That might be the most addictive throttle pedal I have ever experienced.
And, as you'd expect from a car that's limited to 168 miles per hour...
out on the road, the Demon does feel pretty fast.
But supercar fast? Hyper car fast? I don't know.
This isn't some stripped down sports car. This is a big, comfy cruiser.
Two metric tons of big, comfy cruiser, to be precise.
There's no hybrid, energy-recovery gizmo.
There's just a big motor.
And there's no supercar spec, double-clutch gearbox.
It's just a big automatic.
To be honest, it's kind of just a Dodge.
But I got to say I've driven quite a few Dodges over the years
and they're not my favourite.
The interiors are very plastic and cheap feeling.
And while it's no supercar on the inside, it doesn't corner like one either.
If you try to go around this corner in the Demon
as fast as you'd go around this corner in the LaFerrari,
you wouldn't go around that corner.
On a road like this, the Demon just would not see which way a supercar went.
It pains me to say it, but it's true.
So, there you go, question answered.
For $84,995, you can't buy a car that will outrun anything else on the planet.
However, for $84,996...
you might just be able to.
Because when you buy a Demon,
Dodge will also give you the option to spend $1 more on a crate of stuff.
Okay!
You get tools...
skinny front tyres...
a high-flow air filter,
a new ECU.
Loads of cool stuff.
Because Dodge didn't build the Demon to go quick on a windy, alpine pass,
or a tight street circuit. No, no. The Demon was made to do one thing.
To tear up the drag strip, a quarter-mile at a time.
Bolt all those crate parts on, feed it some decent fuel
and it'll give you 840 horsepower.
This is the most powerful V8 production car in history.
Dodge says this car will run the standing quarter mile in 9.65 seconds,
which, if you know your drag racing, you'll know is really, really fast.
But if you don't know your drag racing, here's how it works.
First, you need to warm the tyres.
The Demon has a function called line lock, which brakes the front wheels,
so you can spin up the rears.
Oh, they're done.
And, once you've warmed the tyres, you're ready to go.
Well, almost.
Okay, so, to launch this thing is pretty easy.
Left foot on the brake, hold in both these paddles, add some revs...
release one paddle, foot off the brake,
release the other paddle as you bury the throttle.
See? Easy.
Jesus Christ!
That is incredible!
That won't get old, ever.
You literally could not fall off a cliff faster than that.
Oh, hell, I'm doing that again.
And you can.
Because, unlike most cars with launch control,
where you do a couple of full-bore starts
and then it has to go and lie down for a bit...
in making the Demon, Dodge had one do over 5,000 launches
without a single glitch.
That is addictive.
Okay. Now that I'm warmed up, how about a little race, huh?
That is a Lamborghini Aventador, four-wheel drive, V12 engine,
four times the price of the Demon.
Let's do this.
I've just roasted that Lambo!
Damn! That is big American balls, baby!
Big, fat, American ice cubes.
Is that a Lamborghini way back there?
I think it is!
When you hook everything up right,
you know how fast this car does zero to 60?
2.3 seconds.
This is the fastest accelerating road car in history.
So, there you go.
If you're the kind of person who wants to live life a quarter mile at a time,
you don't want a couple of hundred grand supercar.
You want a Demon.