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It's halftime in America

Video: Chrysler airs ‘It’s halftime in America’ commercial during Super Bowl XLVI

Right before the second half of Super Bowl XLVI kicked off, Chrysler Group LLC aired its much anticipated commercial. Titles ‘It’s Halftime in America,’ the ad featured none other than Clint Eastwood talking about the hard time the United States is going through. “It’s halftime in America, too,” Eastwood said in the commercial. “People are [...]

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2013 Dodge Dart

Report: 2014 Dodge Dart SRT4 to pump out close to 300-hp

The well-received, recent release of the Dodge Dart already has a variant underway to follow it up for the SRT4 performance version. No details or specs have been released for the SRT4 yet, but some solid theories can be made on what the SRT team has in store. Given the Dart’s platform is rooted in [...]

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2013 Dodge Dart GTS 210

2013 Dodge Dart GTS by Mopar gets 210-hp

Today at its engineering lab in Center Line, Mich., Mopar celebrated its 75th Anniversary and revealed four custom vehicles – one being this Dodge Dart GTS 210 Tribute. The model will be available this fall as stage kits from the Mopar catalog. If you ever wondered if Dodge will ever do an SRT version of [...]

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Chrysler Pentastar V6 Engine

Chrysler’s Pentastar V6 engine hits one millionth milestone

Just a year and a half after entering production, the Chrysler Group LLC Pentastar V6 engine has reached its one millionth production output. The engine is standard on the Jeep Grand Cherokee and is also available in 11 vehicles across the Chrysler, Dodge and Jeep lineups with front, rear and all-wheel-drive configurations. “The Pentastar engine [...]

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CARandDRIVER Lightning Lap

Video: CARandDRIVER’s annual Lightning Lap returns, features hot SUVs for the first time

Car and Driver loves doing special features. So they’re back with their latest one for the 2012-year: the annual Lightning Lap. The competition is to compare some of the most critically acclaimed cars as of recent. Taking place at Virginia’s International Raceway, the C/D team will compare a series of cars organized in various price [...]

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2013 Viper Teaser

Report: Dodge SRT to tease 2013 Viper on Facebook

Pending 10,000 likes on Facebook, Chrysler’s SRT group has promised to release a teaser of its upcoming 2013 Viper. Since the Viper page is already passed the 10,000 likes, well before its February 1 deadline, rest assured the pics are coming at Midnight on Monday. No details have been released on the new Viper yet, [...]

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2012 Dodge Ram Laramie Limited Interior

Dodge adds new luxury Laramie Limited spec to Ram pickup line

Dodge is upping the ante with their Ram Truck pickup lineup by adding a new luxury model: the Ram Laramie Limited. “The Ram Truck brand’s greatest strengths are our commitment to listen to customers and to understand what motivates them,” said Fred Diaz, President and CEO, Ram Truck Brand. “We’ve successfully added Ram truck models [...]

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2013 Dodge Dart

Report: Dodge Dart platform to underpin future Chrysler Group vehicles

For the 2013 model year, a new Dodge Avenger, Jeep Comapss and Liberty, and a Chrysler 200 all have new versions being released. It has recently been released that they will all be sharing the underpinning of the 2013 Dodge Dart Compact U.S. Wide platform. The CUSW platform is actually a bigger version of the [...]

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2013 Dodge Dart

Report: Hyundai to supply 6-speed automatic for 2013 Dodge Dart

It has recently been confirmed by Hyundai Motor America CEO John Krafcik that the automaker will be supplying Chrysler with the six-speed automatic transmissions for the upcoming Dodge Dart. Check out the Dodge Dart minisite. Given that the 2.0 and 2.4 liter engines the Dart uses are the same displacement as those used in the Hyundai [...]

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Dodge Dakota

Report: Chrysler working on new Dakota, diesel a possibility

Recently we mentioned a diesel powered Jeep Grand Cherokee for the US, it looks like the same diesel powertrain might be making its way into another mule: the new Dodge Dakota. Chrysler’s chief, Sergio Marchionne said that the company is planning on a new Dakota pickup and that there is a “better than 50 percent [...]

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