Despite being born basically on the drag strip, the Dodge Demon is supposed to be the Alpha male, though in some occasions it has had trouble proving its credentials.
Being no match for the hypercar-devourer McLaren 720S we can understand, but losing to the 570 PS (562 HP / 419kW) and 600Nm (443lb-ft) of torque 570S was unexpected. And then there was the Tesla Model S P100D that beat the muscle car at its own game.
As cool as it may be to have up to 840 horsepower available on tap, along with the optional Demon Crate that brings in more goodies, laying down all of that output is anything but easy.
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Even with the drag radials in its feet, hitting the 60 miles per hour (96km/h) mark in 2.3 seconds, the official sprint time, could turn out to be mission impossible. But in the right hands, on a good day, the Demon needs only 9.65 seconds to run the quarter mile.
The latest vehicle to have scored a win against the Dodge Challenger SRT Demon is the EBR 1190SX. The bike proved to be faster in a 1/2-mile run, but given that this was a top speed battle, too, the muscle car eventually hit 160 mph (258 km/h), or 2 mph (3 km/h) more than the motorcycle.