When Dodge introduced the all-electric Charger SRT Daytona EV Concept a few weeks back, the brand stated that the top-of-the-line Banshee model would beat the SRT Hellcat in every performance metric. No real performance numbers were offered and at the time, Stellantis didn’t have any all-electric vehicles to use for reference, but that changed with … Read more
This afternoon, Dodge introduced the 2023 Challenger Swinger and Charger Swinger. These new models are the 3rd and 4th vehicles to join the 2023 Last Call lineup, following the Challenger Shakedown and the Charger Super Bee. As expected, the Swinger package is mostly aesthetic, but these are fairly elaborate appearance packages, adding unique cues inside … Read more
Ram New for 2023 is an optional 12-inch digital gauge cluster with “nearly two dozen” different menus, five tiles for quick data, analog or digital readouts, and user profiles—on all types of Ram truck including chassis cabs. A new Ram 1500 Limited Elite Edition has a multi-function tailgate with a “tailgate ajar” warning light, bed … Read more
Since the current versions of the Dodge Challenger and Charger were introduced for the 2015 model year, the two have shared a great many features, with the two-door model getting extra power and new packages first. During this generation, the Challenger Hellcat got a bump from 707 to 717 horsepower in 2019 and the Charger … Read more
The odds are good that if you are reading this, you are familiar with the new Dodge Charger Daytona EV Concept. The muscular looking EV debuted a few weeks ago, on the final day of the brand’s “muscle announcements” at the M1 Concourse road racing facility in Michigan. Of course, because the Charger Daytona Concept … Read more
“AHBguru” at Allpar shared a communication to police departments. As expected, 2023 will be the last full year of production for current police pursuit vehicles; but 2023 pursuit-car production will be “very limited,” because the Brampton plant is still working on existing orders from the 2022 cars. The Charger Pursuit, the last American police sedan, has … Read more
At Roadkill Nights a few weeks back, the area behind the VIP area had an array of Dodge vehicles on display, including a few new models and a few classic legends. One of those classic legends was the 1970 Challenger RT/SE known as the Black Ghost. This car was owned by a Detroit street racing … Read more
It’s Dodge’s “last call” for 392 and Hellcat cars, and the latest special edition celebrates a retroconcept—the original Dodge Shakedown Challenger concept shown at the 2016 SEMA show. The new special-edition 2023 Dodge Challenger Shakedown keeps the black-and-red interior and exterior, using a modern Challenger as its base. Six special-edition Challengers and Chargers will be revealed … Read more
During the first day of Dodge Speed Week “muscle announcements”, brand boss Tim Kuniskis teased six buzz models that will debut over the next few weeks. When they were displayed at the invite-only event during which we were introduced to the Drag Pack Rolling Chassis, the Challenger body-in-white, the Challenger Convertible and the 2023 Durango … Read more
Last week, Mopar announced a number of new additions to its Direct Connection portfolio, aimed mainly at racers—Direct Connection’s original 20th-century audience and purpose. These include a new Drag Pak rolling chassis for the Sportsman class in drag racing and a new $8,000 Challenger body-in-white. These were covered by Stellpower in some detail last week, … Read more
We knew that Dodge has been working on a battery electric vehicle (BEV) thanks to a video from Tim Kuniskis last summer and at the end of that video, there was a burnout of what appeared to be a classic Dodge Charger silently smoking all four tires. That was a computer generated image, but today … Read more
One of the key complaints about the modern Dodge Challenger is that the brand has not offered a convertible, but that is changing tomorrow. Dodge has teamed up with Drop Top Customs – a company that has been building Challenger convertibles since the modern muscle car was introduced – to deliver open-air muscle cars to … Read more
Along with the loads of news pertaining to 2023 Dodge models, the brand also announced an array of new items coming to the Direct Connection catalog. Not surprisingly, Dodge is looking to support those Challenger and Charger owners who race on the track as well as those who want more power and style on the … Read more
Dodge has announced the first details for the 2023 Dodge Challenger and Charger, and in addition to the expansion of the Jailbreak package, the brand has brought back three popular colors from the recent past. Returning for the 2023 Challenger and Charger are B5 Blue, Plum Crazy and Destroyer Grey, all of which have proven … Read more
The 2023 model year will be the last for the modern Dodge Challenger and Charger, and it seems that it will be the final year for Hemi-powered Dodge muscle cars in general. Tim Kuniskis and his team are making sure that the final model year is memorable, with seven new heritage-inspired models for the Challenger … Read more
Dodge has a ton of big news today as part of their ongoing Speed Week and you can find it all here on Stellpower, but we are starting with the return of the Dodge Durango SRT Hellcat. Dodge had initially stated that it would only be offered for the 2021 model year due to the … Read more
