Muscle Cars
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If there's a will, there's a way, we suppose. Dealerships have found a way around Dodge's price-gouging prevention plan for the 2018 Challenger SRT Demon, and it still ensures cars aren't sold with enormous markups: auctions. No, dealers aren't auctioning off the cars themselves, but they're using eBay to auction off the rights to purchase a Demon at a later date. Many dealers are taking the vehicles allocated by Fiat Chrysler Automobiles and letting customers decide how badly they want one of the 3,000 840-horsepower muscle cars, and so far it's working in dealers' favor. Automotive News...
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Ford GT40 teaches Dodge Hellcat a thing or two about racingThough a Ford GT40 replica isn't exactly the Dodge Charger SRT Hellcat's grandfather, the stately elder and the rorty modern muscle machine recently met. If only the two cars could actually talk to one another. The meet-n-greet was captured by the folks at 1320video on YouTube. This latest video is...
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2018 Dodge Durango SRT first drive review: Challenger's attitude
A Dodge Durango might be one of the last vehicles you'd want to drive on an angry lap of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway's in-field road course. It's a 3-row crossover SUV, designed for school runs rather than running down the front straight. And yet, I'm doing just that, thundering (the wrong way)...
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2018 Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat Widebody first drive review: big looks, incremental improvements
The Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat is very, very fast. The Dodge Challenger SRT Demon is even faster. So naturally, rather than calling it a job very well done, Dodge is introducing a middle child, blending the looks of the Demon with the standard Hellcat's powertrain and attaching much larger...
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2018 Dodge Demon first drive review: Hellcat for real sinners
Americans love excess, noise, and bombast, and the 2018 Dodge Challenger SRT Demon is as excessive, noisy, and bombastic as a car can get. But the ultimate Challenger is also a stunning piece of engineering, capable of nearly effortless straight-line performance unlike any car to ever carry a...
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SpeedKore will dress your Ford Mustang in carbon fiber for about $70K
SpeedKore Performance Group of Grafton, Wisconsin is in the business of churning out wild muscle cars. Who could forget the company’s insane 1970 Dodge Charger? Nicknamed the Tantrum, the old-school muscle car came with a 9.0-liter Mercury Marine racing engine turbocharged to the tune of...
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Machinery used to build some legendary muscle cars, including the Chevrolet SS, is up for sale. The machinery is located in the vehicle plant of General Motors’ Australian division, Holden, which is set to close its doors for good in October. GM has teamed up with Maynards, an expert at offloading industrial equipment, to sell the items and will start accepting bids on August 18. There are numerous items including plastic injection molding machines, various types of presses, 5-axis million machines, welding machines, assembly robots, raw material storage silos, and much more. Most of...
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Owe someone a 10-second Mustang? Ohio dealer will sell you one for $60K
$60,000 can buy plenty of cars, but will such a sum normally afford a car capable of 10.0-second quarter-mile times? Probably not. Lebanon Ford of Ohio is offering a solution to the dilemma, however. The famous Ford dealership is back after revealing its crazy-cheap 1,200-horsepower Mustang GT and...
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2018 Dodge Durango SRT: 475-horsepower, 3-row SUV starts at $64,090
The Dodge Durango receives the SRT treatment for 2018. No, the new Durango SRT doesn't receive the Hellcat 6.2-liter supercharged V-8, but it’s naturally aspirated 6.4-liter engine still offers more grunt than any 3-row SUV should ever need. It’s offering 475 horsepower and 470...
Viknesh Vijayenthiran -
Zarooq ready to start production of 525-horsepower SandRacer
Dubai-based Zarooq came out in 2015 with its Rally Fighter-esque SandRacer high-speed off-roader. Since then the company has been developing the car, and on Tuesday it announced that the final design and specifications have been locked in and that production will soon start. The ethos of the...
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Lamborghini Centerario and Ford Mustang Shelby GT350R sound off in rev battle
"Look, they're rev-dance fighting," said the crowd of onlookers. That phrase sounds quite stupid, but it doesn't sound as stupid when you listen to the actual noise being created by a pair of interesting machines. In one corner, we have a Ford Mustang Shelby GT350R that reportedly has a few mods up...
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2018 Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat gets Demon’s wide-body look
With only 3,300 destined to be built, the chances of you getting your hands on a 2018 Dodge Challenger SRT Demon are slim, even if you can afford the car’s $86,090 price tag. The good news is that you’ll be able to get the Demon’s sexy wide-body look on a new Challenger SRT...
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Barrett-Jackson and Prestone are taking on a rarity from Chevrolet. The auction house and Prestone have teamed up to restore and auction off a 1987 Chevrolet Monte Carlo SS Aerocoupe. What's so special about the Monte Carlo Aerocoupe? The design actually has quite a bit of thought behind it. In the 1980s, Chevrolet realized it needed to do more to make its NASCAR racer more competitive and to bring home wins on race day. The result was the Monte Carlo SS Aerocoupe. NASCAR homologation rules meant Chevrolet had to build at least 200 of them for the road. So, it's a pretty rare car...
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Dodge forbids you to drive the Demon when it’s colder than 15 degrees…using stock tires
It seems it’s not just dealers that must abide by strict rules regarding the 2018 Dodge Challenger SRT Demon. Customers, too, will need to agree to some rules in order to be allocated a build slot. Jalopnik has a copy of a three-page "Demon Disclosure Form" that Demon customers will have to...
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John Hennessey explains how to order an Exorcist Camaro ZL1
The term "muscle car" doesn't begin to describe what the Chevrolet Exorcist Camaro ZL1 is capable of. With 1,000 horsepower—959 hp at the rear wheels—the Exorcist Camaro should even give the 2018 Dodge Challenger SRT Demon a run for its money. So, how can you buy one? John Hennessey of...
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2018 Chevy Camaro ZL1 1LE laps the ‘Ring in 7:16.04
The days of singling out American muscle cars as hopeless handlers are well and truly over. Case in point is the performance of the 2018 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 1LE on what’s arguably the world’s toughest race track: the Nürburgring. The 650-horsepower Detroit special has lapped the...
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Fiat Chrysler renews Cuda trademark
Is Fiat Chrysler Automobiles about to resurrect the Cuda name for a modern-day muscle car? The folks at Allpar noticed that FCA renewed its trademark for “Cuda” with the United States Patent and Trademark Office on June 16. It follows the renewal by FCA of the trademark for...
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This is the letter Dodge sent to dealers explaining the Demon allocation process
Dodge on Tuesday revealed the allocation process for its 2018 Challenger SRT Demon which is due this fall and limited to just 3,300 examples in total. (There will be 3,000 for the United States with the remainder pegged for Canada.) In an effort to curb steep dealer markups, the order Dodge builds...
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The 2018 Dodge Challenger SRT Demon is easily one of the most anticipated cars of the year. It may even be one of the most anticipated cars of the decade. And with only 3,300 destined to be built, 3,000 for the United States and the rest for Canada, it’s a safe bet dealer markups will be steep. To help prevent this, Dodge will prioritize cars sold at or below MSRP, which in this case is $84,995. The final price for a Demon is $86,090 when you include the car’s $1,700 gas guzzler tax and $1,095 destination charge. What this means is that cars sold close to MSRP will be built and...
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2017 P-51 Mustang is Roush’s most powerful road car ever
It’s been almost a decade since Roush Performance unleashed its last P-51 Mustang. The wait has been well worth it as the tuner’s latest P-51 Mustang, unveiled on Friday, is the most powerful yet. Heck, it’s the most powerful road car Roush has ever launched. The car was previewed...
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2018 Mustang GT's tach reveals 7,500 rpm redline, expect horsepower bump
The Ford Mustang's receiving a heavy refresh for 2018 including updates to its design, tech, and powertrains, and now it appears we know the new, higher redline for the GT model powered by the 5.0-liter V-8. Thanks to a photo posted by Mustang6G (via CJ Pony Parts) of the 2018 Mustang's analog...
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John Hennessey tests his HPE850 Dodge Challenger Hellcat
Did you buy a Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat? Good for you! That means you have an entertaining 707-horsepower mean machine parked in your driveway. A question though, if we may. Do you ever wish you had more horsepower on tap?As you might expect, Hennessey Performance has a power package for you...
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Saleen builds a special Mustang to celebrate a championship win from 1987
Saleen hasn’t always been a manufacturer and tuner of high-performance cars. Back in 1986, just three years after the company was founded, Saleen entered the SCCA/Escort Endurance Championship with a version of its Saleen Mustang prepped for motorsport duty. One year later, Saleen took home...
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Vauxhall gets final run of VXR8 super sedans from Down Under
General Motors’ British outfit, Vauxhall, has received its last batch of VXR8 muscle sedans. The final version is the VXR8 GTSR, which is just a rebadged version of the GTSR from semi-official Holden tuner HSV. The GTSR is based on the VF-Series Holden Commodore, a version of which is sold...
Viknesh Vijayenthiran
