Today is what Stellantis is calling “EV Day”, with all of their key brands announcing the electric vehicle plans over the next few years. For many Mopar lovers, the most important information comes from the Dodge brand. In a video posted to their brand’s official YouTube channel this morning, Tim Kuniskis provides a brief look … Read more
Almost a month ago, it was announced that Roadkill Nights Powered by Dodge was returning for 2021 after a year off due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Roadkill Nights is an automotive festival with all sorts of horsepower themed attractions, including Dodge thrill rides in a Hellcat Challenger or Charger, a massive display of new and … Read more
On July 8th, Stellantis will hold the company’s first ever “EV Day”, and on that day, it is expected that we will get our first look at how the Dodge brand will introduce electrification. Of course, all of the other brands under the newly-formed corporate umbrella are likely to be addressed as well, but for … Read more
When Plymouth created the first police car package, it was a heavily upfitted sedan; and from then until the Jeep Cherokee “XJ,” nearly all police cars were sedans. In this year’s test of police cars, though, there was only one sedan entered, and it was a Dodge Charger. The tests are somewhat incomplete, since the … Read more
The sales numbers from the American automakers are in for the second quarter of 2021 and after a massive year-over-year sales spike, the Dodge Challenger is the bestselling 2-door performance car in the U.S. market. Call them muscle cars, pony cars or whatever else makes you happy, but in the race between the Challenger, the … Read more
Dodge is expected to announce a new powertrain on July 8, with many believing there will be a battery-electric or serious-hybrid version of the Charger and Challenger on that date. The rationale is Dodge chief Tim Kuniskis’ statement that “we will have some pretty interesting stuff [on] July 8” to Muscle Cars and Trucks, on … Read more
We don’t often talk about Cruz Pedregon when discussing the NHRA Funny Car class, as he is not a member of the successful Don Schumacher Racing team that has dominated the series for the past few years. However, Pedregon has been consistently improving over the past few years and this past weekend, he got his … Read more
For many years, Dodge was serious about trucks. The Dodge Division built the usual half-ton, three-quarter-ton, and one-ton pickups, but they also made big rigs for heavier-duty trucking needs. In the mid-1970s, they even tried marketing pickups to ordinary people as a replacement for muscle cars, using the unfortunate term “adult toys.” This 1977 Dodge … Read more
Don Schumacher Racing driver Leah Pruett has been one of the top Dodge Challenger Drag Pak drivers competing in the NHRA Factory Stock Showdown division, so it comes as no surprise that Mopar has named the DSR Performance – Don Schumacher Racing’s retail branch – as the official supplier of components for the factory-built race … Read more
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 … Read more
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, … Read more
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 … Read more
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 … Read more
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 … Read more
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 … Read more
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 … Read more
