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THE DUST has barely settled since the Geneva Motor Show, but the motoring world’s eyes are already focused on the New York event which begins on April 12. More than 1000 cars and trucks will be on display in the Big Apple including a few production models and concepts making their global debut – here’s a list of highlights.
Dodge Challenger SRT Demon This aptly named car would indeed be the chosen ride of Beelzebub, should he bother to get his licence. The supercharged version of the Hellcat produces 527kW (707 horsepower) from its 6.2-litre V8 and is designed for straight-line speed. To further facilitate this, it’s shod with barely street legal 315mm wide Nitto NT05R drag radials on all four corners. These will be the widest front tyres ever fitted to a production vehicle – 10mm more than previous record holders on the Camaro Z/28 which wore 305s front and back.
2018 Ford Explorer Not much has been revealed about the mid-life facelift of the fifth-generation of the Ford’s medium-large SUV. The Explorer has overcome problems including a deadly issue with its Firestone tyres at the beginning of the millennium (which earned it the Exploder nickname) to be one the Blue Oval’s most enduring SUV models. Previous model Explorers were sold in Australia before the locally produced Territory and there’s a chance the nameplate will return here with the 2018 model.
Honda Clarity PHEV/EV
2018 Infiniti QX80
2018 Jaguar F-Type
Jeep Grand Cherokee Trackhawk
Expected to go on sale in the US later this year, Wheels’s sources last year confirmed it would eventually be sold in Australia to sit above the Grand Cherokee SRT that is also one of the quickest SUVs on the market with a 0-100km/h time of 4.8sec.
Mercedes AMG GLC63/GLC63 Coupe
