Take the Dodge Charger Hellcat Redeye, with its 797 horsepower supercharged Hemi, and round up to the nearest thousand—or just take a Hennessey Performance Hellcat, which goes one-up with both a twin turbo and a supercharger to claim a thousand horsepower. Add in a name related to the limited-production, 840-horse Dodge Challenger Demon, and you …
The current Dodge lineup includes three vehicles – the Challenger, the Charger and the Durango – all of which are available with more than 700 horsepower. The brand has gone all-in on supercharged power and in their newest minute-long commercial, Dodge boasts of all of that power as the brand’s superpower. At the same time, …
A recent release from Stellantis claims that every single Jeep Grand Cherokee L (and, eventually, ever Grand Cherokee) will be tested on the new Mack Avenue plant’s enclosed 2,000-foot track. The three-minute test simulates real-world driving conditions, with faux potholes, manhole covers, rumble strips, cobblestones, speed bumps, and gravel. An electro-servo shaker, the first of …
Last week, we brought you the news that Dodge had posted a quote by brand boss Tim Kuniskis asking the automotive community whether or not the company should resume the Roadkill Nights program. Roadkill Nights Powered by Dodge was held in the Metro Detroit area in 2015 through 2019, but it was canceled for 2020 …
France has, after a years-long investigation, ordered Renault and Stellantis to pay bail before a trial for consumer fraud, with regard to Euro 5 diesel vehicles sold in France from 2009 to 2015. The amount is 10 million euros, 8 million for potential damages and 2 million to assure that the company appears in court; …
The Dodge Durango has one more model year; after that, it might keep on going indefinitely, or it might disappear from dealer showrooms. It’s quite possible Dodge hasn’t decided yet; Chrysler was surprised by the longevity of the original Jeep Cherokee (XJ) design, and has kept the old Ram 1500 Classic (DS) going alongside the …
If you missed Dodge Viper: The full story of the world’s first V10 sports car when it first hit the stands, you can now get an updated version, edited with input from Viper experts Dick Winkles, Jon Brobst, and Maurice Liang. The 136-page-long book from Veloce is available now on Amazon, bookshop.org, Barnes & Noble, and …
If you attended any of the Roadkill Nights by Dodge held in Metro Detroit in 2015 through 2019, you know what an awesome event it was prior to Covid-19 forcing the cancellation of the 2020 show. For those unfamiliar with the event, it was held along the famous Woodward Avenue in Pontiac, Michigan, at the …
The 2018 Dodge Challenger SRT Demon set the standard by which all other American muscle cars are judged and frankly, it seems unlikely that a factory-built Mustang or Camaro will ever come close to truly rivaling the 840-horsepower, 9-second Mopar monster. When you mentioned a Dodge Demon in most online groups today, most people will …
Remember hitting the junkyard to get parts to fix or upgrade your old beater of a car? Remember the friends you made putting things together? How about the old Slant 6 Club of America? Gary Platz does, and with Ed Dreistadt has moved his memories (and period drawings and photos) onto the printed page in …
Back in 2003, the Jeep brand introduced the “Freedom Edition” package for the Wrangler, Grand Cherokee and Liberty as a relatively simple appearance package. When that package name was brought back in 2012, it did so as a military tribute package for the Wrangler line (shown below in dark blue), and that military theme continued …
Back in January, Dodge announced that the order banks for the 2021 Durango Hellcat had been closed after all 2,000 planned units had been ordered. Fast forward to April and Dodge announced that the brand would be extended the production run beyond the initially-planned figure of 2,000 units. According to the report in April, there …
