Automotive News Wants The Dodge Demon Banned Outright For Being Too Fast
The Dodge Challenger SRT Demon is so fast that a major American motoring media outlet is actually calling for it to be banned.
Automotive News has written a stinging editorial calling the Demon, which has already been banned from competition for being too fast, ‘inherently dangerous to the common safety of motorists.’
Describing it as a purpose-built drag racer (which it isn’t, because it’s banned, remember), Automotive News cites ‘barely legal slick tyres’ and ‘monstrous acceleration’ as what it calls examples of Dodge’s pursuit of bragging rights ahead of public safety considerations. We can only assume that the guys at AN have got their cardigans on a little too tight.
What’s more, AN undermines its own argument by saying there are more powerful, faster vehicles from other makers that are ‘rightly’ street-legal. But the magazine goes further than that by accusing Dodge of ‘knowingly placing motorists in danger.’ That one seems like a step too far, to us. It’s not exactly like the unskilled or enfeebled will be forced to drive one, will it?
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F ck this bullsh t, I hate that nowadays everything has to be safe and idiotproof. We live in a timw where there are more than 2 genders and sh t like this. Wish I was born in the 70’s.
If you were born in the 70s, you’d still have to deal with this.
14 teasers came to this
I was just watching the Drag Week episode of Roadkill yesterday. I can’t help but think that if 5 strips in as many days, with 1,000 miles of driving between is doable in those monsters, then this should be cake. Just watch AN call for an audit of modified cars, next.
This is why I stick to Road & Track.
The reason why it is being banned from everything is because the majority of Americans have little to no balls to drive this thing.
The only reason it’s banned from the NHRA is because any car that can run the quarter mile in less than 10 seconds requires a roll cage and the Demon doesn’t have one.
HOW DAR’ YU DIS’RSPEKT DA ‘MURICAN TIRE SHREDDN’, CLOUD MAK’N PEECE OF RAW MACHINRY’
They should make an american news special with 1000hp and no tcs
So we aren’t banning the 6 second purpose-built Supras and GT-Rs from the strip, but because it comes fast out of the factory, cant use it.
Pussies.
I think what AN are trying to say is that this is too much power for that price. But what makes a rich person a better driver than a normal person? Youtube will happily provide counter-examples. In my opinion, the number of idiots on the road should be reduced by better education and stricter punishments for driving recklessly, not banning certain cars.
That BS.
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