The Dodge Challenger Demon Will Only Have One Seat To Save Weight
Remember that 90kg+ SRT Demon weight loss Dodge has been on about? Now we know exactly what kind of diet the incoming Challenger king is on: it’s been stripped of all its passenger seats.
Yep, according to Motor Trend and numerous other outlets it’s a single-seater as standard, which accounts for a large chunk of the weight reduction.
Dropping the front passenger seat, rear bench and all the associated belts accounts for a substantial 51kg loss, but it looks as though you’ll be able to option them should you fancy terrifying a passenger or two.
The remaining weight is shed thanks to lighter 18 x 11-inch rims, fewer speakers, a load of missing carpet and sound insulation, lighter anti-roll bars, lighter brakes and a ‘deleted’ spare wheel. Oh, and a little weight has been shaved off by ditching the electrically adjusted steering column and the parking sensors. Thorough, no?
The total loss is 105kg, but when you factor in the Challenger’s hilariously fat 315-section front and rear drag radials plus flared wheel arches, the reduction stands at 97kg.
The car is expected to be revealed at the New York Auto Show this April.
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This car doesn’t have a chassis, engine nor wheels because weight reduction bro
I have an idea, eliminate the driver, just 80 kilos of dead weight.
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Maybe fat drivers should go on a diet to save weight
Won’t be fun to drive
what car is that
Why no carbon used? Instead of some of this drastic nonsense
Because carbon fiber is communist.
Dodge is too AMERICAN to use carbon fibre (But the hellcat challenger is made in canada)
Because carbon fibre is communist.
Joking aside I think they don’t want to make it carbon fiber because of the cost
Dodge actually built the first production car in the world that utilized mass produced carbon fiber. Not pretty CF, but CF nonetheless.
On the 2003 Viper, the carbon-fiber sheet-molding compound is used at three structural points to replace metal:
Two pounds of the material are used in the windshield surround.
Two pounds are used for inner door panels at the hinge.
The front fender support includes 13.5 pounds of carbon fiber material. The support provides the structural skeleton of the front of the Viper linked to the steel space frame. It holds the fender fascia and 33 other components, Shinedling said. “The entire front half of the vehicle is held up by these attachments,” he said.
Passenger doors for NOS!
Vin Diesel Approves!
Oh come on Dodge, the Platform is from a 20 years old luxury mercedes sedan and the only way to save weight you could find is rip out the seats?
Well, powerful musclecar isn’t exactly something unique.
Single-seater musclecar is, so I guess that’s why they do it.
For the image.
I was just about to say exactly this. It’s built like a boat. An aluminum chassis would go so much further than taking seats out. That is what the teenage drift king who hasn’t been born yet is supposed to do in 20 years. Dodge has gifted us a lowered Ram with fat tires and a ridiculous amount of power.
This is the last hurrah for their old platform in 2020 they’re putting it in the new Alfa Romeo platform which will be much lighter
It’s like ordering a big mac without sauce nor steak inside. But at least you get less fat, which is kind of nice I suppose.
Where in the world are you from? I want steak in a Big Mac…
And will not be sold to obese people
looks like dodge is taking a page out of CT’s book
That’s a New way for making more Weight Reduction,Bro!