The 2025 police car tests from the Michigan State Police are out now, and while you can view the report yourself, this the summary is that the only Mopar was the Durango, and it did reasonably well. The 2025 Durango Pursuit is a carryover from 2024. In theory it was supposed to have Hurricane engines … Read more
It really seemed as though 2024 would be the final model year for production of Hemi-powered Dodge products, but yesterday, the brand announced that the Durango production will continue into the 2025 calendar year with two of the three current Hemi V8 engine options. This includes the high volume 5.7-liter Hemi with 360 horsepower and … Read more
Earlier this year, Dodge shared the basic pricing details for the 2024 Charger Daytona BEV in R/T and Scat Pack trim, with the R/T starting at $59,995 and the Scat Pack starting at $73,190. Neither of those prices included the destination fee, but they both included 2024-specific options without any further breakdown of pricing. Luckily, … Read more
Last week, I was invited by Dodge to travel Radford Racing School in Chandler, Arizona, to test the all-new 2024 Charger Daytona – the brand’s first ever battery electric vehicle (BEV) – on both the road and the track. If you are reading this with the expectation of a poor review, you might as well … Read more
The arrival of the all-electric Dodge Charger Daytona at dealerships around the country is drawing near, and in preparation of the beginning of deliveries, the company has issued the first commercial for the 670-horsepower electric vehicle. You can watch that video, titled “Saving the Planet”, below. When you hear that title, you might think that … Read more
Pilot production of gasoline-powered, four-door Dodge Chargers has started, according to MSN. Built at the Windsor plant, which is also the home of minivans, the car is to have 420 hp and 550 hp turbocharged inline-six engines, coupled to updated eight-speed automatics engineered by ZF and built by former-Chrysler in Kokomo. MSN reported that up … Read more
When the 2024 Dodge Durango Hellcat was announced, many readers complained that they wanted something between the 5.7 Hemi and the extreme Hellcat. Today, on Thanksgiving Day, Stellantis announced that these people could get what they wanted, the 2024 Dodge Durango SRT 392 AlcHemI, honoring the final 6.4 liter high-performance engines. A version of the … Read more
With today’s announcement of the 2025 Dodge Durango lineup, it seems that the Hurricane twin-turbo six is not going to join the big Dodge SUV. The 2024 engine lineup is still available for 2025, from Pentastar V6 to supercharged Hellcat—and the 5.7 remains between them, possibly because sales of the 2024s were insufficient to go … Read more
Sister publication Motales delved into Stellantis’ options for bringing a V8 back to the Ram 1500 and Dodge Charger. Each carries its own risks, costs, and benefits; some (making the “truck 6.4” optional on Ram 1500) are clearly easier and cheaper than others (using the Ferrari twin-turbo V8), and there’s at least one un-obvious choice. … Read more
Over the past few years, many members of the community suggested that a second term by President Donald Trump would lead to the demise of electric vehicles and a quick rebirth of the modern Hemi era. As you likely know, President Trump won the election earlier this week, sparking many conversations about what he will … Read more
This morning, Dodge’s Direct Connection brand took the wraps off of their news for the 2024 SEMA Show in Las Vegas, introducing a pair of crate engine blocks, two supercharger snout kits and the 3.0-liter IHI supercharger kit that many Mopar owners have been eagerly anticipating. First up, two new engine blocks are coming to … Read more
Over the years, the folks from Mopar have put modern Dodge Charger powerplants in various classic muscle cars for the SEMA Show, and that is the case with the 1967 Plymouth GTX Electromod Concept at the 2024 Las Vegas convention. The key difference, of course, is that while past Dodge Charger powerplants have typically been … Read more
Matt Hagan is the only Dodge Charger driver in the NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series Funny Car Championship Chase and with two events left on the season, he is currently in third place, 168 points out of first. With 100 points awarded to the winner of the second-to-last race of the season and 150 … Read more
Stellantis’ partnership with Factorial, a company with multiple partnerships, will yield a test fleet of Dodge Charger Daytonas powered by solid state batteries. These batteries have much higher power density by weight (over 390Wh/kg) as well as increased safety and possibly lower cost. The new fleet will start testing in 2026, a good omen for … Read more
The stunningly fast 710-horsepower, Hemi Hellcat-powered 2025 Dodge Durango Brass Monkey special edition is now on sale. It is the fourth Durango special edition vehicle and the third to have the supercharged Hemi V8 engine. (The others were the Silver Bullet, Hellcat Hammerhead, and R/T 20th Anniversary). The main differentiators between this and other Hellcat … Read more
Around 60,000 Dodge Hornet R/Ts and Alfa Romeo PHEVs are being recalled in the US and elsewhere because the brake pedal can collapse, causing the driver to lose braking power. There have been 15 cases around the world, with one crash and no injuries. If the brakes fail on any car, the driver can use … Read more