Four-time National Hot Rod Association (NHRA) world champion Matt Hagan was close to his second 2025 NHRA Mission Funny Car win on Sunday at the NHRA Four-Wide Carolina Nationals, placing second in his Tony Stewart Racing (TSR) Hellcat. Teammate Tony Stewart took his Top Fuel dragster to the semifinals. Hagan was seeking his 54th career … Read more
We know that minivans are great for people who have kids, but some people question their usefulness beyond the “soccer mom/dad stereotype. I recently spent time with the 2025 Chrysler Pacifica Pinnacle AWD and I used it for a short road trip to a Pantera concert, during which time the minivan proved to be a … 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
Chrysler will be doing a new multimedia campaign, including social media, with the “Peanuts™ gang” created by Charles Schultz. The first three videos, “The Next Adventure,” “Perfect Pair” and “Ready, Set, Ride,” are online, on Chrysler’s video and social media channels, with a merchandise line coming within 2025. The Peanuts comic was considered groundbreaking when … 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
The 5.7-liter Hemi has returned to the Ram 1500 lineup for the 2026 model year, with dealership deliveries beginning late last month. I drove the newest Hemi-powered pickups a few weeks back and found that they offer the same familiar V8 punch that we all know and love, and thanks to the standard GT exhaust … Read more
Reading social media posts, one would think that the Dodge Charger is the biggest failure since the “R body” Chryslers, except for one thing—they seem to be selling. The Windsor, Ontario plant that makes the Chrysler Pacifica and both forms of the Dodge Charger (EV and gasoline-powered) is putting on a third shift again, in … Read more
Last week, I was invited to come to the Chelsea Proving Grounds in Michigan to test the 2026 Ram 1500 with the 5.7-liter Hemi V8. The mighty Hemi was removed from the half-ton lineup for the 2025 model year, but after loads of negative input from long-time customers and some key changes in industry regulations, … 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
Jeep is working with the team of Nena Barlow and Teralin Petereit for the fifth consecutive year; forming Team Strictly Business (#129), they will try to once again gain the overall and bone stock titles, which they have won in three of the last four years. Petereit has made the podium every year she has … Read more
The 5.7-liter Hemi is back in the Ram 1500 lineup for the 2026 model year and yesterday, I spent the day driving new Hemi-powered pickups, but I can’t talk about my driving impressions until next week. However, while we were there, a Ram Trucks representative did a quick burnout with a 2026 Ram 1500 with … 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
The 2026 Jeep Cherokee is, for its size and feature list, quite reasonably priced, so how is Jeep to make money? The answer seems to be, by pushing buyers to get options and to move to higher trims, as revealed by the Build & Price system. The base Cherokee has no options other than color … Read more
Stellantis (Ram, Dodge, Jeep, Chrysler, Alfa Romeo, and Fiat) has added CanAm coverage to all its cars and trucks, starting back in the model year…
The 2026 Jeep Cherokee (“KM”) has been officially released, confirming some rumors and denying others. The first rumor to go was the belief that the Cherokee would use a Punch Powertrain (DAF) DT2 dual wet clutch transmission; instead, like the KL Cherokee it replaces, the KM will use a CVT. US prices of $36,995 were … Read more