Introducing the Demon Crate
The Challenger SRT Demon seemingly comes with a crate full of go-fast goodie
The newest teaser video for the 2018 Dodge Challenger SRT Demon launched today on IfYouKnowYouKnow.com and this time, we don’t even see the car. However, we learn that the Demon will a black and red painted “crate” which is filled with “eighteen components that maximize the Challenger SRT Demon’s flexibility, exclusivity and future collectability”, according to today’s press release from Dodge.
Today’s announcement started by confirming that the Demon is a street legal drag car, not a road racer. The following excerpt from today’s presser spells that out as clearly as possible.
“The Challenger SRT Demon provides a platform from which each customer can design their own ultimate “Street/Strip” muscle car. It’s not intended for a road course; rather, each customer can decide at the time of order, or once they own the car, or even on a moment’s notice that they want their car to favor street performance, drag strip performance or something in between.”
The announcement goes on to explain that the 18 items in the Demon Crate will contain matching Demon spare wheels, Demon-branded track tools, Direct Connection Demon Performance Parts and the Demon Track Pack System. There is no other information on these items in the press release, but the newest teaser video – titled “Crate” – offers a few important clues.
Of course, there is also this picture, showing a plaque which is likely attached to the Demon Crate, with the vehicle’s serial number and VIN. Notice that it reads 0757 and 001121. You have to wonder if those aren’t clues as well.
First, we watch as a guy in a racing suit and helmet remove an electric impact gun, a torque wrench and a small jack from the Demon crate. When the camera pans out, we can see the spare wheels laying on the ground and they appear to be drag skinnies. Dodge wouldn’t suggest that we put drag skinnies on the front of an all-wheel drive car, so this all but confirms that the Challenger Demon is rear wheel drive.
Provided that these drag skinnies are the “extra wheels” from the Demon Crate while the impact gun, the jack and the torque wrench are the Demon-branded tools, the only questions pertain to the Direct Connection Demon Performance Parts and the Demon Track Pack System. These don’t appear to be shown in any part of the video, so we are kept guessing as to what these might be.
So check out the newest Demon teaser video below, which appears to show the tools and wheels which come in the Demon crate. After doing so, head into the forum (by clicking here) to tell us what you think the Direct Connection Demon Performance Parts and the Demon Track Pack System might be.