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A video has surfaced showing a Dodge Charger SRT Hellcat racing against a new 2016 Cadillac CTS-V and in almost every match, the supercharged Mopar beat the supercharged Caddy – often doing so in impressive fashion.

The Chrysler Group has once again successfully extended their trademark of the term Cuda, but I don’t believe that the latest filing should cause anyone to get their hopes up for a new high performance muscle car sporting the Cuda name – at least not anytime soon.

The 1:64 scale Hot Wheels toys of the Hellcat Dodge Challenger and Charger have proven to be so a hot item for toy collectors and Mopar fans alike, making it tough to find either of them in stores, but a new Hellcat Challenger from Hot Wheels has arrived just in time for Christmas.

Henrik Fisker has announced that he will debut a new American supercar at the 2016 Detroit Auto Show and based on the sparse details, the Dodge Viper could be the base on which Fisker’s new Force 1 is built – with a price tag of just under $300,000.

Today I was at LX Group on Facebook where Dodge Charger and Challenger owners were discussing what is the quietest exhaust for a 2012-2014 SRT Charger. Here are some interesting insights from the discussion.

This weekend, the 2016 Dodge Viper ACR, the 2016 Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat and the 2016 Dodge Charger SRT Hellcat will be patrolling the streets Los Angeles sporting striking Star Wars-themed designs – giving fans around the area a chance to check out these monster Mopars in person.

My friend Janice Brewster-Benn wrote a Facebook status telling about one thing she likes to do with her 2013 Dodge Challenger R/T. I asked her what are the top four things you like to do with your Challenger. Here is what Janice sent to TorqueNews to share with our readers.

Do you think buying your Dodge Challenger bred more jealousy or envy compared to if you had bought a Toyota Camry, minivan, or other regular car? See what Challenger owners say and explain why they decided to buy a performance car.

If you are hoping to place an order for a 2016 Dodge Challenger Hellcat or Dodge Charger Hellcat, you will have to wait until sometime in January, as last night marked the end of the last ordering wave of America’s most powerful performance cars.

A video has hit the internet showing the 2016 Ford Shelby GT350 Mustang getting a workout on the dyno and while the stock results are solid, the power gained by adding a simple cold air intake and a good engine tune is the real star of the show here.

The Chrysler Group is using the popularity of the new Star Wars movie to promote their vehicles and in a new TV commercial, the Dodge Viper plays the role of Darth Vader while scores of Hellcat Challengers and Chargers serve as the black and white Stormtroopers.

The online configurator tools for the 2016 Dodge Viper have gone live at both Dodge.com and DriveSRT.com, giving prospective buyers and dreamers alike a chance to build and price their ideal Mopar supercar – with both a simple, traditional configurator tool and the expanded Viper Customizer for the track terror ACR.

I was reading a forum discussion and saw several people having issues in connecting their smartphones to their Dodge Dart. Here is what Mopar owners recommend.

The Ford Mustang posted its worst sales month of the 2015 calendar year, but the Motor Company still moved almost two thousand more Mustangs than Chevy sold Camaros – allowing Ford to maintain its 13 month winning streak on the sales charts.

Late last week a bright red Dodge Charger SRT Hellcat hit the track at Cecil County Dragway and when the day was over, this blower-only 4-door sedan had claimed the title as the quickest Hellcat Charger in the world – marking the first time that one of the supercharged Chargers got into the 9 second barrier while obviously setting the record for the quickest Hellcat sedan in the world.

Black Friday is a popular day for car deals and discounts not only in auto parts industry and supermarkets like Walmart and Target, but also for cars themselves. Here are some of the deals and sales offered by Honda, Toyota, Chevrolet, Ford and some of the other car makers.

We have already discussed leaked pricing for the 2016 Dodge Challenger last month, but now that the 2016 Challenger configurator page has gone live on Dodge.com, we have positive confirmation of all of the pricing figures – with the 707hp Hellcat Challenger starting at $65,190 with gas guzzler tax and destination fees.

The configurator page on Dodge.com for the 2016 Dodge Charger has finally gone live and while the majority of the numbers we reported last month have proven to be accurate, there are a few differences from those leaked numbers and most importantly, we know that the 2016 Hellcat Charger has an actual base price of $68,640.

Jack Beckman and his 2015 Dodge Charger R/T funny car came into the final event of the 2015 Mello Yello Drag Racing Championship with a shot of toppling Del Worsham and claiming the season championship, but Del beat Jack in a head to head battle and secured the title for the NHRA’s fastest bodied class.

As the 2016 model year units of the Dodge Challenger and Dodge Charger reach dealerships around the United States, we are seeing more and more Hellcat versions sitting unsold on lots – meaning that if you have been waiting for your chance to own one of the 707hp beasts, some careful shopping will almost certainly net you a new supercharged muscle car.

For just the second time since the 2010 Chevrolet Camaro was introduced, the Dodge Challenger sold more units in the course of a month – beating the GM muscle car by 120 units and building on what is already the best year for the modern Mopar muscle car.

Bob Bondurant’s school of high performance driving has made a major announcement, switching to the Dodge Viper, Challenger and Charger from the Chevrolet Corvette and Camaro fleet that the Arizona-based driving school has been known for over the past decade.

According to the folks at Dodge and the SCCA, the new Dodge Viper ACR has proven itself to be the most capable street legal track car in the world by setting new lap records at 13 different tracks around the United States – defeating cars that cost ten times as much at well-known road courses like Virginia International Raceway, Road Atlanta and Laguna Seca.

The information on the Dodge Dart GLH Concept has come out of the SEMA Show in Las Vegas and due to the standard 2.0L base engine, some enthusiasts who had high hopes for an SRT-level Dart are hating on the sporty compact sedan – but we should all look at what this car could lead to rather than what it is right now.

When the Chrysler Group offered up a teaser image of the new Dodge Challenger with a badge that read GT AWD, we speculated that it would be an all-wheel drive muscle car and we were right – as this mean looking Mopar muscle car will indeed spin all four wheels with Hemi power.

The folks at Dodge posted this shadowy teaser image yesterday showing what looks to be the alleged all-wheel drive Dodge Challenger, what is obviously a Dodge Dart and the date and time of their SEMA Show press conference.

According to the fine print in the new labor contract between the UAW and the Chrysler Group, the Dodge Viper will no longer be built at the Connor Ave plant after 2017 and it seems that the Mopar supercar will be killed off altogether – and there are two key reasons why this is happening.

The folks at Mattel got in on the popularity of the Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat for 2015 and according to a Hot Wheels collectors website, the Hellcat Charger will be the next new Dodge SRT product to hit the toy car world – although like the Challenger, the Charger toy won’t actually sport the Hellcat name.

We have been getting questions about when the Dodge Challenger and Dodge Charger for the 2016 model year will arrive in dealerships around the country and we have positive confirmation that the 2016 Hellcat Challenger is being delivered and sold at dealerships around the country.

This past Friday, the Chrysler Group teased a few of the vehicles that they are bringing to SEMA and while we were enamored with the prospect of an all-wheel drive Dodge Challenger – there were also teasers of what appear to be the Chrysler 300, the Ram 1500 Rebel and a Fiat 500X which will join the AWD muscle car in the huge Mopar display.