Category Archive: Car Features, MOPAR
This Magnum Is The Result Of Many Friends And The Call For More Speed – Meet The Badwagon
I watched the scene unfold every pass during ChallengerFest 6’s race day: the black 2005 Dodge Magnum would do its burnout, stage, make its run and then pull off into the pits. There, vehicle...
Unhinged: The Advertisements For The Jeep Renegade Are Out, And They Suck As Much As We Hoped They Wouldn’t
I have been actively forcing myself to find something, anything, about the Jeep Renegade to like. No, seriously, I have…it’s a challenge for me. Very few cars are on my list of vehicles...
This Look Back At A Road Test Of A 1993 Dodge Viper RT/10 Shows How Much Our Standards Have Changed In The Last Few Decades
When Dodge actually started selling Vipers in January, 1992, the world sat up and took notice. Dodge, who up to that point had been awash in K-cars and minivans, hadn’t been doing so well. The...
Rough Start: Screw The Budget, Somebody Go Save This 440/4-speed 1976 New Yorker!
It’s big by huge, fitted with two whorehouse red sofas that a six-footer could sleep on comfortably, and it’s got a third pedal and a big block. That should make quite a few of you sit up...
Question Of The Day: How Many Versions Of The Dodge Challenger Are There?
The name of a car can make or break it, and Dodge struck gold when they thought up “Challenger”. The name is tough…you picture the up-and-coming, ready to knock the current champion...
This e85-Converted Hellcat Laid Down 753 HP and 670 Ft/Lbs of Torque At The Wheels!
You’d think 700-plus horsepower would be more than enough for most people. You’d think so, but if that number is stock, it’s safe to assume that someone, somewhere will try to eek...
EVENT GALLERY: ChallengerFest6’s Race Day – Lots Of Thundering Elephants And Screaming Hellcats!
The Friday night parking lot car show for ChallengerFest 6 was a nice and relaxing afternoon and evening filled with barbecue and camaraderie. Saturday’s racing at Beech Bend Raceway was really...
Caption This: A V6-powered Chrysler Against A Charger Hellcat? How Is That A Fair Fight?
David, meet Goliath. In the right lane is a Chrysler 300. It’s a silver beauty with a V6 and the new eight-speed TorqueFlite transmission, and is dead stock. The air conditioning is cold, there...
Roadkill! Dodge Has Sponsored The Misfits And Entrusted Them With Two Hellcats And A Viper – Carnage Ensues!
Ever since Freiburger and Finnegan started teasing out info that involved Roadkill, Dodge and something involving Hellcats and a Viper, lots of people have been waiting with baited breath to see just...
Event Gallery: ChallengerFest 6’s Show Night In Bowling Green – From Mild To Wild, Plenty Of Late-Model Mopars To Check Out
ChallengerFest may have started out as one gearhead’s nod of appreciation to his car, but in six short years it’s grown to an international affair and the way “Speedy” handles...
Check Out This Footage FCA Released Of The 2015 Easter Jeep Safari Concept Vehicles Playing At Moab!
For years now, Jeep puts together some excellent concept vehicles, hauls them out to Moab, and in the spirit of marketing and having fun, takes them out onto the trail during the Easter Jeep Safari....
Did Somebody Say “Dino”? FCA Confirms New Engines For Alfa Romeo, Including A Ferrari-Designed V6
Ferrari is known for their riotous V8s and screaming V12s, but the Dino V6 has plenty of racing credibility of it’s own, finding homes in the Dino 206 and 246 and most notably, the Lancia...
Does A Car Reflect A Personality Or A Culture? In The Case Of This Black Dart, It Does Both
Geoff Gates’ Dodge Dart is a sinister-looking beast, isn’t it? Black inside, black outside, and it even has California black plates on it. It’s a mean-looking Dart, one that’s...
Burnout Monday: The “Mad Matt” Chrysler 300 SRT-8, Complete With Emissions-Legal 6-71 Supercharged 6.1L Hemi
In the matter of the last two weeks, this car has been sent to me as a suggestion nineteen times. Pictures from the 2015 Spring Festival from various angles showed the same thing: a murdered-out 2006...