At the 2012 SEMA Show, Chrysler’s Dodge brand showed up with a whole lineup of Blacktop special-edition models for the Avenger, Challenger R/T and the Charger R/T models. “The Blacktop package on the Dodge Charger has proven to be a resounding success by combining a customized one-of-a-kind appearance with great value – a trademark of [...]
Chrysler has offered up a teaser for another model to join its lineup at the upcoming Sema show. Project Ultraviolet is the Dodge Challenger SRT8 to be crafted in a joint effort between Alan Palmer and comedian and Mopar enthusiast Jeff Dunham. In the recently released teaser video, SRT Head Designer Mark Trostle pays Dunham [...]
At the 7th annual Spring Festival of LXs, Dodge showed off the new 2012 Dodge Challenger Rallye Redline. “Infused with Dodge DNA, the new Challenger Rallye Redline adds even more excitement to our iconic muscle car, and to show our appreciation to our most hard-core enthusiasts, we revealed this new model at Spring Fest,” said Reid [...]
As American as The Star Spangled banner, the Dodge Challenger SRT8 392 Yellow Jacket edition aims to please and shock prospective muscle-car owners at this year’s LA Auto Show. Okay, lets get a couple issues out of the way: a Brit wrote the national anthem, the Dodge is made in Canada and even though it [...]
Ralph Gilles could be one of the coolest executives currently in the automobile industry. If you don’t know who this man is, he’s the CEO of Dodge’s and Chrysler’s SRT brand. From interviews, to press conferences, Gilles always appears to be very enthusiastic, passionate and just overall plain interesting whenever he discusses the products that [...]
Chrysler Group announced today that its newly formed Street and Racing Technology (SRT) Brand will be hitting the road with its first-ever, “SRT High Performance Tour,” featuring four drivers, four vehicles and a visit to more than 40 clubs and event over the next for months. The vehicles the SRT brand will be traveling with [...]
For the seventh consecutive year, Porsche is the highest-ranking nameplate in the 2011 APEAL Study by J.D. Power and Associates. Hyundai also improved from 2010 more than any other nameplate this year, while Jeep and Chrysler also improved considerably. BMW and Dodge each had three models each that received the segment-level awards. BMW models receiving awards [...]
In recent years, muscle car fans are having the time of their lives while they kick back and watch the Big 3 go at an outstanding horsepower war. Of course Dodge, unlike Ford and Chevrolet, has refrained from offering anything north of 550-hp… until now. Sources inside Dodge say that the newly-formed SRT brand is [...]
Ever end up with a boring rental – one that’s all about saving you gas, is compact enough to make you feel environmentally friendly and goes like a snail? Hertz has something that will get your adrenaline pumping. The rental car company today announced its Adrenaline Collection, that features “head-turning, heart-pumping specialty performance versions of [...]
As egmCarTech previously reported, May brought in some considerably low sales numbers for alternative-fuel vehicles, despite steadily climbing gas prices. Not only did conventionally powered cars outsell them, but American muscles cars saw better numbers, as well. The Chevorlet Camaro, which brought in the highest numbers of all the American muscle in May, the Ford [...]
