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  • 2018 Alfa Romeo Stelvio

    Fiat Chrysler Automobiles CEO Sergio Marchionne has finally confirmed what we’ve already known for some time—that Alfa Romeo’s brilliant Giorgio platform found in the Giulia and Stelvio will be used by fellow FCA brands Dodge, Jeep and Maserati. Marchionne made the confirmation during a conference call with analysts on January 26, Automotive News (subscription required) reports. The move, which was planned all along, is to help spread the cost of developing the platform and vehicles based on it, whose bill already totals more than $2.7 billion. “The investment in Alfa...

  • Teaser for 2018 Dodge Challenger SRT Demon debuting at 2017 New York auto show
    Does the 2018 Dodge Challenger SRT Demon have 757 horsepower?

    We don't know yet how much horsepower the new 2018 Dodge Challenger SRT Demon has, but that hasn't stopped everyone from looking for clues. Every teaser we've received so far has revealed more about the new beast, and now the latest one might've just exposed the car's horsepower rating. The sharp...

  • Teaser for 2018 Dodge Challenger SRT Demon debuting at 2017 New York auto show
    2018 Dodge Challenger SRT Demon fully customizable for the street or strip

    A teaser video for the 2018 Dodge Challenger SRT Demon is out and hints at the new levels of customizability that will be offered with the car. Given the fact it’s based on the Challenger SRT Hellcat and comes with factory-installed radial tires, it’s easy to write off the Demon as...

  • 2017 Dodge Challenger GT, Media drive, Portland, Maine, January 2017
    2017 Dodge Challenger GT first drive review: Old dog, new tricks

    How do you make an old car new again? If you’re Dodge and your Challenger's structure hasn’t significantly changed since it was released for the 2008 model year, you add an all-wheel-drive system from an existing product, slap a new model name on it, and call the all-season muscle car...

  • 2017 Dodge Viper ACR at Carolina Motorsports Park
    Dodge Viper ACR racks up one more track record

    The Dodge Viper is on its way out but is still managing to set records. A bit over a year ago, Dodge took the Viper in ACR trim to 13 top tracks across North America and set records at all of them. One of these was Laguna Seca where the car managed to outmuscle both the McLaren P1 and Porsche 918...

  • Teaser for 2018 Dodge Challenger SRT Demon debuting at 2017 New York auto show
    2018 Dodge Challenger SRT Demon’s wide-body design revealed

    Dodge has dropped more details on its upcoming Challenger SRT Demon, and the latest look reveals the car’s sexy wide-body design. Yes, the Demon is going to be as mean as its name implies, with the car adopting some very pronounced fender flares as revealed in one of the teaser shots. And...

  • 2016 Dodge Viper ACR

    The Dodge Viper is on its way out and fans are determined to see it go out with a bang, with one final attempt at claiming the production car lap record at the Nürburgring. Dodge doesn’t appear to be interested in an official attempt but so determined are the fans that they’ve set up a crowdfunding initiative and already raised $69,385. Their goal is $159K which will cover the cost of shipping over two Vipers, paying for use of the track and all other expenses. ALSO SEE: 2017 Ford GT confirmed with 647 hp, 216 mph top speed The Viper Exchange dealership in Tomball, Texas has...

  • 2017 Dodge Charger SRT
    Ruffians burgle Hellcat from Detroit-area dealership

    According to a report from CBS Detroit, one or more ne'er-do-wells brazenly boosted a Dodge Charger Hellcat right off the showroom floor from the Snethkamp's Ram City dealership in Highland Park, Michigan, last night. The scoundrels broke a large glass door to get into the dealer, and broke pushed...

  • Scene from 'The Fate of The Furious'
    2018 Dodge Demon, 'Fast and Furious 8' timelines seem awfully close (Update)

    UPDATE: It's probably not a coincidence. A video has surfaced that shows Vin Diesel and a pair of Challengers with a Demon-looking badge visible on one of the cars. Picture below. The latest season of "Sherlock" came to a strange close, so we're putting our deductive logic to the test if you don't...

  • Teaser for 2018 Dodge Challenger SRT Demon debuting at 2017 New York auto show
    2018 Dodge Challenger SRT Demon is 200 pounds lighter than a Hellcat

    A week ago Dodge came out with the statement it’s about to unleash the Challenger SRT Demon for 2018, likely the final model year for the current generation of the muscle car icon. Along with that bombshell, the company released a ballsy teaser video featuring a hellish big cat made out of...

  • 2017 Dodge Challenger GT
    Dodge: What’s new for 2017

    Dodge in recent years has transformed from a mainstream brand into a performance-oriented one specializing in muscle cars. The transformation really kicked into high gear in 2014 when parent company Fiat Chrysler Automobiles [NYSE:FCAU] announced that Dodge was to reabsorb the SRT division, along...

  • Teaser for 2018 Dodge Challenger SRT Demon debuting at 2017 New York auto show
    The 2018 Dodge Challenger SRT Demon will be a meaner Hellcat halo car

    You thought the 707-horsepower Hellcat was going to be the king of the Dodge Challenger lineup? Apparently you, and we, thought wrong. Fiat Chrysler Automobiles [NYSE:FCAU] has announced it will be bringing the ultimate performance halo car to the 2017 New York auto show, the 2018 Dodge Challenger...

  • 2001 Dodge Dakota Sport with Viper V-10

    Got $23,000 burning a hole in your pocket? How do you feel about severe oversteer? Do you, in any way, value your life? And how close do you live to Boise, Idaho? Depending on your answers to these questions, you may want to buy the 2001 Dodge Dakota Sport powered by a Viper V-10 for sale on Craigslist. Vipers are hard enough to handle and they've been built to deal with the power and torque of their V-10 engines. Now imagine all that muscle under the hood of a pickup truck with no weight on the rear end. It's recipe for insanity. And now it can be your insanity. The seller of this truck says...

  • Jay Leno and his 1966 Dodge Coronet
    Jay Leno gets cozy with his 1966 Dodge Coronet

    The muscle car era was a fascinating time for the American automobile. Jay Leno knows this and he owns a handful of wonderful examples of the era. One of his greatest examples is his 1966 Dodge Coronet. What looks like your average massive coupe hides a beastly secret between its fenders. If you...

  • New Dodge Challenger GT AWD spot has the car running through Alaska
    Dodge shoots Challenger GT commercial in snow-covered Alaska

    Let's say you're in the market for a muscle car. You love the look, sound, and styling of the Ford Mustang, Chevrolet Camaro, and the Dodge Challenger. There's a problem, though. You live in an area with real winters and need a vehicle capable of trudging through slush and snow. If you can live...

  • 2017 Dodge Challenger
    2017 Dodge Challenger preview

    The current Dodge Challenger has been around since the 2008 model year, but despite its design hardly changing in all the years it remains as popular as ever. Dodge sold 66,366 examples in 2015 and is on track to rack up a similar figure in 2016. (That’s a good thing as a successor might be...

  • 2013 Dodge Charger NASCAR Sprint Cup race car
    Dodge eyes potential return to NASCAR

    Dodge departed from the NASCAR circuit back in 2012, but it is apparently eyeing a return to the left-turn loving motorsport. At the time, Dodge was coming out of bankruptcy and decided to cut its NASCAR program in an effort to focus its expenditures where they were most needed. Now it's a...

  • 2017 Dodge Challenger GT
    All-wheel-drive 2017 Dodge Challenger GT debuts

    Have you always wanted a muscle car but held back because you wanted something you could drive all year long? Dodge now has the answer. It's the 2017 Dodge Challenger GT, and it's the first two-door American muscle car with all-wheel drive. The all-wheel-drive system comes from the Dodge Charger, a...

  • 2015 Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat X

    Didn’t think the turbocharged and supercharged Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat X was real? Well, here it is barreling down the highway, with its pair of turbochargers whooshing away while its supercharger whines. In case you’ve forgotten, the Challenger SRT Hellcat X is a one-off project car from Dodge, built for the folks at Dream Giveaway. They give away two cars at a time (one old, one new) via a raffle draw, with proceeds from the ticket sales donated to charity. ALSO SEE: Upgrade your Camaro ZL1 to 740-hp Callaway-spec for $17,995 The winner of the crazy Challenger was...

  • The science behind the record-breaking Dodge Viper ACR
    The science behind the record-breaking Dodge Viper ACR

    When Dodge brought its Viper ACR to the production car party back in 2015, the automaker also brought a long a sheet filled with brand new track records. The ACR broke production-car lap records at 13 different tracks. These weren't rinky-dink little local circuits that you've never heard of...

  • 2017 Dodge Viper
    Dodge is reopening order books for the 2017 Viper before it dies

    After 25 years, the Dodge Viper is going to die, for good. Fiat Chrysler Automobiles [NYSE:FCAU] confirmed this fact back in June as it announced final edition models that sold out pretty much instantly. A weird thing happens when you say you're killing off an icon: sales spike. The uptick in sales...

  • Teen thieves steal and then crash stolen Hellcats
    Teens steal Hellcats, then crash them

    If you're going to steal a car, you might as well go big and pick one with as much horsepower as possible. That might lead you to a Dodge dealership, where you'd be staring down a Hellcat with its 707-horsepower supercharged V-8 engine. That's what a group of teenagers did at the Napelton Mid...

  • 2017 Dodge Challenger SRT
    Report: Dodge Challenger, Charger redesigns delayed until 2020

    In its five-year strategy announcement for Dodge made in May 2014, Fiat Chrysler Automobiles’ [NYSE:FCAU] target date for redesigning the Challenger and Charger muscle cars was calendar year 2018. In 2015 we heard that the redesign might be delayed until 2019, and now we’re hearing that...

  • Mopar concept at 2016 SEMA
    Mopar brings 6 concepts to SEMA including a wild Challenger

    Mopar in recent years has been bringing some serious muscle to the annual SEMA show. And some of the show cars have ended up as production models. Prime examples include the Dodge Viper ACR concept we saw in 2014 and the Dodge Challenger GT AWD concept we saw in 2015. (The wide-body...

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