Next Dodge Charger to Debut Online on March 5 at 11am

Next Generation Dodge Charger Debut

We have known for a few weeks that the next generation Dodge Charger will debut on March 5th, but today, the company provided a few more basic details on where and when the car will be introduced. The global debut of the next generation Dodge Charger will be shown on Dodge.com and the online event … Read more

Muscle-bound: Can Dodge and Ram jettison the Hemi and live?

Dodge Challenger Demon 170

For three decades—since the Viper—Dodge has increasingly conjured images of fire-breathing Hellcats, tire-shredding Demons, and rumbling Hemi V8s that could soundtrack an earthquake. It’s a brand built on brawn—on excess, not dependability (a word Dodge invented), safety, value, or efficiency. Yet, data shows time after time that dependability, safety, value, and efficiency are the biggest … Read more

STLA Large Compared With 2023 Challenger, Charger, and Wagoneer

STLA Large

Today, we look at a short list of specifications of the STLA Large chassis platform, relative to the current Dodge Challenger and Charger and the Jeep Wagoneer.

STLA Large will support front-, rear- and all-wheel-drive configurations, with combustion engines in both transverse and longitudinal layouts…

Proving that STLA Large is indeed set up for gasoline power (updated)

STLA Large with gasoline engine (ICE)

Every sales figure, product release, and rumor from Dodge and Ram seem to bring forth disparaging remarks from people who insist that the company is “digging its own graves by making nothing but BEVs.” Yet, even before the first battery-electric Dodge has been put up for sale, before the Hemi V8 stopped being optional, people … Read more

New Dodge Charger EV Platform Information Hints at 2-Second 0-60 Times

Preproduction Next Generation Dodge Charger

Earlier today, Stellantis issued a press release on the STLA Large vehicle platform that is to underpin the Dodge Charger Daytona, Jeep Wagoneer S, and other vehicles. Their objective was to highlight the versatility of this platform, which handles both gasoline and battery electric vehicles (BEV), but what caught our attention was a performance figure … Read more

2025 Dodge Charger Pre-production Teaser Vs Concept Side-by-Side

2025 Dodge Charger Concept Vs Preproduction Comparison

Last week we brought you the news of Dodge “teasing” the next generation Charger in a series of images on social media. We put teasing in quotes because the company didn’t tease the new model so much as give us a pretty clear look at the new Charger from the front, side and rear. It … Read more

Stellantis Inks Deal with Booming Rental Company SIXT

SIXT

Stellantis announced this morning that the automaker has reached a deal with the “premium mobility service provider” SIXT which could see the rental car company purchase a quarter of a million vehicles for Europe and North America. SIXT is one of the largest rental car brands in Europe, but they are relatively new in the … Read more

Next Dodge Charger Revealed – 2025? shown front and back

Preproduction Next Generation Dodge Charger

Shortly after 10am on the morning of January 12, 2024, social media posts from the Dodge brand fully revealed the exterior of next generation Dodge Charger. There is no other information – no guaranteed indicators of whether this is powered by gasoline or electricity – and no interior shots, but these are, without question, the … Read more

AlcHEMI is first of the 2024 Last Call Hemis

alcHemi 392 Durango SRT

As observers puzzle over whether the Hemi is going to be in the first batch of 2025 Ram 1500 pickups, Dodge has launched the first of what appears to be a long series of Last Call V8 Durangos.Mainly unchanged from 2023, the Durango was thought to be the last bastion of the Hemi V8 engine … Read more

Jeep Patriot, Chrysler 200, Dodge Dart and Viper: Who Bought the Last New Cars in 2023?

2013 dodge dart

Every time a year’s worth of sales are released, there are some oddball orphans in there—in 2022, for example, dealers sold four Dodge Darts, which ended production in 2016, not to mention a lone Dodge Viper and Alfa Romeo 4C. They even sold four Jeep Patriots, which you may recall as looking like an original … Read more

Who was #1 in 2023? Trucks, vans, and minivans in the USA

2025 Ram 1500 Ramcharger Tradesman

In the all-important pickup category, Ram lost some ground to Ford and GM. Ford sold 750,789 F-series pickups and chassis cabs, across all size and weight classes; GM sold 555,148 Silverados and 295,737 Sierras. As happens so often, GM handily out-sold Ford in full-size pickups, but the F-series wins the title since GM split their sales across the Chevrolet and GMC brands…

More Dodge than Ford cars sold in 2023

Dodge Charger Daytona Banshee BEV spoiler and engine bay

In 2023, Dodge sold more cars than Ford, if one defines “cars”  in the traditional manner as sedans and coupes. Ford sold two types of car, the GT (31 of them) and the Mustang (48,605). Dodge, meanwhile, sold 75,920 sedans (Chargers) and 44,960 coupes (Challengers).The Mustang did beat the Challenger in sales, though not by … Read more

How the Story of the Soldier’s Demon 170 Spread Across the Internet

Dodge Challenger SRT Demon 170 Soldier Lead

Earlier this week, we brought you the story of an active duty American soldier who had been done dirty by a dealership in trying to buy a 2023 Dodge Challenger SRT Demon 170. That story spread across social media like wildfire during Christmas week, leading to my discussion on New Year’s Day with both Dodge … Read more