by "For Sweden" (rallybeetle)
Published 11/14/2017 at 14:45
by "For Sweden" (rallybeetle)
Published 11/14/2017 at 14:45
Tags: Dodge Demon
; Dodge
; Demon
; SRT
; Challenger
STARS: 3
Has anyone written a true road test (not drag strip) review of the Demon? My amateur internet searching has yielded no results.
"If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent" (essextee)
11/14/2017 at 14:56, STARS: 0
The internet seems to have completely forgotten about the Demon after the big reveal. I saw a blip last week about when production cars would start being sold and that was it.
"EL_ULY" (uly)
11/14/2017 at 14:57, STARS: 0
Once they get delivered to the owners they blog about it from their local gym garage.
"CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever" (carsoffortlangley)
11/14/2017 at 14:57, STARS: 0
Dodge still makes the Challenger?
(kidding)
"crowmolly" (crowmolly)
11/14/2017 at 14:58, STARS: 5
"Tekamul" (tekamulburner)
11/14/2017 at 14:59, STARS: 1
They’re out there. It’s just brief and buried beneath Jim-Bob’s best drag strip run. Bottom line, it’s not really meant to be driven on the road, except to and from the strip.
R&T :
On the road, the Demon certainly lives up to the image of its 1960s forefathers. Set the three-mode chassis to Comfort, with the dampers and electric-assist steering at their softest, and the big-body Dodge is downright floaty. Blame the drag radial tires and their billowy sidewalls, designed to deform on launch for a broader contact patch. Or the springs, softer than a Hellcat’s by 35 percent up front, 28 percent in the rear, and paired to anti-roll bars that hardly live up to the name. Clicking the adaptive dampers to Sport mode shores up some of the wallow, and while the steering never whispers a single jot of information from those impossibly wide front tires, at least in Sport and Drag mode you don’t feel like you’re twirling an arcade game’s tiller.
Top Gear :
Sure it rolls around corners in Street mode, but switch things to Sport and it actually feels reasonably sporty. Not in a European way, but by muscle car standards it’s well enough controlled that you can hustle it about with confidence. Having the adaptive suspension means Dodge can mess around with the set-up: soft for the street and trick for the strip.
"theloudmouth" (theloudmouth)
11/14/2017 at 14:59, STARS: 0
I think they only had a press day at a drag strip for a bunch of SRT vehicles. If i recall it was raining and they didn’t want to let a bunch of journalists into wet public roads with drag radials.
"Jcarr" (jcarr)
11/14/2017 at 14:59, STARS: 0
Many have tried, but sadly all have died in the act.
"Mergio Sarchionne" (mergios)
11/14/2017 at 15:14, STARS: 0
Hey, there’s my nephew!
"Takuro Spirit" (takurospirit)
11/14/2017 at 15:16, STARS: 0
We’re still waiting on ours... not sure how many have shipped to dealers/customers if any. Even Roadkill with thier Dodge tie-ins haven’t been able to secure one as promised.
"404 - User No Longer Available" (toni-cipriani)
11/14/2017 at 15:20, STARS: 2
I think even more forgotten was the Trackhawk. I barely hear anything about it.
"Milky" (jordanmielke)
11/14/2017 at 15:37, STARS: 0
I read somewhere that just started shipping them. Just wait a bit and the crash/review videos will start popping up on youtube.
"FTTOHG Has Moved to https://opposite-lock.com" (alphaass)
11/14/2017 at 23:36, STARS: 0
Car and Driver did a decent test review of the Trackhawk in last month’s issue. Online now: https://www.caranddriver.com/reviews/2018-jeep-grand-cherokee-trackhawk-full-test-review