The Last Muscle Car? The Dodge Challenger SRT Demon 170

Way back in the 80s, the general consensus about muscle cars was that the Golden Age was over. Small foreign six-cylinder engines, front-wheel drive and crippling exhaust emission controls length of the days of the Chevelle SS, the GTO, the big black Mustang—and the king of them all, the Hemi Superbird—were over. We were wrong.

Inconceivable advancements in engine technology mean that today, internal combustion engines produce incredibly specific output, with full emissions regulatory compliance. But one thing that advanced ICE technology cannot solve is CO2. Gasoline engines are going away, and with them that uniquely American phenomenon, the muscle car. Dodge has decided to end the muscle car era with one last fling: the Challenger SRT Demon 170. Like the last truly outrageous muscle cars, Chrysler’s 1970 Plymouth Superbird and Dodge Daytona, the Demon 170 is over the top.

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