Stellantis has issued a do-not-drive alert to the owners of around 276,000 Dodge Chargers, Challengers, and Magnums, and Chrysler 300/300Cs, all from the 2005-10 model years until making sure they have had a Takata airbag recall done. The company issued a recall on Takata airbags quite some time ago, but there are apparently quite a … Read more
Ram is bringing out the Ram 1500 Revolution battery-electric concept a bit later than expected—at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, on January 5, 2023. The truck is a “visionary roadmap” given that Ram’s actual production vehicle won’t arrive until 2024, according to the company. It “will push past the competition as leaders in … Read more
Jeep’s joint venture with Guandgzhou (GAC) has declared bankruptcy. Jeep was the first American company to make and sell vehicles in China, with Beijing Jeep; this was before China required that foreign companies form joint ventures with Chinese firms. When Daimler-Benz took over Chrysler, though, they gave the company and factory to Mercedes. For a … Read more
Dodge has made a collection of big announcements for the Direct Connection catalog at the 2022 SEMA Show, which opens today in Las Vegas. There are four Hellephant engines coming to the catalog along in the next two years with three “HurriCrate” engines, which are based on the new Hurricane inline-six engine family that is … Read more
Dodge has lots of news at the 2022 SEMA Show, but one piece pertains to the Roadkill Nights event held each year in Pontiac, Michigan. Rather than waiting until next spring or summer to announce that Roadkill will be happening in 2023, the brand opted to announce it well in advance. The decision to announce … Read more
We have been talking for years about the Hurricane inline-six engine family; with the arrival of the new Jeep Wagoneer and Grand Wagoneer, those long-rumored engines have finally come to production.
In the huge Jeeps, both the standard and high-performance variants of the 3.0-liter Hurricane engine provide substantial power, making them reasonable alternatives to the Hemi V8 engines which are also available in luxury Jeeps…
Mopar shocked the world a few years back with the introduction of the Hellephant crate engine. Measuring 426 cubic inches and fitted with a 3.0-liter IHI supercharger, this engine offered 1,000 horsepower on pump gas, but only 100 units were sold during the initial run, making them nearly impossible to get. Seeing the popularity of … Read more
When the brand’s first battery electric vehicle (BEV) concept was introduced at Speed Week back in August – then called the Dodge Charger SRT Daytona Concept – we didn’t get any sort of power numbers. Dodge boss Tim Kuniskis explained that there would be 400-volt and 800-volt models, and there were comments about how the … Read more
Matt Hagan came into the Nevada Nationals knowing that he had to put on a strong performance in order to keep his championship hopes alive and he put on the strongest performance possible – driving his Dodge Charger SRT Hellcat funny car to the win. Hagan beat rival Robert Hight, who is currently in the … Read more
Mopar “charged” into the Specialty Equipment Market Association (SEMA) Show with three concepts and hundreds of factory-backed parts and accessories. The show opens tomorrow and runs through November 4. However, Mopar, now led by Mark Bosanac, released some information today—with more to come. Jeep CJ Surge Concept The Jeep CJ Surge electromod was developed to explore … Read more
The Dodge brand announced back in August at the Speed Week Muscle Announcement event that the seventh and final Last Call special edition vehicle – a Dodge Challenger of some sort – would debut at the 2022 SEMA Show. However, earlier this month, it was announced that the big debut had been pushed back to … Read more
Burton Bouwkamp, born in 1926, died two days ago after a distinguished career in Chrysler engineering and product planning. He led work on V8 engines, the Dodge Charger, the E-body muscle cars, and the Horizon, among other projects.
The Jeep Renegade and Compass and Fiat 500X and Tipo will soon have 48-volt hybrid variants, according to a release from Magna, which is supplying their hybrid transmissions. Magna, a global parts maker headquartered in Canada, bid on Chrysler but lost out to Cerberus. The Magna hybrid transmission is a seven-speed dual-clutch setup which can … Read more
Back in August and September, we brought you the news of the Dodge Challenger and Charger Last Call special edition models that were being offered for the 2023 model year. To send off the generation of these fabled muscle cars, Dodge has created a collection of heritage inspired trim packages in limited numbers, but what … Read more
Dodge has announced the pricing for the 2023 model year and we have good news and bad news. The base pricing (MSRP) for all of the SXT, GT, R/T and Scat Pack models has remain unchanged from 2022. We will include a full list below, but today’s pricing news focuses on the supercharged models. For … Read more
There are two races left on the 2022 NHRA Camping World Drag Racing schedule and Matt Hagan currently sits in the third spot in the class in his Dodge Charger SRT Hellcat funny car. Hagan currently trails class leader Robert Hight by just 78 points, so with strong outings at the final two races of … Read more