A $234,000 Dodge Demon 170 Just Lost Nearly $100,000 at Auction

The supercharged Dodge Challenger market has seen wild highs and painful lows, and one 2023 Demon 170 owner just learned that lesson the hard way. An Octane Red example with only 13 miles on the odometer sold in 2025 for $138,888, roughly $100,000 less than what the first buyer paid.

That gap isn't about normal depreciation; it's about the disappearing dealer markup. The original sticker was $134,578, but the selling dealer tacked on a $100,000 market adjustment, bringing the total to around $234,000. When the car hit the auction block with no reserve, that premium vanished completely.

The Demon 170 is no ordinary muscle car. 66 seconds. It comes with drag radials, a strengthened driveshaft, and a race-ready suspension. But even with all that engineering and just delivery mileage, buyers in 2025 weren't willing to pay a premium. A similar granite-painted example with 134 miles sold for $128,000, and a 2023 Hellcat Widebody Jailbreak with only 20 miles went for $79,500, both below their original stickers.

The days of paying extra for untouched, low-mileage Last Call cars appear to be over.

So where does that leave buyers today? Smart money may be shifting to older, more usable Hellcats. A clean 2015 to 2018 Challenger Hellcat can be found in the $45,000 to $55,000 range, a lot of car for the money, without the speculative markup. The Redeye models hover closer to $78,000.

Meanwhile, the future of the V8 remains uncertain: Dodge hasn't confirmed a new Hemi for the Charger, but if one arrives, today's Last Call cars may not be the final chapter after all. For now, the best bet is to buy a Hellcat you can actually drive, not one you're afraid to put miles on.