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The Chevrolet Camaro beat the Ford Mustang and the Dodge Challenger in the October 2017 sales race, beating the cross-town rivals for the 2nd month in a row – but the Mustang still leads the annual sales race by a massive margin.

One of the most unique Mopar muscle cars at the 2017 SEMA Show is the Hellcat-powered 1972 AMC Javelin AMX from the Ring Brothers, packing 1,100 supercharged horsepower and a unique carbon fiber-heavy exterior design – creating what is likely the most unique AMX in the world.

Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcats around the country keep laying down more impressive numbers on the quarter mile with the latest being the Mopar muscle car piloted by Simon Haddad - which ran a 10.43 at 132mph with stock power and without any weight reduction.

Matt Hagan drove his Dodge Charger funny car to win #4 on the season this past weekend in Vegas, beating Courtney Force in the final round at the Toyota Nationals, but with a first round loss to John Force, Ron Capps slipped from the top spot in the championship race with just one event remaining.

Dan Plotkin recently piloted his 2007 Dodge Charger SRT8 down the quarter mile in just 8.88 seconds, setting a new world record for the quickest quarter mile by a car running a nitrous-fed Gen3 Hemi – while also being one of the quickest modern Mopar machines in the world.

The 2018 Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat Widebody is reaching dealerships around the country and while some people online insist that the wider tires can’t make any real difference, more than a thousand miles in the gorgeous Octane Red Mopar muscle car above proves otherwise – as this car offers far better traction than the “normal” Hellcat Challenger.

This past weekend, the Epling Garage Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat reset the record for the quickest quarter mile time for a Hellcat-powered car while also becoming the first Hellcat car to run in the 8-second range – and they did it with a manual transmission.

It was recently announced that the Brampton Assembly Plant was ending production of right hand drive vehicles, effectively ending any chance of the Australian market getting the Hellcat Hemi in the Chrysler 300, the Dodge Challenger or the Dodge Charger as the company prepares to phase out those brand Down Under.

The 1969 Dodge Charger, known as the General Lee, in the Dukes of Hazzard, is one of the most iconic television vehicles of all time. Now the General Lee, owned by the man who played Bo Duke is going up for auction.

Last month we brought you the story of Malcolm Zack, who drove his stock-powered Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat to a stock-powered Hellcat record when he ran a 10.47, but this past weekend, Zack broke his own record, laying down an awesome 10.39 at 135.58 miles per hour.

Last month, we brought you the news of David Crockett’s 2009 Dodge Challenger SRT8 setting the record for the quickest quarter mile time for a modern Mopar with a clutch-controlled manual transmission, but this past weekend, Crockett and his street-driven Challenger smashed his own record – laying down a 9.28 at 151.98 miles per hour.

The Chevrolet Camaro had a big month in September while the Dodge Challenger fell far from the month before and the Ford Mustang stayed relatively steady – allowing the Camaro to lead the muscle car monthly sales race for the 2nd time this year.

Ron Capps won his second race of the Countdown to the Championship portion of the NHRA season this past weekend, beating Jonnie Lindberg and extending his lead in the battle for the title with just 3 events left this season.

If you have a Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat or a Dodge Charger SRT Hellcat and you would like to have your supercharged Mopar muscle car beefed up by one of the biggest names in the history of American motorsports, Petty’s Garage can increase the output up over a thousand horsepower.

Ron Capps and his Don Schumacher Racing Dodge Charger funny car took the class win this past weekend at the Dodge NHRA Nationals in Pennsylvania, beating the Chevrolet Camaro of Courtney Force for his 7th win of the season and moving him into 1st place in the championship run with just four races left.

This past weekend, David Crockett and his 2009 Dodge Challenger SRT8 rocketed down the quarter mile in just 9.53 seconds during the Modern Street Hemi Shootout event at Virginia Motorsports Park – setting a new world record for the quickest modern Challenger with a 6-speed manual transmission.

Production numbers for the 2017 Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat and 2017 Dodge Charger SRT Hellcat have arrived online and while they are not official numbers, the lack of official numbers of a particular trimline leaves us to rely on these unofficial numbers for the 707 horsepower Mopar muscle car – just like we have done for the 2015 and 2016 model years.

The internet is ablaze today with news of a possible Hellcat Hemi-powered Chrysler 300 SRT, but I really don’t expect that we will see a Hellcat 300 in the United States – even though creating such a vehicle would be relatively simple for the FCA engineers.

The Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat owned by Malcolm Zack recently laid down a 10.47 quarter mile without any power-adding modifications and while he does have steeper gears, a stronger driveshaft and a healthy dose of weight reduction inside and out – this supercharged Mopar monster was able to run 10.40s with factory power.

Last month, I was one of the people who bought a Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat, helping the brawny Mopar lead the muscle car segment in August sales, and today I want to talk about why I opted for the supercharged Challenger after spending time in many of the market’s spiciest performance cars.

The very last Dodge Viper rolled off of the Connor Avenue assembly line last month, ending the 5th chapter in the book of the Viper and leaving many people wondering what the future holds for the Dodge supercar program – and why the Viper was killed off to begin with.

While the Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat and Dodge Charger SRT Hellcat don’t get any major changes for the 2018 model year, there are some aesthetic differences which will likely draw in more buyers who want a slightly different 707 horsepower muscle car.

The second attempt by the fan-funded Dodge Viper ACR Nurburgring record team resulted in a new best for the Mopar supercar, but it still fell short of the Porsche 918 production record and worse yet – one car ran into mechanical issues and the other crashed.

August 2017 sales numbers from around the industry are in and for the 2nd time this year, the Dodge Challenger has outsold both the Ford Mustang and the Chevrolet Camaro – allowing the brawny Mopar muscle car to pull into 2nd place in the annual muscle car segment sales race.

FCA has announced a recall for select 2017 Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat and Dodge Charger SRT Hellcat models over a concern that one of the oil cooler lines could fail, possibly leading to a serious oil leak and – in the worst case scenario – engine failure.

Since late last week, the Dodge Viper ACR teams attempting to set the Nurburgring production road car lap time record has been hard at work at the famous German road course, but so far, the team has only been able to equal their previous record of 7:03.

The team of Dodge Viper lovers who previously traveled to Germany to attempt to set the Nurburgring record for the quickest production road car is heading back across the pond sometime this week for another attempt – this time with an extra driver and an idea of how to tune even more speed into the Mopar supercar.

The Celebrity Hellcat Shootout at the 2017 Roadkill Nights by Dodge event near Detroit was punctuated due to hard rains late in the evening, but in settling for a split title, NHRA driver Matt Hagan and YouTube show host Tony Angelo each contributed $5,000 to their charities – while also making a couple good, strong runs in the Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat.

Forza Motorsport 7 will introduce the next generation of racing simulators this October and today, we bring you a look at the Dodge, Chrysler, Jeep, Eagle, AMC, Ram and SRT models of the new game – with the stars of the current FCA FM7 lineup being the new Viper ACR and the Hellcat Challenger.

The group attempting to set the production road car record at the Nurburgring with the 2017 Dodge Viper ACR will be going back later this month for another run at the record, thanks again the contributions from Viper fans around the world.