First-Ever Factory Production Car to Achieve Front Wheel Lift at Launch

[Glamrock]

WOW! But $80,000+ for a Dodge? Yeah, I don't think so. Not for a Chrysler product....

Build your own SRT Demon:https://www.dodge.com/build#/models/zipcode/44101/vehicle/CUD201803/ccode/CUD201803LADR22B/llp/2DZ/options/ESD,DEC,TYS,WSC,EX,UAQ,X9,PRV,25Z,3EJ,APA

[machoneman]

1. Ford's Cobra Jet Mustangs (modern) did it first and some years ago.

Actually, the 2013 models, five years ago, did the same wheelies right out of the showrooms!

[Glamrock]

2. Not according to Guiness book of records and Auto Nation magazine.

http://autonationdrive.com/guinness-book-world-records-certifies-dodge-demons-first-ever-wheelie/

My guess is the Ford went to a Ford specific speed shop first....

[machoneman]

3. Sorry, your dead wrong! These were limited production cars right out of Ford factories.

Read up on it and don't get hung up on fictional fake news stuff from essentially fluff non-auto sites. Auto Nation is hardly a Bible btw!

Try Motor Trend, Road and Track, Hot Rod for real facts! No fake news there!

[Glamrock]

6. Whoa whoa whoa man (Hands up)

Calm down brother. Im not trying to pick a fight here, baby. Just posting what I read. Certified by Guinness as the first. Reason being, as far as I can tell so far is that the Ford is non VIN numbered. Meaning it's a race car. Specifically a drag race car. Again, as far as I can tell, not sold to be street legal while the Demon is.

From the Ford.com website:
Engineered by Ford Performance Parts, the purpose-built drag racer developed on the 2018 Ford Mustang platform is limited to 68 non-VIN production cars.

Final 2018 Mustang Cobra Jet ordering and product specifications will be released this summer. The car is designed to be legal for National Hot Rod Association drag racing, along with several National Mustang Racers Association and National Muscle Car Association classes.

http://performance.ford.com/series/drag-racing/news/articles/cobra-jet/2018/04/2018-cobra-jet-announcement.html

[Eliot Rosewater]

4. Rented Shelby once, wow.

Stock cars were my thing when I was young. Wrenching mostly but some driving.

[OilemFirchen]

5. Perfect for the gold chain and musk crowd.

Well-designed performance cars stick to the pavement intentionally.

[Glamrock]

7. Obviously it's probably shit outside a straight line.

But damn man, that's one powerful engine.

[flotsam]

8. Lotta one offs that were however production

Friend bought a '66 Mercury Cyclone GT W/390 C.I. S-code engine. The car had belonged to the son of a Ford dealerships owner and had several production codes no one (even the Ford mechanics) could quite identify...And yes it could...

[Glamrock]

9. I'm guessing by "production"

They mean anyone with the cash can order one. Not factory speed shopped. Not non VIN numbered. Factory, street legal, anyone can order.

[flotsam]

10. Close call

It had a standard VIN and paperwork but was specially spec'ed by guys tied to the racing division.

[Glamrock]

11. Right? Right?

There ya go. Seems like the Demon is right off the assembly line badass. And I ain't hyping. See my original post. Not exactly a fan of Chrysler products. But it seems to be the first "production" car capable of pulling a wheelie. 2.92" according to the certification by Guinness Book Of World Records. If that's wrong, I'm sure the other car companies will sue to have it changed.....

[Best_man23]

12. And to think tRump wants to "Make Cars Great Again"

It was the advent of computer controls, electronic ignition, and other technologies to make cars cleaner that eventually led to today's 450+ HP Mustangs and Camaros, as well as the Demon.

Maybe this is what tRump has in mind

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[Glamrock]

13. Holy crap! What is that!

Maybe a Studebaker? If that's what he has in mind I'm jumping on the tRump train!

As if. I'm just not racist enough apparently. Three of my top five "if I could meet" folks are black.....

[discntnt_irny_srcsm]

14. That's an Edsel

The most unsuccessful Ford in history.

[Glamrock]

15. That's gorgeous!

[discntnt_irny_srcsm]

16. What you really need is a 1970 AMC Gremlin

[Glamrock]

17. OH GAWD!

AMC made a few decent looking cars....the Gremlin wasn't one of em!

[discntnt_irny_srcsm]

18. During 1969 the AMX SS 390 CI included 2 4bbl carburetors.

This was the pinnacle of AMC auto production.