Man Pulls Off Heist, Buys '23 Dodge Challenger Demon 170 From NY Dealer for $10K Over MSRP

At first, flippers and dealerships thought they could milk the SRT Demon 170 for everything it was worth, demanding insane figures. Back in January, we saw several cars that sold for around and even more than $200,000. One in particular went for $253,000 at no reserve. A full $117,500 above MSRP. Today, that same Demon 170 wouldn’t have fetched more than $160k, most probably.

I’ll just come out and say it: I don’t think these cars are worth way over MSPR, and they never have been. Dodge made like, what, 3,300 of them? The internet is packed full of used Demon 170s, so the supply is constantly there to pander to those in demand.

It’s also interesting to note just how many of these cars keep exchanging hands. It’s as if people quickly realized that as a day-to-day ride, a Demon 170 is not that different from a run-of-the-mill Hellcat Redeye, and you can get those for as little as $70,000 if you’re lucky.

Sure, there’s also the collectible factor to consider. If you plan on keeping your Demon 170 in a garage for the rest of its existence, sometime in the far future it’ll be worth more than “lesser” Challengers – that's still no reason to pay an obscene amount of money today though. Maybe in 2023, yes, but we live in different times now.

Anyway, I can, however, play devil’s advocate for this particular car, which is finished in B5 Blue over black leather and Alcantara. The spec is tremendous. You won’t see many similar muscle cars wearing this color and I think it looks absolutely stunning. Very no-nonsense, especially with the contrasting black trim. Oh, and just 42 B5 Blue units were built that featured a sunroof. How’s that for rare?

Furthermore, this car has never been titled to a private party owner and it’s barely ever been moved, showing 14 miles on the odometer. So, in contrast to what I just said earlier, I’m a little surprised this didn’t fetch closer to $150k, like many of its counterparts in recent weeks.

More on the spec, yes, it’s got the optional $9,995 sunroof, and a satin black graphic hood, plus a set of black 18” front and 17” rear forged wheels with Mickey Thompson tires, among other goodies.

Meanwhile, interior highlights include the black Alcantara and leather seats (also heated and ventilated), an Alcantara-wrapped steering wheel, a suede headliner, blind spot monitoring, rear cross-path detection, and an 18-speaker Harman Kardon sound system – almost all of these are part of the optional Premium Group.

As for that high-output 6.2-liter supercharged HEMI V8, it’s putting down 900 horsepower and 810 lb-ft of torque on regular E10 fuel, and up to 1,025 horsepower and 945 lb-ft of torque on E85. Everything goes to the rear wheels via an eight-speed automatic transmission.