Stellantis recently published the sales numbers for the third quarter of 2022 and, once again, the Dodge Challenger comfortably outsold the Ford Mustang and the Chevrolet Camaro. Considering recent trends, that doesn’t come as much of a surprise, but what is surprising is that even as gas prices soar and inventory levels remain very low, … Read more
The Epling name is well-known in the modern Mopar racing world, with the Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat owned by Leon Epling and driven by his son, Jason, serving as one of the quickest Hellcat cars – if not the quickest – for the past few years. During those years, Jason’s son, Logan has helped with … Read more
Earlier this week, I had a chance to drive the 2023 Jeep Wagoneer Wagoneer L and Grand Wagoneer L with the new Hurricane 3.0-liter twin turbocharged inline-six engine. We aren’t allowed to share our drive impressions with those big SUVs until next month, but in the meantime, I wanted to share my pictures of the … Read more
Today, Dodge introduced the sixth of seven Last Call models which will be offered for the 2023 Challenger and/or Charger. This time, it is the Black Ghost special edition, which is a uniquely-dressed SRT Hellcat Redeye with 807 horsepower that is designed as a tribute to a legendary Detroit street racer – who also happened … Read more
When Dodge introduced the all-electric Charger SRT Daytona EV Concept a few weeks back, the brand stated that the top-of-the-line Banshee model would beat the SRT Hellcat in every performance metric. No real performance numbers were offered and at the time, Stellantis didn’t have any all-electric vehicles to use for reference, but that changed with … Read more
This afternoon, Dodge introduced the 2023 Challenger Swinger and Charger Swinger. These new models are the 3rd and 4th vehicles to join the 2023 Last Call lineup, following the Challenger Shakedown and the Charger Super Bee. As expected, the Swinger package is mostly aesthetic, but these are fairly elaborate appearance packages, adding unique cues inside … Read more
Since the current versions of the Dodge Challenger and Charger were introduced for the 2015 model year, the two have shared a great many features, with the two-door model getting extra power and new packages first. During this generation, the Challenger Hellcat got a bump from 707 to 717 horsepower in 2019 and the Charger … Read more
The odds are good that if you are reading this, you are familiar with the new Dodge Charger Daytona EV Concept. The muscular looking EV debuted a few weeks ago, on the final day of the brand’s “muscle announcements” at the M1 Concourse road racing facility in Michigan. Of course, because the Charger Daytona Concept … Read more
At Roadkill Nights a few weeks back, the area behind the VIP area had an array of Dodge vehicles on display, including a few new models and a few classic legends. One of those classic legends was the 1970 Challenger RT/SE known as the Black Ghost. This car was owned by a Detroit street racing … Read more
During the first day of Dodge Speed Week “muscle announcements”, brand boss Tim Kuniskis teased six buzz models that will debut over the next few weeks. When they were displayed at the invite-only event during which we were introduced to the Drag Pack Rolling Chassis, the Challenger body-in-white, the Challenger Convertible and the 2023 Durango … Read more
Last week, Mopar announced a number of new additions to its Direct Connection portfolio, aimed mainly at racers—Direct Connection’s original 20th-century audience and purpose. These include a new Drag Pak rolling chassis for the Sportsman class in drag racing and a new $8,000 Challenger body-in-white. These were covered by Stellpower in some detail last week, … Read more
We knew that Dodge has been working on a battery electric vehicle (BEV) thanks to a video from Tim Kuniskis last summer and at the end of that video, there was a burnout of what appeared to be a classic Dodge Charger silently smoking all four tires. That was a computer generated image, but today … Read more
