Dodge Charger with Pentastar Power Runs Consistent 11s

Mike Hillegas 2016 Dodge Charger

We talk a great deal about the shockingly quick quarter mile times turned in by all of the Hemi-powered modern Mopars, but we rarely bring any attention to the folks racing Pentastar-powered cars. While the vast majority of modern Dodge buyers who want to go racing opt for a V8, the 3.6-liter Pentastar V6 has … Read more

Roadkill Nights by Dodge Brings Legal Street Racing Back to Detroit

Dodge Charger Race at Roadkill Nights

For the seventh year in a row, Roadkill Nights by Dodge will be held in Pontiac, Michigan, and while the event technically takes place at the M1 Concourse road racing facility, the main attraction is the legal street racing program that is held on Metro Detroit’s famous Woodward Avenue.“We are marking the seventh year of … Read more

Surprise: Windsor to get large cars; current model production extended

Windsor plant

The Windsor plant will be making cars built on STLA Large, presumably sending minivan assembly elsewhere.Production of the cars at Brampton will continue into 2024, later than previously thought (2023 had been forecast). At that point, Brampton will begin retooling, with production to resume in 2025 on an “all-new, flexible architecture to support the company’s … Read more

Forget Road Runner — the Road Tripper may be coming

Road Runner ad

FCA US, the American arm of Stellantis, recently applied for a trademark on the name Road Tripper (two words), for “passenger automobiles and structural parts therefor.”The filing was made on May 23, 2022—just one week ago.While we don’t know whether Road Tripper will be a trim package, option group, or an actual car model, Stellantis … Read more

Resolving Rumors: Dodge Challengers With Manual Transmission

Dodge Challenger Scat Pack Interior

It has been discussed quite a bit over the course of the past six months that the Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat is currently not available with the 6-speed manual transmission. A report from Road & Track in March suggested that the option had been removed for the supercharged muscle car in late 2021 while the … Read more

See the $1 million+ 1969 Charger Daytona from the Mecum auction

1969 Dodge Charger Daytona in F8 Green

Prices of classic collectible muscle cars have climbed a great deal over the past few years. This past weekend, the 1969 Dodge Charger Daytona shown here rolled across the Mecum Indy auction block; when the hammer sounded, this Hemi-powered wing car sold for a whopping $1.32 million – making this F8 Green the most valuable … Read more

Hagan Resets the Track Record but Loses in the Finals in Virginia

Matt Hagan Dodge Charger SRT Hellcat Funny Car

This past weekend, the NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series headed to Virginia Motorsports Park for the 2022 Virginia Nationals. Tony Stewart Racing Funny Car driver Matt Hagan hails from Christiansburg, Virginia, just under 200 miles from the venue, making VMP somewhat of Hagan’s home track. He used that familiarity to set two records at … Read more

Mopar Enthusiasts are Hoping for a Final “Super Challenger” in 2023

2022 Dodge Challenger SRT Super Stock:

It is widely expected that 2023 will be the final year for the current Dodge Challenger, and even though there are already multiple full production trim levels with right around 800 horsepower, the Mopar community wants to see the modern muscle car race off into the sunset with a bang. Mopar lovers want to see … Read more

The next phase of Launch Control

Launch Control 2017

When Dodge started selling rear wheel drive cars with 485 horsepower, then 707, then 840 horsepower, traction at the rear wheels became a major issue. One answer was Launch Control, which limited tire slip so you could get fairly consistent results every time—even if they weren’t quite what a professional driver could do.Launch Control became … Read more

Dodge Challenger Keeps Winning Awards

2022 Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat

The current Dodge Challenger went on sale in the fall of 2014 as a 2015 model year vehicle, so as we move through the 2022 calendar year and prepare for the arrival of the 2023 models, the current iteration of modern Mopar muscle car is effectively going on 8 years old. By modern automotive standards, … Read more