Ford is bs'ing around. They've got too few people in the Ford Performance division working on too many different products. They've now let Dodge strike not once but twice in the musclecar wars.
The Demon is an awesome ride, anyone who hates on it is being a brand fanboy. I do think it's pretty funny that Dodge continually uses hero times as marketing. Runs 9.65 but only in below sea level DAs and with the skinny tires on the front and with the optional PCM on a 100-tune after 50+ passes with an in-house driver. Realistically this will be a high-9 second car which is still absolutely astounding.
Ford needs to pull their head out of their rearends and give us something noteworthy. This Dodge will be running low-160s off the showroom floor in the 1/2 mile and probably mid-180s in the standing mile. If the next GT500 doesn't have 775+ horses it'll be disappointing. What they get for sitting on their hands for 5-years...
Just an fyi, Dodge noted in it's press release that the Demon has a top speed of 168mph. I'm guessing it's a gearing limitation.