- The Dodge Demon 170 comes stock with 1,025 horsepower (764 kW) and can do the quarter mile in under 9 seconds.
- The Lucid Air Sapphire makes 1,234 horsepower (920 kW) and can also do that same trick in under 9 seconds.
- When they go head to head in a real-world drag race, one stands out and one falls away.
Horsepower can say a lot about a car and its intentions. On the upper end of the scale, that holds true regardless of form factor. In this race, we see a family sedan that looks kinda like a jelly bean take on a bruising muscle car with skinny front tires, a giant hood scoop, and only one seat. The results end up as one-sided as the Challenger’s drive tires.
That’s right, this race features the Dodge Demon 170, a vehicle that’s on the outer limits of good sense. It comes with a supercharged V8 that makes 1,025 horsepower on E85 fuel and in this case just a single seat. It’s taking on the Lucid Air Sapphire, a family sedan but a super one at that which makes 1,234 horsepower from its trio of electric motors.
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On paper the two appear very similar despite their obvious differences in terms of everyday usefulness. On the track, the similarities disappear almost immediately. From a dig, the EV has no problem jumping out to a quick lead in race one. In fact, it’s so powerful that it leverages that lead all the way to the end with a commanding 9.019-second pass at 153 mph (246 km/h). The Dodge manages just a 9.494 at 144 mph (231 km/h).
Neither car went as fast as their respective automakers say they can go so perhaps they’ll do better in a second round. From the moment the green light flashes it’s clear that this race will be a touch different. Specifically, the Lucid doesn’t get the launch which enables the Demon 170 to get ahead.
That initial victory was short-lived though. The Lucid actually launched more than a third of a second later but it’s simply too powerful for the Dodge to handle. It walks around the two-door muscle car and onto a second victory. Indeed, this time it’s even quicker with a total ET of 9.006 at 152 mph (244 km/h). The Demon 170 clocks a slower 9.670 at 142 mph (228 km/h). We’ve officially reached the era of push-button drag racing kings.