The Dodge Demon gets the widest front tires of any production car ever

Another week, another 2018 Dodge Challenger SRT Demon teaser. We knew this thing was going to be built for the drag strip, but even we weren’t expecting this: The Demon will wear 315-width drag radials in the back and in the front. Those are the widest front tires ever fitted to a production vehicle, and they make the Demon the first car to wear drag radials from the factory.

The Demon takes the widest-front-tires crown from the last-generation Camaro Z/28, which wore 305-width tires all around. And while it might seem odd to slap such wide front tires on a car focused on drag racing, think of it this way: When you’ve burned through the rear tires, you can just rotate the fronts to the back and keep on going. Or if you’re a frequent drag strip visitor, you can swap some skinny wheels and tires on the front and have two sets of rear tires ready to roll. Read more