Dodge Vipers make a comeback
Chrysler Group LLC announced today that it will reopen its Conner Avenue Assembly Plant in Detroit for the production of the next generation SRT Viper. With the plant’s reopening, nearly 150 jobs, both hourly and salaried, will return to the city of Detroit. The Conner facility was idled when production of...
Car of the Week: 1974 Dodge ‘Hang 10’ Dart
Never heard of a “Hang 10” Dart, Hodaddy? Don’t feel bad, they were scarce back in 1974 and ’75 when they were coming off the Dodge assembly line, and they’re really hard to spot today.
Car of the Week: 1936 Dodge touring sedan
Stu Nelson’s 1936 Dodge touring sedan is a real show-stopper and proves that in the right hands, a “low-budget” Dodge can do a pretty good imitation of a luxury car.
‘First funny car’ 1964 Dodge Charger to hit block
A 1964 Dodge Charger? Believe it. Dodge didn’t shake the earth with the Charger model name on a production car until 1966, of course, but there were earlier rumblings with the name. In 1964, Dodge built an open-cockpit Charger show car based on the 1964 Polara/440/330 platform. That same year, three...
Car of the Week: 1947 Dodge business coupe
The last thing Rick Boldrin figured he’d be ordering for dessert when he took his wife out for lunch was an 1947 Dodge business coupe. But when you’re a car nut and your wife shocks you by telling you she’d prefer the old car rather than the pie and ice cream,...
Car ‘Beauties and Beasts’ at AutoFair
Best and worst autos at the April 7-10, 2011, Food Lion AutoFair at Charlotte Motor Speedway.
Ram 1500 gets Hurst treatment in 2011 Hurst Hemi Hauler
There’s a long lineage of hairy Dodge haulers, going back to the 1964-’66 D-100 Custom Sports Special with a 365-hp, 426-cid wedge V-8 through the Li’l Red Express and Warlock stepsides of the late 1970s to the Shelby Dakotas of the 1980s and Ram SSTs and Dakota R/T’s of the 1990s....
Car of the Week: 1969 Dodge Charger R/T
Louis Barrie's dream car didn't arrive as he had dreamt – the body was off the car, in a state of partial restoration, while most of the rest of the car was in boxes. But it was a 1969 Dodge Charger R/T, and Barrie had wanted one for as long as...
Car of the Week: 1973 Dodge Charger SE
Sometimes, it seems that the decision to buy a collector car has someone already been determined for us. Occasionally, all the stars just seem to line up, all the green lights come on, and all the excuses and reservations just fade away. Dave and Pam Rick enjoyed one of those “no-brainer”...