"The Drive" said : Automotive News Wants to Ban the Dodge Challenger Demon From Public Roads

In an anonymous editorial titled "Keep the Dodge Demon Off our Roads," Automotive News deemed Dodge's new nine-second drag star/marketing stunt much too wild for public roads and called into question its street-legal status. I think it's safe to say that we here at The Drive (and many of our readers) are fans of the Dodge Challenger SRT Demon and its no-shits-given approach to drag strip domination. "The 840-hp Dodge Challenger SRT Demon from Fiat Chrysler is so inherently dangerous to the common safety of motorists that its registration as a road-worthy automobile should be banned." "From its barely legal slick tires to its monstrous acceleration, the Challenger Demon introduced in New York this month is the result of a sequence of misguided corporate choices that places bragging rights ahead of public safety," reads the editorial. Some of our colleagues over at Automotive News, however, aren't quite as enthusiastic.


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Automotive News Thinks The Dodge Demon Should Be Banned – Insider Car News

Automotive News thinks the government should make the Demon illegal on public roads. Is the Demon unsafe for use on public roads? Because the Demon is supposedly "unsafe at any speed."Fact is, Dodge was careful to make the Demon so it complies with Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards. But Automotive News thinks the car is an insult to the "spirit" of those standards. The industry publication instead called out Dodge for selling a vehicle it claims is too dangerous to be sold to members of the public.


(Update: Automotive News' enthusiast-focused sister publication, Autoweek, has published its own editorial saying that it expects the Demon to be "plenty safe when used responsibly.") The Demon is based on the 707 hp Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat, which was expected to be a low volume, limited edition niche vehicle, but turned out to be a surprise hit for the brand. The Demon will only be offered for the 2018 model year. The accusations are made despite the fact that no one on the staff of Automotive News has yet driven the car, and the piece doesn't mention Dodge's assertion that the Demon isn't just a drag racer. Just 3,000 are planned to be built for the U.S. market, with an additional 300 slated for Canada.


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