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NewsSRT is No More, But Here's Why It Might Actually Be Good News
While Stellantis CEO Carlos Tavares says he wants to give all 14 FCA-PSA brands a chance to shine going forward, it’s the opposite for the Street and Racing Technology (SRT) performance division. Mopar Insiders has received confirmation from a Stellantis spokesperson that the SRT team is being disbanded, putting an …
NewsCarbon Fibre-bodied 1970 Dodge Charger With 1,000 Hp Raises Hell
Imagine the things you could do with Mopar's almighty 7.0-litre “Hellephant” V8 engine. SpeedKore, a Wisconsin-based tuner, had this wicked idea to stuff it in a 1970 Dodge Charger wrapped in a slick carbon fibre body. The magnificent yet sinister-looking one-off build even has a nickname: Hellraiser. The vehicle was …
NewsDodge Admits Muscle Cars Have an Electric Future
Can you hear that? That’s the bell tolling for the combustion engine. And naturally, big, gas-guzzling V8s will be among the first to go, which is bad news for certain car brands in particular. Dodge is one of them. It now has just three models, all of which are focused …
NewsDodge Brings Back Gold Rush Challenger for 2021
One of the cool things about the Dodge Challenger —beyond the muscle and performance, of course—is the ability for customers to choose from a wide selection of colours. Great news: for 2021, the brand has decided to bring back the Gold Rush option first introduced last year on the 50th …
BuzzA Collection of Cars From “Fast and Furious” Hides in Edmonton
Many car and tuning enthusiasts are also fans of the Fast and Furious movies, but certainly not as much as the man in Edmonton who owns a stunning collection of 24 replicas from the popular franchise. While the location remains a secret, the team from the YouTube channel Roads Untraveled …
NewsDodge’s 807-hp Supercharged V8 Now Available as Crate Engine
The same day Dodge is opening orders for the all-new, 710-horsepower Durango Hellcat priced at $114,345, another FCA announcement caught our attention and inevitably performance and tuning enthusiasts will also take note. Via the automaker’s Mopar division, we’ve just learned the 807-horsepower version of the supercharged 6.2-litre V8 is now …
NewsFCA to Invest $1.3B to Built Electrified Vehicles in Ontario
FCA plans to invest $1.35-$1.5 billion to launch a new platform at the Windsor Assembly Plant in Ontario in order to build plug-in hybrid and/or fully electric vehicles starting in 2023-2024, according to Unifor. The announcement came on Thursday following a tentative deal on a new three-year contract between the …
NewsDodge Improves Charger and Durango Enforcer Vehicles for 2021
Dodge has announced its new 2021 Charger and Durango Enforcer vehicles designed to help police across North America enforce law and order more effectively. The promise is enhanced officer safety, vehicle responsiveness and fuel efficiency. Let’s start with the Charger Enforcer, which no longer settles for the HEMI V8 and …
NewsCanadian Auto Workers Vote to Strike GM, Ford, FCA
About 17,000 Canadian auto workers represented by Unifor today voted in favour of a strike should negotiations with Detroit’s Big Three fail three weeks from now. A strike was authorized by 98.4 percent of Fiat Chrysler Automobiles , 96.4 percent of Ford workers and 95.3 percent of those at General …
NewsThese are the Most Appealing Makes and Models of 2020
After publishing its 2020 Initial Quality Study a few weeks ago (surprisingly led by Dodge in a tie with Kia ), J.D. Power is now revealing the brands and models consumers find the most appealing and exciting this year. The APEAL Study (Automotive Performance, Execution and Layout) is based on …
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