Anyone who knows me personally knows that I love all types of horsepower – both mechanical and natural. I am a horse owner and rider, as well as being a big horse racing fan. While not everyone pays attention to thoroughbred horse racing, the Kentucky Derby is one of those American sporting events that tends … Read more
A few months back, we brought you the news of the first modern Dodge Charger to break into the 7-second quarter mile range. That Hemi-powered machine is owned, driven, built and tuned by AJ Berge of Hemituner Performance. Berge’s 2006 Charger ran a 7.98 and 7.97 back in February and since then, he hasn’t made … Read more
Over the past few weeks, social media groups have once again been flooded with nonsense news stories about the pending arrival of the Dodge Charger Ghoul. This baseless story claims that the end of the current generation Dodge Charger will feature a limited production package which will be powered by the 1,000-horsepower Hellephant crate engine. … Read more
This past weekend, the Team Mopar NHRA Dodge Charger funny car racers headed to Las Vegas for the Denso Spark Plugs Four Wide Nationals, looking for their first win of the young 2021 season. As the name of the event suggests, this stop in Vegas includes four-wide drag racing, with four cars competing side-by-side-by-side-by-side, creating … Read more
Late last month, the Modern Street Hemi Shootout opened their 2021 season with the first event at Orlando Speedworld being sponsored by Legmaker Intakes. The season got off to a great start, with the event beating any past opener by more than a hundred registered race cars, with NHRA superstar Leah Pruett serving as the … Read more
Dodge announced back in January that the 710-horsepower Durango SRT Hellcat was officially sold out. Technically, that meant that the company had reached its planned production capacity of 2,000 units, so the order banks were closed. The problem is that some dealers had sold orders for the supercharged three-row SUV that were not fulfilled during … Read more
The sales numbers from the American automakers are in for the first quarter of 2021 and once again, the Ford Mustang outsold the Dodge Challenger, but it wasn’t without a fight. Challenger sales were up an impressive 24% during the first three months of 2021, even as inventory levels are very low. In fact, the … Read more
The global microchip shortage that is causing delays across the entire world’s auto industry hit Stellantis production facilities hard last week, with the automaker announcing multiple weeks of unplanned production stoppages for plants in the United States, Canada and Mexico. This production stoppage impacts the Dodge Challenger, the Dodge Charger, the Chrysler 300, the Chrysler … Read more
Dodge’s hottest cars, the Charger and Challenger with the 392 (6.4) or Hellcat 6.2 V8s, are getting a software update which will let owners restrict the engine to idle speed—675 rpm—with a peak horsepower of roughly 3. That’s less than 1% of their usual power.The update is available back to model-year 2015, and should deter … Read more
The Dodge brand announced last night that the Gold Rush exterior option is now available on the 2021 Dodge Charger. Anyone who wants to order an R/T, Scat Pack or SRT Hellcat – including the 797-horsepower Redeye (above) – can now pick the dark metallic gold hue from the list of heritage inspired exterior colors. … Read more
A Don Schumacher Racing Dodge Charger funny car won every single event during the shortened 2020 NHRA racing season, with Matt Hagan taking home the class championship as Team Mopar teammates Tommy Johnson Jr, Jack Beckman and Ron Capps finished second, third and fourth in the championship race. Hagan won two of the last three … Read more
Mopar-specific social media was inundated with news that the Dodge Dakota project had been cancelled. In the fine print was news that this only affected plans to create a Dodge version of the Jeep Gladiator, a heavyweight engineered off the Wrangler mainly for off-road prowess.The decision is probably good for Dodge fans, because the Dakota … Read more
Did you ever wonder how many Dodge cars or trucks were made with exactly your options? If you’ve registered your car (and yourself) with the company, now you can find out.On the Facebook Dodge Dart Enthusiasts group, Aaron Glenn discovered that there were just 36 Dodge Darts made with the same color, trim level, and … Read more
If you drive a Dodge Dart, Chrysler 200 or Jeep Cherokee, Renegade or Compass with the 2.4-liter TigerShark 4-cylinder engine, there is a chance that you have oil use issues. Some of these engines burn a significant enough amount of oil that owners find themselves regularly adding oil between changes, which is both costly and … Read more
About a week ago, there were reports from two websites – Opposite Lock and Grassroots Motorsports – that the SRT Performance division had been disbanded under the new corporate umbrella. Neither of these reports cited any sources, so we reached out to our contacts at Stellantis for the official world. Unfortunately, that word is not … Read more
