Archive for Category: "Dodge"

2013 Dodge Dart

2013 Dodge Dart

In 2011, Chrysler LLC put the compact Dodge Caliber to bed with no intention of waking it up.  The hatchback/wagon/crossover love child was, admittedly, not the best car on the market and the company’s new boss, Sergio Marchionne, felt it was time for a change.  Due to Chrysler’s Fiat ownership, a chance for a new compact [...]

Dodge Dart helps to bring 1,800 new jobs to IL

Dodge Dart helps to bring 1,800 new jobs to IL

There was much celebration in Illinois today as Chrylser Group LLC announced the addition of 1,800 jobs to its Belvidere Assembly Plant. Chairman and CEO Sergio Marchionne was on hand to share the good news announcing the addition of a third shift as well as a $700 million total investment in the body shop. As [...]

Edmunds Gives The Dodge Charger Its Breakthrough Technology Award

Edmunds Gives The Dodge Charger Its Breakthrough Technology Award

With full size seating, a nostalgia-filled body, up to 31 mpg or 470 horsepower, the 2012 Dodge Charger is the type of car that Detroit can be proud of.  To accompany sentiment and power is a wealth of innovative features; so much so that Edmunds.com has given the full-bodied sedan its 2012 Breakthrough Technology Award.  [...]

Could The Next Dakota Go Unibody?

Could The Next Dakota Go Unibody?

The Dodge Dakota always carried with it a brawny demeanor, even all the way up to its final model year.  Now that the biggest midsize pickup is gone from Chrysler’s line up, there are plans for the next iteration.  Fiat’s purchase of Chrysler has been rather beneficial for the company as sales have increased and [...]

Dodge Waves Goodbye to The Caliber

Dodge Waves Goodbye to The Caliber

It has only been a couple of years since Chrysler LLC entered into its rebirth period fueled by the fire of Fiat, but they are already cleaning house.  Now officially thrown away is the brand’s smallest offering, the Caliber.  The compact front wheel drive hatchback/wagon was one of the last vehicles to carry with it [...]

Chrysler Gets Ready For The Next Viper

Chrysler Gets Ready For The Next Viper

It is official: when the 2013 model year comes around, the supercar world will be once again scared of Detroit.  The brutal and record killer monster known as the Viper will be making its return and Chrysler LLC is getting ready.  The former home of the snake, the Connor Avenue Assembly Plant, will reopen for [...]

2013 Dodge Viper To Debut at New York Auto Show

2013 Dodge Viper To Debut at New York Auto Show

In April 2012, the New York Auto Show should be the public’s first official glimpse into the next brutal Mopar monster.  Since it bowed out in 2010, the Dodge Viper has still been managing to break hearts and records, recapturing the Nürburgring production car record in September.  Rumors about how and what the next Viper will be [...]

Mopar’s V10 Wins Its Baja Debut

Mopar’s V10 Wins Its Baja Debut

In the very recent past, Chrysler and Mopar announced that their knuckle-dragging gem, the big-bore V10, would be offered as a crate engine.  The plan was to have two versions: one for drag racing and another for off road use.  On November 18, the off road version made its debut under the hood of a Class 8 Baja [...]

Mopar To Offer Viper V10 Crate Engine

Mopar To Offer Viper V10 Crate Engine

The next generation of Chrysler LLC’s ultimate super car/track rat-the Dodge Viper-is still at the least a year away.  Since it made its final bow in 2010, there has been a void left behind for those seeking the brutality accompanied by its massive V10 engine.  Fortunately, the company’s in-house performance and tuning shop, Mopar, will soon [...]

Ram Outdoorsman To Get Its Own Show

Ram Outdoorsman To Get Its Own Show

Orion Entertainment’s soon-to-be renamed NBC Sports Network (currently VERSUS) will soon be getting a healthy dose of Mopar muscle.  Launching in the fall of 2012 will be an all-new series entitled Ram Outdoorsman with the star being just that: the do-anything version of Chrysler’s truck.  The series will concentrate of North America’s highest ranking spots [...]

 
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