The powerplant of the Dodge Charger Daytona, which includes front and rear drive modules and a 100.5 kWh battery pack wtih dual integrated charge modules, has won one of Ward’s prestigious Ten Best Engines & Propulsion Systems awards. The all-wheel-drive Dodge Charger Daytona’s two motors are each rated at 335 hp (250 kW) and 313.5 … Read more
Radford Racing School has been the official high-performance driving school of Dodge//SRT for nearly a decade and during that time, thousands of people have traveled to Arizona to learn how to handle Mopar’s most powerful performance cars. Thanks to the Dodge Ultimate Muscle Car Experience Sweepstakes, you could join the ranks of Radford students. The … Read more
If you are one of the very few people who was looking forward to the all-electric Ram 1500 REV, we have some bad news for you. Development of the Ram REV, which was slated to be the first battery electric pickup from Ram, has been discontinued, but the REV name will live on with the … Read more
If you pay any attention to the results of the annual Roadkill Nights Powered by Dodge automotive festival, you are likely familiar with Morgan Evans and her 1978 Dodge D150. Evans and her Hurricane I6-powered D150 have won the Hurricane Grudge Match each of the past two years, but she didn’t just build this truck … Read more
Stellantis appears to be abandoning Carlos Tavares’ emphasis on low-wage, inexperienced “low-wage-country” engineering teams with a hiring spree at the Chrysler Technical Center. Evan Xiao, VP of Stellantis global propulsion calibration, pointed to job postings for chief engineers and for engineers in just about every aspect of vehicle powertrain: Internal Combustion Engines Traditional and hybrid … Read more
According to Ram, two new MagnaFlow exhaust options will “unleash the howl of the 540 horsepower Hurricane High-Output Straight-Six Turbo engine.” These are the “expertly tuned SPEQ Series Cat-Back Performance Exhaust System, or customizable xMOD Series Cat-Back Performance Exhaust System.” Both, Ram, says, will provide “inspired sound, increased flow, and all-out performance.” Tim Kuniskis, head … Read more
For the second year in a row, the Roadkill Nights Grudge Match focused on the performance capabilities of the Hurricane straight six engine and for the second year in a row, Morgan Evans drove her 1987 Dodge Ram D150 to victory. The biggest difference in the rules this year was that there were almost no … Read more
Dodge has unveiled the 2026 Dodge Charger SIXPACK, the gasoline-powered, next-generation muscle car, with prices and US and Canadian availability…
Some time ago, a Stellantis spokesman listed the new engines they were working on. On that list were a new big diesel, thought by many to be the rumored Cummins 7+ liter straight-six, and a new smaller diesel, possibly for the Ram 1500. While Fiat’s VM has made diesels for Ram and Jeep, over time … Read more
Recently, Stellantis issued a technical service bulletin advising dealer mechanics that some camshafts in “PUG” (upgraded) Pentastar V6 engines are failing early, and that if they encounter specific issues they should get a replacement cam kit rather than replacing the entire engine. Stellantis did not announce any warranty extension or other accommodation for customers with … Read more
Now that we know that the Street and Racing Technology division is being restored to focus on performance vehicles for the American brands of Stellantis, it is time to start speculating on what SRT might focus on when the proper people are in place. It seems to be all-but-guaranteed that we will see an SRT … Read more
A number of Pentastar V6 owners, across a wide range of vehicles, have complained of misfires, rough idling, or valvetrain noise (clicking). It turns out that Stellantis has isolated the cause of these problems: a worn intake camshaft lobe, or intake rocker arm slider wear. Typically, vehicles with this problem see it arrive within 60,000 … Read more
Dodge has shown some exterior pictures of the upcoming Charger Six Pack, featuring the twin turbocharged, 3.0-liter Hurricane inline-six engine, and there have been some spy shots of test cars on the open road, but we have not seen any pictures of the interior or the hood badge of the gasoline-powered model – until now. … Read more
It is official – the 5.7-liter Hemi is returning to the 2026 Ram 1500 lineup and the company expects to have new Hemi-powered pickups on dealership lots this summer. To be more specific, the 5.7-liter Hemi eTorque engine will return as an option in the Tradesman, Big Horn, Express, Warlock, Laramie, Rebel, Limited and Longhorn … Read more
The four-door 2026 Dodge Charger Daytona sedan has just been previewed by Stellantis. Aimed at a much, much larger market than the coupe, it continues to have electric power with a quoted 0-60 mph in 3.3 seconds via a 670-horsepower dual motor setup; it’s a Hellcat Redeye class performance figure. The Track Pack is now … Read more
Factorial Energy told Automotive News that Stellantis had validated their solid-state battery cells, which have higher energy density and lower fire risk than most current lithium designs. They can also be charged quickly. Factorial has deals with several automakers, including but not limited to Stellantis, which plans to do a test fleet of Dodge Chargers … Read more