Dodge Celebrates four decades of Challenger’s Muscle-car heritage with limited-edition models

Two limited edition 2010 Dodge Challenger models will soon be available to Dodge fans and collectors to commemorate 40 years of Dodge Challenger performance; the 2010 Dodge Challenger R/T Classic and Challenger SRT8 Furious Fuchsia.

First thing you will notice is the Furious Fuchsia Pearl Coat exterior paint(one way to call a pink color).

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2010 Dodge Ram Heavy Duty pricing starts at $28,165

Chrysler has announced prices for the 2010 Dodge Ram Heavy Duty series. Cheapest model, the 2500 4X2 ST Regular Cab with the eight foot box, starts at $28,165, which is $1,970 cheaper than the 2009 model.

For the first time Ram Heavy Duty is also available with the Crew Cab. That’s not cheap if you compare it to the regular cab, but with 4×4 and more room it will surely get the work done. Pricing for the 2500 crew cab SLT 4×4 starts at $39,430.

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What if Dodge Viper had been designed in the 1960s?

Brazilian car and product designer Rafael Reston has created interesting renderings of a Dodge Viper if it had been designed in the 1960s.

Rafael says that the 1967 Dodge Viper Concept came from the idea of how the car would had been if it had appeared in the 60’s to compete with the Corvette of the time.

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Chrysler will stop building the PT Cruiser

Chrysler is in the worst financial situation of the Detroit 3. To cut more costs they will end the production of PT Cruiser and sell the equipment. Potential interested parties are Chinese Chery and Guangzhou. That would mean we will be seeing rebadged PT Cruisers driving around in China very soon.

According to Bloomberg, Chrysler LLC President Tom LaSorda said that the PT Cruiser will end production this summer.

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Chrysler at the Detroit Auto Show (live from Detroit)

Chrysler has two concept models in Detroit that we would love to see in production. One of them is the 200C EV and the second one is the Dodge Circuit EV. First one is a range-extended plug-in hybrid that will drive up to 40 miles on pure electric power.

Second one is the cool all-electric sports car based on Lotus Europa with a driving range of 150-200 miles. 0-60 mph takes less than 5 seconds and the top speed is over 120 mph ( 196 km/h).

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Truck of the year is Ford F-150 or Dodge Ram?

Today Ford sent out a press release where it stated that 2009 F-150 is named North American Truck of the Year at the North American International Auto Show (NAIAS).

Even though it is the weekend, Chrysler’s PR was not at home sleeping as they had sent out a press release earlier where they were happy about the 2009 Dodge Ram, that earned the 2009 International Truck of the Year, awarded by International Car of the Year (ICOTY) jurors. The Dodge Ram beat the new 2009 Ford F-150 and Subaru Forester for top honors.

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Chrysler bringing 4-Seat Dodge EV to Detroit

Rumor has it that Chrysler could be bringing a new Dodge EV to the Detroit Auto Show. While details are still sketchy, we’ve been told that it will be a new four seat model based off of a Lotus platform.

It’s likely that the new Dodge EV will be based on the Lotus Evora and will feature more than just a badge swap this time around, though we’re not sure how much of a re-style it’ll receive.

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VIDEO: 2009 Dodge Challenger SRT10 Concept

We brought you first details on the Challenger SRT10 Concept few weeks ago. What we have here is a cool video of the Challenger SRT10.

Power for the 2009 Dodge Challenger SRT10 Concept comes from the Dodge Viper 8.4-liter, all-aluminum V-10 engine with 600 horsepower and 560 lb. ft. of torque.

The Dodge Challenger SRT10 Concept includes a fresh coat of Tornado Red paint with a carbon-fiber deck lid and hood. Brakes have been upgraded and BILSTEIN® shocks at all four corners improve handling balance. The interior boasts sport seats and carbon-fiber accents throughout and, of course, true to the Viper-powered vehicle lineage, a red engine start push-button in the dash.

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SEMA 2008: Dodge Challenger Convertible with 560 hp

As Dodge for some unknown reasons doesn’t offer a convertible version of the Challenger it is still possible to get one.

Florida based company Coach Builders Ltd. is known for its convertible conversions of four door sedans such as Chrysler 300C and Cadillac CTS. Their latest work is a customized soft-top Dodge Challenger SRT8 with a Vortech supercharger that boosts the 6.1-liter Hemi power output to 560 hp.

Challenger SRT8 Convertible rides lower thanks to a KW coil-over suspension kit and massive 22-inch Foose alloy wheels.

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SEMA preview: Dodge Challenger SRT10 Concept

The Challenger has been on sale for a while now and different tuners have already worked on it. The meanest one we have seen is the Hennessey tune SRT600 Turbo. Now Dodge will bring the Viper powered Challenger to this year’s SEMA.

Power for the 2009 Dodge Challenger SRT10 Concept comes from the Dodge Viper 8.4-liter, all-aluminum V-10 engine with 600 horsepower and 560 lb. ft. of torque.

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Force Performance builds a two-door TriCharger

When Dodge introduced the new Charger concept in 1999 lot of people were disappointed that the modern day Charger had 2 additional doors. Classic Charger form the late 60s and early 70s is still known as a true American muscle car. So a four-door Charger was not what most Dodge fans really wanted.

Today the four-door Charger sells quit well, but still there are people who think the Charger name should not be on a four-door car.

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SMS 570 & 570X Challenger new details and base price announced

Steve Saleen and his company SMS are well on the way to production with the first vehicle in the line of Signature Series ultra-high performance vehicles.

The SMS 570 Challenger will be the first vehicle with a host of aesthetic and functional innovations including the patented SMS Red Butterfly Induction™ hood and a full compliment of SMS ultra-high performance components including: drivetrain, suspension, aerodynamics, tires, wheels and interior.

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Kuwait to take delivery of Dodge Charger police cars

Car sales are not going uphill and it is always good news if someone, in this case another goverment comes and orders 150 cars.

A Kuwaiti delegation visited the U.S. to inspect and approve the upfitting of 150 Dodge Charger police vehicles purchased by the Ministry of Interior. Selection of the 2008 Dodge Chargers was a natural choice; Charger is the number one volume vehicle for Chrysler LLC in the Middle East.

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Dodge Viper ACR laps Nürburgring faster than the ZR1 (Video)

Chrysler has big plans on selling the Viper brand. Bad timing I guess as the Viper seems to be more of a supercar than we all thought.

Motor Trend took the Dodge Viper ACR, added there a Racetech seat with a six-point harness and the rest of the car stayed factory spec fitted with the Hard Core package. Hard Core package sheds around 40 pounds of the curb weight.

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Chrysler LLC considers selling the Viper

GM is trying to sell the Hummer brand. Now Chrysler is planning to sell the Dodge Viper business. The sale would include Viper not other Dodge models. Dodge Viper is a modern American muscle car icon. Viper is a V10-powered sports car currently manufactured by the Dodge division of Chrysler LLC.

Production of the two seat sports car began at New Mack Assembly in 1992 and moved to its current home at Conner Avenue Assembly in October 1995.

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