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Hellcat Topping Demon Set to Be Revealed at NY Auto Show


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http://www.dodge.com/en/ifyouknowyouknow/

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Trv-MTZDUpM

 

 

 

This looks to be the widetrack Challenger with supposedly a bunch more hp than the Hellcat.

 

detnews article: http://www.detroitnews.com/story/business/autos/detroit-auto-show/2017/01/12/dodge-resurrects-demon-next-hellcat/96470136/

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Press release:

 

source: media.chrysler.com

 

 

Dodge Resurrects the Demon

Challenger SRT Demon Begins Next Chapter of the High-performance Muscle Car

  • Dodge’s new ultimate performance halo – the 2018 Dodge Challenger SRT Demon – to be unveiled during New York International Auto Show week
  • Dodge to debut "Cage," the first in a series of pre-reveal teaser videos giving fans and followers insight into Demon’s engineering prowess
  • Fans can check out www.ifyouknowyouknow.com website for weekly updates, to download sharable content and for a countdown to the New York reveal
  • Use hashtag #DodgeDemon to be a part of the next chapter in the Dodge performance story
  • Demon name first introduced to the Dodge lineup in 1971

January 12, 2017 , Auburn Hills, Mich. - Dodge shocked the performance world when it launched the most powerful and fastest muscle cars in the world – the Challenger SRT Hellcat and Charger SRT Hellcat. Now, two years later, Dodge is raising the bar again with the Dodge Challenger SRT Demon.

 

“Most cars attempt to be everything to everybody. Then there are the rare few that revel in a single objective, rendering them totally irresistible to a subculture," said Tim Kuniskis, Head of Passenger Car Brands – Dodge, SRT, Chrysler and FIAT – FCA North America. "The Dodge Challenger SRT Demon is conceived, designed and engineered for a subculture of enthusiasts who know that a tenth is a car and a half second is your reputation."

Leading up to the New York reveal, Dodge is launching its first-ever pre-debut video teaser campaign, including a new website www.ifyouknowyouknow.com, where fans and followers can get weekly updates, download sharable content and gain insight into the SRT Demon’s engineering prowess.

 

In the first video, “Cage,” which debuts today, the ferocious animated Hellcat is back. Refusing to be caged, the beast transforms, thus beginning a new chapter in the Dodge brand’s performance legacy.

 

Fans are encouraged to watch the 90-second “Cage” video multiple times at www.ifyouknowyouknow.com for clues to follow the story of what’s next from Dodge and SRT.

 

In the coming weeks, Dodge will bring fans and followers in on more details by slowly peeling away layer upon layer of the new Challenger SRT Demon via video shorts that highlight the engineering prowess that has gone into its development.

 

All videos in the series will be featured at www.ifyouknowyouknow.com. A countdown clock tells viewers when the next installment will be uncaged. The final chapter arrives when the SRT Demon is revealed in New York City, prior to the New York International Auto Show.

 

Dodge will promote the teaser campaign on its Facebook, Twitter and Instagram social media pages, directing fans to www.ifyouknowyouknow.com and encouraging them to use the hashtag #DodgeDemon.

About Dodge and SRT Brands

The Dodge brand is America’s mainstream performance brand. With the purification of the brand and consolidation with SRT, Dodge is focusing on its performance roots with every single model it offers. The Dodge and SRT brands offer a complete lineup of performance vehicles that stand out within their own segments. Dodge is the mainstream performance brand and SRT is positioned as the ultimate performance halo of the Dodge brand, together creating a complete and balanced performance brand with one vision and one voice.

From muscle cars to minivans, crossovers and full-size SUVs, the Dodge brand’s full lineup of 2017 models deliver best-in-class horsepower, class-exclusive technology, unmatched capability and a slew of cool features, such as LED headlamps, Dodge signature racetrack tail lamps, active exhaust, cold-air induction, 8.4-inch touchscreen Uconnect infotainment centers and 7-inch customizable gauge clusters, to name a few. For the 2017 model year, the Dodge brand lineup features the 25th anniversary Viper, Durango, Grand Caravan, Journey, Charger and Challenger, including the new Charger Daytona and Challenger T/A, as well as the 707-horsepower Challenger SRT Hellcat, the most powerful and fastest muscle car ever and the Charger SRT Hellcat, the quickest, fastest and most powerful sedan in the world.

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I think lightweighting and better handling would be a much better goal than more power.

 

 

I think they are just giving the existing Challenger one last hurrah before the next gen in 2020 until it gets a bit smaller.

 

Fiat Chrysler CEO Sergio Marchionne on Monday confirmed that the company’s all-new Giorgio platform is planned to underpin the next generation of the vehicles, which is underpinning the Alfa Romeo midsize Giulia sedan and Stelvio SUV.

http://www.detroitnews.com/story/business/autos/detroit-auto-show/2017/01/12/dodge-resurrects-demon-next-hellcat/96470136/

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I think they are just giving the existing Challenger one last hurrah before the next gen in 2020 until it gets a bit smaller.

 

Fiat Chrysler CEO Sergio Marchionne on Monday confirmed that the company’s all-new Giorgio platform is planned to underpin the next generation of the vehicles, which is underpinning the Alfa Romeo midsize Giulia sedan - which is selling like hotcakes - and Stelvio SUV.

 

Fixed that for them.

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New for 2018:

 

The Chrysler DISTRACTION!!!

 

PAY NO ATTENTION TO OUR FINANCES, OUR SHRINKING LINE OF PASSENGER CARS, OUR HORRIBLE FUEL ECONOMY

Well, Ford last all-new car besides Continental was the current Fusion.... . If everyone's buying trucks and utilities and the full-size cars are to get a new platform FCA may not be as behind as thought.

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2015 Mustang, depending on your definition of all-new.

 

Cars help amortize crossover platforms. And a good C and C/D car would easily yield 200K - 300K a year at a reasonable profit on a shared platform.

 

I think they would do best with RAM full-sized and mid-sized trucks and full and mid-sized vans and leaving Dodge to cover cars, crossovers and Pacifica to go along with Jeep. Jettison the rest.

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Cougar and Panthers. All the rest were replaced with something newer. Continental -> LS -> Zephyr -> MKZ. Taurus -> Five Hundred -> Taurus. Escort -> Focus.

 

 

If you're going that far back than Contour is the most significant passenger sedan that Ford dropped without a successor (at least for 6 years). Taurus really had two successors (Fusion and Five Hundred) but not a direct successor. I also think it's a stretch to say LS was a successor to Continental since it was considerably smaller and was sold alongside it for a period.

 

So yeah, Ford has a long tumultuous product history of just dropping products and getting back to them MUCH later.

 

Nothing quite resembles Chrysler just exiting a segment like this, although Ford did it with minivans and small trucks.

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