--- title: "Someone Paid $700K for the Final Dodge Challenger Demon 170" date: "2023-06-27" modified: "2023-06-27" authors: - name: "Nico DeMattia" job_title: "Contributing Writer" link: "https://www.thedrive.com/authors/nico-demattia" url: "https://www.thedrive.com/news/someone-paid-700k-for-the-final-dodge-challenger-demon-170" categories: - "Car Buying" - "Dodge News" - "News" - "News by Brand" tags: - "Challenger" - "Coupe" - "dodge" --- # Someone Paid $700K for the Final Dodge Challenger Demon 170 ![]() *\Dodge\* A few months ago, [Dodge]() revealed the last hurrah for its internal combustion muscle cars with the Dodge Challenger Demon 170. Claiming 1,025 horsepower, the [Demon 170]() is the most powerful production car Dodge has ever made. Naturally, all 3,300 allocations were spoken for pretty quickly but Dodge decided to make one for the [Barrett-Jackson]() auction in Las Vegas, where it sold for a total $700,000. Thankfully, that immense price tag is going to good use. The entire hammer price went to Kristi House, a non-profit organization that provides treatment and advocacy for children who've suffered abuse and trauma. When the Demon 170 first hit the auction block, with Nicole Kidman as a guest auctioneer, it sold for $400,000. Then, in a stunning surprise, the winning bidder donated the car back, so it could be auctioned off again. The second time around, the winning bid was $300,000, totaling $700,000. During both auctions, Nicole Kidman also donated VIP tickets to see her husband Keith Urban's show in Vegas. What's interesting about this winning bid, though, is that the final winning bidder doesn't actually get a car right away. Instead, they won the last build slot for the Demon 170, which allows them to customize their Demon with options and even a custom color. A normal Demon 170 starts at $100,361 after destination ($1,595) and gas guzzler tax ($2,100). ![]() *2023 Dodge Challenger SRT Demon 170 *Dodge** However, customization isn't why someone pays seven times the normal price. The Demon 170 is Dodge's supercharged love letter to muscle cars. Its unique engine, built from Dodge's C170 "Hellephant" crate engine, is nutty. It makes 1,025 horsepower and 945 pound-feet of torque with E85. With normal 91 octane pump gas, those figures drop to 900 horsepower and 810 pound-feet. With its Mickey Thompson ET Street R 315-section drag radials, Dodge claims it can hit 60 mph in 1.66 seconds. The Demon 170 will even do the quarter-mile in an NHRA-certified 8.91 seconds. Though, it's actually[ banned from all NHRA-regulated tracks]() in its stock form because it can do the quarter-mile in under nine seconds but doesn't come with a roll cage or parachute as standard. That makes it one of the fastest production cars in the world, behind only multi-million dollar electric hypercars, like the Rimac Nevera and Pininfarina Battista. And now this owner has the very last one to ever be made. ***Update \[6/28/2023 @ 3:45pm ET\]: A correction was made to the auction location and the double bid. A previous version of this story incorrectly stated that the auction was in New Orleans and that the $700,000 was a single bid.*** *Got tips? Send 'em to tips@thedrive.com* ## Author Nico is a writer and reviewer from New Jersey who probably thinks he’s a lot funnier than he actually is. His love of cars began when he was just a kid playing Gran Turismo 3, grinding out enough race wins with a Mazda Miata to save up for an in-game RUF 911. That passion for small, lightweight sports cars drove his desire to learn more about the industry, get his hands on as many cars as he could, and bring those experiences to life on the page. He cut his teeth writing about BMWs, Volkswagens, and Audis, mostly, and has owned far too many of each. He’s on his fourth 3 Series sedan, but all of his old, cheap German cars have forced him to learn more about car maintenance than his mechanical capability can handle. Too many late nights have been spent scrambling to get a car running by morning so he could get to work. For some reason, he never seems to learn that old Bimmers probably aren’t the best daily drivers. But he loves more than just old German cars. He’ll gladly drive and discuss anything with four (or even three) wheels. Cars aren’t his only passions, though. Nico is also a big nerd and loves movies, video games, comic books, and cares far too much about the New York Giants. So don’t be surprised if you see football references or dumb, obscure movie quotes in any of his car reviews. ### Author social links [Instagram]() [LinkedIn]()