bondurant School of High-performance Driving in Arizona. Dodge has named Hagerty as its official insurance provider for the Demon. Available in 15 colors with only 3,000 cars slated for the U.S., MSRP is $87,790 including gas guzzler tax and destination.

Dodge’s 707-horsepower Hellcat models offer outrageous street-legal performance but with that much power routed to the rear wheels, it can be tricky to convert that inertia to forward momentum. New for 2018, Dodge offers a stickier solution: the Challenger SRT Hellcat Widebody, delivering improved lap times, lateral grip, acceleration and braking. The numbers speak for themselves: compared with the standard Challenger Hellcat, the Widebody cuts 2 seconds from its road course lap time, lops 3/10ths of a second from the ¼ mile now clocked at 10.9 seconds, knocks another 1/10th of a second off of it 0-to-60mph time measured at 3.4 seconds and garners a .04 g improvement in grip on the skid pad. Top speed is 195mph. With a starting MSRP of $72,590 including a gas guzzler tax, the Widebody model features the same fender flares from the SRT Demon. These wider fenders add 3.5 inches to the Hellcat’s overall width, covering the new 20” “Devil’s Rim” aluminum wheels, which ride on new, wider 305/35ZR20 Pirelli P-Zero tires with a new tread pattern. A new electric power steering system with SRT Drive Modes adds new selectable steering tuning for the first time on a Hellcat model, with Street, Sport and Track settings. The Challenger SRT Hellcat Widebody is powered by the 6.2-liter supercharged HEMI V-8 with 707 horsepower and 650 lb.-ft. torque and can be paired to either the Tremec six-speed manual or TorqueFlite eight-speed automatic transmission.