New Dodge Demon

[ORIGLS6]

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Not that it bothered me at the time, but the name "Demon" caused alot of bad press from the Evangelicals who disapproved of it.............

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But the flip side of this story: We had a Catholic Priest from the Quincy, IL area who used to race at our strip; a Great Guy and a dedicated, hardcore, successful racer. His name was David Munn and he had his car lettered as "Father D.MUNN" with a little devil incorporated in the artwork.
Unfortunately he died of natural causes at a very early age,(around forty if I remember correctly.) Everyone liked and respected the guy. Just a lot of fun to be around, and obviously a cool sense of humor.

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Now, for the new Demon.................. looks like that POS Solstice collided HARD with a Ram truck.

[ANDY M]

Marc, Belair, I was LIED to. I use Snopes all the time, but never thought to look for this particular example, since I heard it in college.
Mea Culpa.

[PeteLeathersac]

...Not that it bothered me at the time, but the name "Demon" caused alot of bad press from the Evangelicals who disapproved of it...

I remember once when Dad's new '71 Polara was in for dealer service they laid a new purple 340 Demon on us for the weekend.. Of course this included church on Sunday and we parked at the back of the lot so no one would notice we came with the Demon!.

As far as the new Demon goes, it looks too much like a warmed over Crossfire...no thanks..

~ Pete

[55chevy]

ugly as it is I'll bet it would be fun with a new Hemi and a 6 speed or that Viper motor

[427TJ]

Jeez, all the complaining about "ricers" and about how today's kids don't appreciate American muscle and then Detroit makes an effort (in this new Demon, for example) to beat-back the ricer, etc., attack on our market and you guys complain about that. I realize that some guys like certain cars and some guys do not--that's normal. As soon as I clicked the link and saw that gold Demon prototype I thought "cool." Maybe I'd buy one, maybe not, but at least Mopar is trying. No wonder Detroit is cautious about what they are willing to produce--we complain about what they should build, Detroit builds it, and then we don't buy it.

First time I drove a Miata in 1990 I laughed at how fun it was. Yeah, it was kind of a chick-car but it had the same leather smell of my dad's '67 Healey, sounded like a '60s Brit sports car, and was a hoot to toss through the curves--and how many Miatas have been sold in the past 15+ years? Millions?

[JoeG]

I agree they are trying, but if they want to call it the "new dodge demon" make it a little more recognizable to the old Demon or give it a different name...IMHO....

[mockingbird812]

Not getting on Chrysler for trying TJ, the car is just not appealing to me. I appreciate very much that young kids are attracted to ricers. They are cheap, well supported, good performing, highly alterable, hmmm sounds like the same argument for 60s/70s muscle. Good on them for carving out a niche. They are having fun.

As mentioned before, Chrysler seems to be on the right track with the Challenger. IMHO, they missed the mark with the Demon. Looks are standard/indistinguishable and don't capture the essence of the original one....

[Postsedan]

Just ask Darren....he`s very familiar with what the back of a Demon/Duster looks like.

Dan.

[70 Forest Green Zee]

You're not gonna sit there and take that from Dan are ya Darren?

[DarrenX33]

Bring it to Collinsville Mopar Dan.