FCA made it very clear last year when it launched the industry's first and only purpose - built, street - legal
production drag car (capable of sprinting from 0 - 100 km / h in just 2.3 seconds): production would be limited to 3,300 units and a single model year.
New 2018 Dodge Challenger SRT Demon, the world's first purpose - built, factory
production drag car with up to 840 horsepower and 770 lb. - ft.
Not exact matches
Dodge says that this is the first
production street
car to come with
drag radials and that the Nitto tires were designed and developed «exclusively for the Dodge Challenger SRT Demon» and uses a new rubber compound as well as a newly developed way of constructing the tire.
Drag racing is world apart from production consumer cars, drag diesel engines run advanced injector timing and lots of fuel delivery, since diesels to not control power using an intake throttle plate like gasoline engines, they use the amount of fuel injected to control power delivered, lots of fuel lots of po
Drag racing is world apart from
production consumer
cars,
drag diesel engines run advanced injector timing and lots of fuel delivery, since diesels to not control power using an intake throttle plate like gasoline engines, they use the amount of fuel injected to control power delivered, lots of fuel lots of po
drag diesel engines run advanced injector timing and lots of fuel delivery, since diesels to not control power using an intake throttle plate like gasoline engines, they use the amount of fuel injected to control power delivered, lots of fuel lots of power.
The new
car uses the same 315/40 18 Nitto NT05R
drag tyres on both the front and rear axles, and is the first
production car to come with radial
drag tyres as standard.
Earmarked for early 2018 and described as neo-sedan by its maker, the low -
drag, high - visibility DS7 is supposed to assume the role of an avant - garde Audi / BMW / Mercedes alternative, a modern take on the most advanced mass -
production car ever built, the 1955 Citroën DS.
The
car's aerodynamics also made a pivotal contribution to performance: its 1.67 efficiency figure is a new record for a
production Ferrari, and is the fruit of 50 per cent more downforce than the previous model and reduced
drag.
A futuristic teardrop body design and enclosed rear wheels, as well as so - called e-mirrors using rear - facing cameras in place of conventional mirrors and a flat underbody, have netted an exceptional 0.19 coefficient - of -
drag rating — a record for a road - legal
production car.
The turn - key, competition - spec
drag racer has been developed on the 2018 Ford Mustang platform and will be limited to 68 non-VIN
production cars.
Its ground breaking design puts the CLA near Chicago, IL at the top spot for the
production car with the lowest
drag coefficient while providing four - door functionality.
The
car is longer, lower, and wider than the last generation and has the lowest coefficient of
drag of any
production passenger
car.
The result was one of the most aerodynamic
production cars of its time with a coefficient of
drag or Cd.
The body sits 20 mm lower, active shutters in the grille reduce turbulence at speed and the hybrid's new look hides elements that help lower the coefficient of
drag from an already impressive 0.25 CD to 0.24 CD — you'd be hard pressed to find a more slippery
production car for sale.
CG Says: For 2018, Dodge Challenger adds a new SRT Demon factory
drag car that Dodge claims is the world's fastest quarter - mile
production car, with an elapsed time of 9.65 seconds at 140 mph.
The CLA has one of the lowest
drag coefficients of any
production car on the market at.23 vs. the C250's.27 coefficient.
Dodge's latest Challenger variant, the SRT Demon, is a
production car set up for full - blown
drag racing.
Drag - strip - focused Dodge to get largest
production car cold - air intake scoop, make passenger seats totally optional
Officially, the Dodge Challenger SRT Demon is the fastest accelerating
production car that can dominate
drag strip, having hit the quarter - mile in 9.65 seconds at over 140 mph.
As we're sure you're aware by now, the
drag - focused Demon is the most extreme SRT model Dodge has ever built, packing a 6.2 - liter V8 with 840 hp and 770 lb - ft of torque which is the most powerful engine ever fitted to a
production car.
«However, the low
drag features on the C6, such as the sleek body and flush headlamps, lend themselves to an easy task of converting the
production design into a low -
drag race
car.»
2017 COPO Camaro show
car The 2017 COPO Camaro program extends the
production legacy that was re-started in 2012 and based on the special - order high - performance Camaro models created in 1969 to win on the
drag strip.
«However, the low -
drag features of the C6, such as its sleek body shape and flush headlamps, lend themselves to converting the
production design into an aerodynamically efficient race
car.»
All of these changes add up to the fastest
production quarter - mile
drag car ever — more rapid than any Ferrari or Lamborghini or anything else.
Masterfully crafted, the new CLA is said to have the lowest
drag coefficient of any other
production car on the market, and get this, it's a four door.
Production car first:
Drag - mode Launch Assist SRT engineers went digital to isolate and resolve one of the biggest challenges to clean launches and driveline integrity — wheel hop.
This makes the Demon the first - ever factory
production car built with
drag radials, as well as the widest front tires ever to be fitted to a
production car — an honor which previously belonged to the last - gen Camaro.
The result was a top speed of up to 260 km / h (160 mph) depending on gear ratio and
drag, making the 300 SL the fastest
production car of its time.
The SRT ® Demon is the only
production car in the world with
Drag Mode Launch Assist.
This makes the Challenger SRT Demon the first
production car to contain a set of
drag radial road tires.
It's the first time a
production car has offered an adaptive suspension with tuning specific to the
drag strip — and coupled with the Demon's
drag radial tires and everything else we've learned so far, it should add up to a seriously quick
drag strip ET.
The Mercedes CLA class sets a new world record for the most aerodynamically efficient
production car with a
drag co-efficient of 0.23
Chevrolet is following up the 2012 COPO Camaro with another limited run of the
drag - strip - ready
production car for 2013.