If I were to buy one of those, it would have been the Demon. Yeah, it’s kind of a one trick pony, and the Hellcat Redeye is only a handful of horsepower shy with actual ability to take a turn as well, but the Demon was a one year only car which may mean something 10-20 years from now. I have a feeling that we’re just at the tail end of a generation in the car world. A generation where cars can still generate their own sweet soundtrack with massive gas guzzling engines that produce 500+ horsepower.
As much as I love superchargers over turbochargers, I know they will go away altogether soon enough. Turbos absolutely kill having a good exhaust note, but it’s hard to ignore how much more efficient they are at producing power over superchargers. Because of that, engines like the Hellcat’s will turn into smaller displacement multi cam turbocharged setups. Mercedes made the switch. The once glorious sounding 5.5 supercharged and 6.2 NA engines they used in their AMG cars has become a 4.0 turbo. Which sounds okay, but not nearly as good old as the old engine. Corvette has been rocking the 6.2 pushrod for a good number of years now. That will change soon enough. The new engine will be smaller displacement breathing though a couple snails. As soon as that happens, I can confidently say my 6.2 supercharged V8 will be the best sounding Corvette ever made. The Challenger/Charger is getting pretty old as is the engine it uses. I imagine its replacement is right around the corner. And I bet it will have an all new engine to go with it.
