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Click above for high-res gallery of the 2008 Dodge Challenger SRT8It's been less than a month since Dodge officially took the wraps off the Challenger SRT8, and horsepower fanatic John Hennessey already has a performance package available called the SRT700 that will have muscle car fans tingling wit......
Spy Shots: Chevy Camaro SS spotted
Monday, March 17th, 2008
Dodge is launching the SRT-8 model of the Challenger first. There's a head-spinning amount of variations on the Mustang GT theme. GM's not going to be left in the dust by the real-life rehashing of the late 1960s. An eagle-eyed member of the Camaro5 forums spotted an unusually dressed Zeta Camaro pr......
Transformers 2 is so on for June 2009, Michael Bay countdown clock confirms
Thursday, March 13th, 2008
OK, we admit it. We went a little bit overboard in the six months (maybe a year) leading up the Transformers movie. It's hard for us not to love a movie that includes a Mustang vs. Camaro battle scene and a seriously bad-ass Optimus Prime. If you were with (the few of -Ed.) us panging in anticipatio......
Dodge Challenger #43 brings $228K at auction
Wednesday, March 12th, 2008
Click image to enlargeThe first Challenger fetched $400,000 at Barrett-Jackson, and now #43 has managed to sell on eBay for a whopping $228,143.43. Of course #43 is no run-of-the-mill Challenger, as it's the only one (or, the only '08 model, at least) finished in B5 Blue paint, in a nod to "The King......
eBay Find Of The Day: Challenger wagon
Wednesday, March 12th, 2008
It's always dangerous to get excited about a car that looks halfway decent in pictures. This creative body project that was born from a very rare 1971 Dodge Challenger R/T SE is just such a car. Yes, the value of this car has been pretty well erased by the addition of an Oldsmobile Vista Cruiser roo......
The end of the muscle car, yet again?
Sunday, December 9th, 2007
We've heard this tune before. Automakers have pushed vehicles to the zenith of attainable on-road performance, with even family vehicles being outfitted with fire-breathing engines. Anything you buy today will run rings around the performance cars of yore. Boomers may get misty-eyed about how great ......
Pininfarina-designed speedboats launch in Miami
Saturday, December 8th, 2007
With LA, Detroit and Chicago now behind us and the shows in Geneva and New York coming up, it seems like a good time to take a swing on down to Florida, where the Miami International Boat Show opens today. The show is a great spectacle for anyone with even a little saltwater mixed in with the octan......
REPORT: 2008 Dodge Challenger SRT8 not sold out, but bring your wallet
Sunday, December 2nd, 2007
click above for more high-res live shots of the 2008 Dodge Challenger SRT8If you're still jonesing for a 2008 Dodge Challenger SRT8, there may still be time to buy one. Frank Klegon, VP of product development for Chrysler, told Kicking Tires at the Chicago Auto Show this week that 4,300 Challengers ......
VIDEO: Dodge Challenger romping in the desert
Saturday, December 1st, 2007
Chrysler has released some video of the Challenger zooming around on some desert tarmac. We think that this video is from the same shoot that produced the teaser pics we all salivated over before the Challenger was officially unveiled. With that, on to the video, after the jump. Hit the gallery for ......
Surprise! Dodge Challenger convertible planned
Saturday, December 1st, 2007
Click above for a high-res gallery of the Dodge Challenger.During yesterday's unveiling of the Dodge Challenger, Chrysler's Vice Chairman, Jim Press, confirmed what we've already known; that Dodge expects to sell between 20,000 and 30,000 Challengers a year once production goes full-bore. All 6,400 ......