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Chrysler Recalls 2013 Dodge Challengers V-6 Due To Fire Risk

Chrysler Recalls 2013 Dodge Challengers V-6 Due To Fire Risk

Chrysler is recalling about 2,500 model-year 2013 Dodge Challengers to address a potential short-circuit that could cause a wire harness to overheat and possibly lead to fire. The recall affects 2013 Dodge Challengers assembled with V-6 engines during an eight-week period ending Jan. 24, 2013. The company said in a statement that it is aware [...]

Dodge Dart Gets Limited-Run Mopar Treatment for 2013

Dodge Dart Gets Limited-Run Mopar Treatment for 2013

The folks at Dodge are letting their Mopar friends do something a little special for a few lucky Dodge Darts in 2013. A very limited production run of 500 Darts will get some selected Mopar goodies that not only add exclusivity, but speed, handling, and handsome looks. The Mopar Dodge Dart is still powered by [...]

2013 Dodge Charger Daytona: Bad Boy In Blue

2013 Dodge Charger Daytona: Bad Boy In Blue

The Dodge Charger Daytona is one of the highlights of Mopar past, and Dodge has decided to resurrect that past with the new 2013 Dodge Charger Daytona. This Daytona Blue beast features a Hemi V8 with 370 horsepower and 395 lb/ft of twist, all hidden under a matching blue engine cover. The exterior sees the addition of [...]

Dodge Makes Sure Their Staff Understand The Dart

Dodge Makes Sure Their Staff Understand The Dart

Manufacturers spend countless hours and numerous dollars showcasing new products to the public and sometimes, a rather important group of folks get left out of the information.  In order to make sure their staff knows and understands the all-new 2013 Dart, Dodge has issued a little challenge.  A part of the continual nation-wide presentational drives, [...]

Dodge to Offer AWD on The Charger Pursuit

Dodge to Offer AWD on The Charger Pursuit

Police officers around the nation have spoken and Chrysler LLC has actually listened.  Because of customer demand and the automaker’s Police Advisory Board, the Dodge Charger Pursuit will soon be available with all wheel drive.  Not only will the system be paired to the brawny 5.7 liter HEMI V8, but it might just be the most [...]

Digging Into The Dart’s Tigershark Engines

Digging Into The Dart’s Tigershark Engines

In just ninety-five weeks, Chrysler Group LLC engineers put together an all-new family line of engines.  Named the Tigershark, the four cylinder has made its debut under the hood of the 2013 Dodge Dart in either 2.0 or 2.4 liter form.  In what was the shortest interval between program approval and product launch, Chrysler managed to produce what they are [...]

Happy Birthday Mopar

Happy Birthday Mopar

Seventy five years ago, a name was put into place that would change the automotive industry in a big way.  After the Chrysler Parts Corporation’s Activities Council met in Highland Park, Michigan in 1937, the word “Mopar” was slapped on the side of some company-backed antifreeze.  Fast forward to today and those five little letters mean big, [...]

Dodge Recalls The Durango

Dodge Recalls The Durango

A select grouping of Dodge Durango SUVs will soon be voluntarily recalled due to airbag issues.  The occupant restraint control modules are to blame as Chrysler LLC produces units for both five and seven passenger vehicles.  Given that the Durango is a third row hauler, one could easily fancy a guess as to what the problem actually is.  On [...]

Dodge To Depart From NASCAR

Dodge To Depart From NASCAR

It is official: after the 2012 season, a Mopar powered legend will withdraw from America’s motorsport.  At the conclusion of this year’s running, Dodge will stop its NASCAR efforts in both the Spring Cup and Nationwide classes.  The announcement was made by Mr. SRT himself, Ralph Gilles, who stressed that the decision was not the easiest to [...]

Michigan To Get Its First Taste of The Dodge Dart

Michigan To Get Its First Taste of The Dodge Dart

By the end of June, the latest vehicle to come out of the Dodge house will be available at dealerships across Michigan.  The first official batch of 2013 Dart sedans are ready for action and are making their way off the assembly line floor.  In order for the first-run cars to find their respective homes, [...]

 
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