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
Last week, I had a chance to spend a day driving the all-new 2021 Jeep Grand Cherokee L around Metro Detroit, including a trip to the off-road testing area of the company’s Chelsea Proving Grounds. This is the first three-row model to wear the legendary Grand Cherokee name, but it isn’t just the current model … 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
A recent release from Stellantis claims that every single Jeep Grand Cherokee L (and, eventually, ever Grand Cherokee) will be tested on the new Mack Avenue plant’s enclosed 2,000-foot track. The three-minute test simulates real-world driving conditions, with faux potholes, manhole covers, rumble strips, cobblestones, speed bumps, and gravel. An electro-servo shaker, the first of … 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
France has, after a years-long investigation, ordered Renault and Stellantis to pay bail before a trial for consumer fraud, with regard to Euro 5 diesel vehicles sold in France from 2009 to 2015. The amount is 10 million euros, 8 million for potential damages and 2 million to assure that the company appears in court; … 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
The 2018 Dodge Challenger SRT Demon set the standard by which all other American muscle cars are judged and frankly, it seems unlikely that a factory-built Mustang or Camaro will ever come close to truly rivaling the 840-horsepower, 9-second Mopar monster. When you mentioned a Dodge Demon in most online groups today, most people will … Read more
Remember hitting the junkyard to get parts to fix or upgrade your old beater of a car? Remember the friends you made putting things together? How about the old Slant 6 Club of America? Gary Platz does, and with Ed Dreistadt has moved his memories (and period drawings and photos) onto the printed page in … Read more
Back in 2003, the Jeep brand introduced the “Freedom Edition” package for the Wrangler, Grand Cherokee and Liberty as a relatively simple appearance package. When that package name was brought back in 2012, it did so as a military tribute package for the Wrangler line (shown below in dark blue), and that military theme continued … 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
Fiat has surprised many observers by launching a completely new modular platform—for its cars in Brazil. Some believe this and current Fiat/Jeep small car platforms will be merged with Peugeot’s CMP to form a completely new Stellantis small car platform (STLA-Small) which can accommodate gasoline-powered, hybrid-electric, battery-electric, and hydrogen fuel cell power along with either … Read more
If you have paid any attention to the world of record-setting modern Mopar monsters, the odds are good that you have heard of the Epling Garage Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat. Since the Hellcat cars hit the street, the father, son and grandson(s) team of Leon, Jason, Logan and Aiden Epling have been setting records for … Read more