Hagan Wins in his New Holland Dodge Charger, Leads Title Race by 59

New Holland Dodge Charger

This past weekend, Matt Hagan drove his Dodge Charger SRT Hellcat Redeye Widebody funny car to victory in the NHRA Midwest Nationals. It was his third win of the season, his first during the Countdown to the Championship portion of the schedule and – most importantly – his first win since recovering from Covid-19. With … Read more

GM beats ProMaster BEV to the punch

brightdrop

GM has beaten the battery-electric ProMaster and the Rivian van to the punch by producing the first electric light commercial vehicle in the United States. The EV600, selling under the BrightDrop brand, started production of electric light vans today.The EV600 is the first van made by GM; the first ones will be delivered to FedEx … Read more

An old Chrysler-Mitsubishi plant is pumping out electric trucks

Rivian electric pickup

The old Mitsubishi-Chrysler joint venture, “Diamond Star Motors,” was created when Chrysler owned a hefty chunk of Mitsubishi Motors and had agreed to buy the rest. Mitsubishi’s keiretsu partners applauded the idea, since the car company perennially struggled to make a profit.For a while, the plant pumped out vast quantities of Mitsubishi Galant derivatives, including … Read more

Dodge Challenger Redeye Resets the Record with an 8.18 1/4-mile

James Golden Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat Redeye

This past weekend, the Holley Moparty – one of the largest all-Mopar show and racing events in the world – was held at Beechbend Raceway Park in Kentucky. Rainy weather brought an early end to the drag racing program, but that didn’t stop James Golden and his F8 Green Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat Redeye from … Read more

Manley jumps ship to AutoNation; Stewart, Filosa take his place

mark stewart

Mike Manley, CEO of Fiat Chrysler after the departure of Sergio Marchionne, has left to lead the country’s largest dealership group, AutoNation.Mark Stewart, COO of North America, and Antonio Filosa, COO of Latin America, will take his place and report directly to Carlos Tavares. Mark Stewart had risen to Mike Manley’s former job of COO … Read more

GRMPYCAT Dodge Challenger Hellcat Runs a 7.01 Quarter Mile

Kevin Helmick Grumpy Cat 7.01

This past weekend, many of the top Mopar drag racers headed to Beechbend Raceway Park in Kentucky for the Holley Moparty and among them was the Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat known as “Grumpy Cat”. Owned and driven by Kevin Helmick, this heavily modified Hellcat Challenger recently claimed the world record for the quickest car in … Read more

Stellantis testing vehicle-to-everything in USA

2021 Jeep Wrangler in Tuscadero exterior paint color

Stellantis is testing V2X (vehicle-to-anything, or, perhaps more accurately, everything-to-vehicle) communications technology in the United States.These systems, first codified by IEEE in 2010, are designed to alert drivers and autonomous driving systems to emergency vehicles, pedestrians, traffic lights, roadway hazards, and other problems.The issue with emergency vehicles started developing over a decade ago, when cars … Read more