---
title: "The Dodge Challenger Demon Actually Does 0-60 MPH in 2.1 Seconds"
description: "Like so many things in life, it all comes down to how you measure it."
date: "2017-04-20"
modified: "2017-04-21"
authors:
  - name: "Will Sabel Courtney"
    job_title: "Contributor"
    link: "https://www.thedrive.com/authors/will-sabel-courtney"
url: "https://www.thedrive.com/news/9536/the-dodge-challenger-demon-actually-does-0-60-mph-in-2-1-seconds"
categories:
  - "Dodge News"
  - "News"
  - "News by Brand"
tags:
  - "acceleration"
  - "Challenger"
  - "Coupe"
  - "demon"
  - "dodge"
  - "new york auto show"
  - "sports car"
  - "SRT"
---

# The Dodge Challenger Demon Actually Does 0-60 MPH in 2.1 Seconds

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When Dodge brought out the [Challenger SRT Demon at a star-studded, burnout-filled New York Auto Show week event](<https://www.thedrive.com/article/9218/the-dodge-challenger-demon-is-an-840-hp-street-legal-drag-car>), the carmaker was quick to tout [the sub-$100,000 car's deranged acceleration statistics](<https://www.thedrive.com/new-cars/9377/dodge-challenger-demon-will-cost-less-than-100000-fca-exec-says>): a 2.3-second 0-to-60 mile-per-hour run, a 9.65-second quarter-mile time, capable of pulling a wheelie for almost three feet. As it turns out, though, at least one of those numbers was a result of Dodge playing things safe. Do everything right, Dodge says, and the Challenger Demon can actually run from 0 to 60 mph in 2.1 seconds.

The discrepancy, according to both *Motor Authority* and [*Motorsport.com*](<https://www.motorsport.com/automotive/tv/engineering-explained/how-the-dodge-demon-hits-60-mph-in-2-3-seconds-87159/>)'s chit-chats with Dodge representatives, is due to the nebulous characteristic known as "rollout."

"Zero to 60 pure is 2.3 seconds, but with rollout it's 2.1," [FCA head of passenger cars Tim Kuniskis told *Motor Authority*](<https://www.motorauthority.com/news/1110019_dodge-demon-can-actually-do-0-60-mph-in-2-1-seconds-but-theres-a-catch>), "and that's important because that's the fastest 0-60 mph of any production car, I don't care what the technology is."

See, when it comes to measuring acceleration, the first few inches can make quite a difference. At a drag strip, cars are usually given several inches of room to begin accelerating before they pass the line where the clock begins. Likewise, many major automotive magazines, such as [*Motor Trend*](<https://www.motortrend.com/news/motor-trend-testing/>) and [*Car and Driver*](<https://www.caranddriver.com/features/the-importance-of-rollout>), include a 1-foot rollout when calculating their acceleration figures. [*MT*'s 2.28-second Tesla Model S 0-60 run](<https://www.motortrend.com/cars/tesla/model-s/2017/2017-tesla-model-s-p100d-first-test-review/>), [*C/D*'s 2.2-sec Porsche 918 Spyder 0-60 blast](<https://www.caranddriver.com/features/the-2015-porsche-918-spyder-is-the-quickest-road-car-in-the-world-feature-performance-data-and-complete-specs-page-2>)—they both included that 12-inch grace space.

So if Kuniskis is on the level, the Dodge Demon should prove the fastest 0-60 car in the land once the buff books lay their hands on it for independent testing. We look forward to finding out...as do, we assume, our friends at *Car and Driver* and *Motor Trend*.

## Author
Will is the former managing editor of *RIDES Magazine* and the former online editor for *0-60 Magazine*. He has worked for *Time Out New York* and *Rolling Stone*, and was the creator of *College Cars Online*, the first automotive blog specifically targeted at college students and young professionals.

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