DEMON, AT YOUR LOCAL DEALER

moper said

I guess the bag of old nameplates to exploit is getting pretty empty. I'd rather see a Demon based on the Dart than another bastardization of a great reputation to sell more Drag Pack cars. That's all this is about. Nothing to do with the legend of the Demons. Call it something else.

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Just to stir the pot a little and also to point something out.... exactly what "legend" did the original Demons have? They were LITERALLY a ripoff of the Duster. The Duster is the true legend. It has the legendary story of how it first came into production and also the Duster 340's became legendary for killing a lot of big block cars. The ONLY reason the demon ever existed was because the Duster was a huge hit in 1970 and Dodge was jealous and demanded they have their own version. So what'd they do? Took a Duster, change some metal on it and slapped a different name plate on it. Why? For sales. So in reality the Challenger Demon is the perfect car to wear the Demon name plate since it's just a slightly different version of an existing, great selling vehicle.

Heck, the original Demons were somewhat of a fail as far as far as sales go. They never sold anywhere near what the Duster's sold and in 73 they had to change the name to try to get sales back up. Don't get me wrong, I like the old demons but the new Demon is already more of a Legend than the old one will ever be.