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    The $1,000 rise means the 2010 Challenger SRT8 is about 2.5% more expensive than last year's.

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    Live from Pebble Beach: 2010 Devon GTX Preview

    Devon Motorworks plans to take the GTX to the Nurburgring and attempt to set a new production car record.

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    Video: Devon GTX Sets Unofficial Laguna Seca Lap Record

    The Devon GTX laps the circuit at Laguna Seca in 1:35.075 - an impressive number for a street-legal near-production car.

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    Next-Gen Dodge Viper To Get Ferrari-Inspired V10?

    The American powerhouse may get an injection of Italian technology to update its aging 8.4-liter mill.

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    Mr. Norm unveils 7.0L V8 Challenger and Cuda Convertibles

    Legendary Dodge dealer and tuner Mr. Norm has already shown off its 'Super' Challenger and Cuda models earlier this year, but now the firm is back with some new Dodge Challengers and Cuda models on offer. Titled the 2009 426 Hemi Challenger and 426 Hemi Cuda Convertible, both vehicles are based on...

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    Chrysler unveils ‘Double CA$H For Your Old Car’ incentive program

    Chrysler today announced a new incentive program dubbed ‘Double CA$H for Your Old Car’ that can save consumers up to $9,000 toward the purchase of a new Chrysler, Jeep or Dodge vehicle. Under the program, everyone shopping for a new car or truck qualifies for an incentive of up to...

  • 2009 Dodge Circuit EV

    Chrysler intends to launch its first all-electric model by next year according to a recent interview with Lou Rhodes, Chrysler's ENVI division president, and unlike its rivals, the now-Fiat-aligned carmaker is planning a high-performance sports model as its entry into the burgeoning segment. Chrysler’s pre-bankruptcy viability plan also told of the Circuit EV's production, but intervening events but the plan under considerable doubt. But the interview with Rhodes makes it clear that the company’s first electric car will be a production version of the Circuit EV. With performance...

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    Video: Dodge Viper lives, will see production beyond 2009

    In the tumble of Fiat and Chrysler's alliance following Chrysler's bankruptcy, the future of the Viper has been a back-burner issue, but today, Dodge President and CEO Mike Accavitti announced that the Viper will in fact see continued production under the company's new leadership. In the video...

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    New images of Hurst’s ‘Competition/Plus’ Dodge Challenger

    The Dodge Challenger has been a welcome arrival for many muscle-car fans. Willing to overlook its hefty weight for the old-school looks and meaty Hemi power, they've already purchased just about every car scheduled to be made for the next year. But Hurst wasn't content to leave the Challenger...

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    Report: Alfa Romeo to sell re-branded Dodge cars in Europe

    Last week we brought you news of Alfa Romeo's plans for the U.S. and the support and enthusiasm that's growing over Alfa's attractive designs. This week there's news of cars going the other way across the Atlantic, this time Dodges to be re-branded as Alfa Romeos for Europe. It's not the only...

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    Dodge Challenger SRT8 gets German makeover

    German running gear specialist KW Automotive has chosen a very peculiar vehicle for its latest modification program, one of the purest examples of a modern-day American muscle car, the Dodge Challenger SRT8. As with any production car, there are always weaknesses and in the case of the Challenger...

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    Chrysler looking to replace Sebring and Avenger with new RWD sedan

    Chrysler’s viability plan presented to the U.S. Treasury back in February turned out to be a goldmine for information about the company’s future plans. Not only were there details about the next-generation Chrysler 300 and 2011 Jeep Grand Cherokee, but the documents also outlined...

  • 2009 Dodge Viper SRT10

    With the Dodge Viper business safely in Fiat’s hands for now, production at the car’s Conner Avenue plant in Michigan has finally resumed. Chrysler stopped production at all of its North American plants when it filed for bankruptcy on April 30. The information was confirmed to the Wall Street Journal by Chrysler spokesman Max Gates, who said production started early today. The plant employs about 115 people and exclusively produces the Dodge Viper supercar for both street and racing applications. Additional assembly plants could return to production within the week. However...

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    New Alfa Romeo 169 flagship may ride on Chrysler 300 LX platform

    The long-awaited return of Fiat and Alfa Romeo is due to get underway soon following the signing of the new alliance with Chrysler, and word of the first cars to be brought in is finally emerging. While most of the Italian cars will be skewed towards the smaller end of town, one of the most...

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    Dodge Viper business turned over to Fiat

    Chrysler has been trying to sell its Dodge Viper sports car business since late last year but according to the struggling automaker, the once prominent brand couldn’t even muster up offers of $10 million. In fact, Chrysler insisted that it had received only one bid of $5.5 million from Devon...

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    Chrysler passed on multi-million dollar offers for Dodge Viper business

    You would think that an entity with as much cachet as the Dodge Viper business would have no trouble being sold during a fire sale but according to Chrysler the business couldn’t even muster up offers of $10 million. Reports last month that only one offer was made for the Viper business has...

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    Fiat-Chrysler deal official, Marchionne takes helm as CEO

    After a dramatic courtship, government intervention and the odd Supreme Court order, Fiat and Chrysler have finally tied the knot. The new 'global strategic alliance' expands Fiat's reach back into the U.S., while offering the 'new' Chrysler - which is already in operation - the support it needs to...

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    U.S. Air Force shows off high-tech supercar duo

    In what could be one of the most bizarre ways to spend our tax dollars, the U.S. Air Force has commissioned the design and construction of two highly-customized cars using Air Force technology. Before you start questioning why the Air Force would need a pair of custom cars, they were developed as...

  • Cervini Auto Design Shaker Hood

    New Jersey’s Cervini Auto Designs has just unveiled its latest modification for the Dodge Challenger - a custom ‘shaker hood’ system that helps give the car a more muscle feel, as well as proving functional by increasing airflow to the engine. The new system actually consists of two parts, including a pre-cut hood and the 'shaker scoop' itself. The hood is constructed from fiberglass and as it has already been cut by Cervini to accommodate the scoop there shouldn't be any issues with bolting the individual parts to the Challenger’s body. Once in place, a K&N air filter...

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    Chrysler unveils $448 million electric vehicle plan

    Chrysler today submitted three proposals outlining a $448-million plan to the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) in order to rapidly bring electric vehicles (EV) and plug-in hybrid models to market. The proposals were submitted in order to receive two initiatives established by the DOE - the Electric...

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    Mopar cuts sponsorship ties with champion drifter Sam Hubinette

    Chrysler's in-house accessories division Mopar has been sponsoring champion drifter Sam Hubinette for a number of years now, including for this year’s 2009 Formula Drift series where he is competing in a highly modified Dodge Challenger. Unfortunately, the relationship will be ending soon due...

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    Report: Chrysler to offer $1,000 certificates to all existing customers

    As bankruptcy thrashes Chrysler vehicles' resale value the company is pulling out all the stops to keep sales up until it can emerge and join forces with Fiat. To help get feet on the floors of its remaining dealerships, the company is now reportedly getting ready to send out $1,000 certificates...

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    Chrysler may still build Nissan’s redesigned Titan pickup

    Before Chrysler was ever involved in alliance dealings with Fiat, the Auburn Hills-based carmaker was already tied with Nissan over several platform swapping and production sharing deals. In February of this year, however, plans for Nissan to build a Chrysler compact car based on its Versa in...

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    Chrysler resale values down 6% in a week as uncertainty rules the day

    It's simple math: carmaker plus bankruptcy equals uncertainty and lower resale values. But Chrysler owners are feeling the bite of that equation as the value of their vehicles dropped 6% on average in a single week. In the week after Chrysler filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, owners of...

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