At this point, used Dodge Challengers are a dime a dozen. You can buy one on pretty much any budget, with either a V6 or V8, and if you go for the V8, there are still more options than you can shake a stick at. Before its cancellation, at the very top of the lineup sat the Challenger SRT Demon 170, a drag monster that made 1,025 horsepower and could run the quarter-mile in less than nine seconds. When they first launched, some dealers added absolutely insane markups over the $96,666 base price, but can they still command big money in 2025?
We’ll get a chance to find out soon, since Cars & Bids currently has a 2023 Dodge Challenger SRT Demon 170 listed for sale. It has 5,800 miles on the odometer and is painted an excellent Go Mango orange. Personally, I wouldn’t have paired that paint with the Demonic Red interior, but at least it’s less boring than black. Not that you don’t still get a whole lot of black in the cabin. It’s a Dodge Challenger, after all, so the colorful leather really only extends to the seats and the door cards.
It’s also almost entirely stock, which should be good for the value, with the only modification noted in the listing being an AWE cat-back exhaust. I didn’t think the Demon 170 needed a different exhaust, but I also don’t have Demon 170 money, so what do I know? The seller also states that it comes with the carbon fiber wheels, which should also help it sell for at least a little more. Plus, it’s one of only 3,000 Demon 170s sold in the U.S.
That high mileage, though
On the other hand, while 5,800 miles isn’t a lot for a normal car, it’s a lot for a limited-production coupe built mainly with drag racing in mind. That shouldn’t be a problem for someone who actually plans to drive this thing, but the collectors who plan to park these things and never drive them are probably already out. It’s also been a while since the Demon 170 came out, so the hype is mostly gone.
That doesn’t make it any less of a rare or special car, but you can also now get plenty of EVs with more than 1,000 hp, so it isn’t quite as unique in that regard. The Demon 170 will certainly be louder, but with all that power being sent exclusively to the rear wheels, you could easily get beat off the line by a parent in a new Rivian rushing to get their kids to soccer practice on time.
At the time of writing, the high bid is $55,000, but there are still six days left on the auction, so there’s still plenty of time for the price to climb. The question is, just how high will it get by the time the auction is over? Considering the mileage, I’d bet it stalls out in the $80,000 range, but for all I know, it could sell for something ridiculous, like $125,000. What about you, though? Get your bets in now, and we’ll check back in a week to see who got the closest.
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