Mopar kept its engine running at high rpm through 2016, from dominating at the drag strip to bringing modern HEMI® power to classic muscle cars to making it fast and easy to keep the daily driver in top shape. Before Mopar refuels for 2017, here’s a quick (what else?) look back at highlights from this
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Category Archives: Mopar
Mopar Continues to Showcase Global Presence
Mopar, a brand born in the United States, continues to expand around the world. The latest example of its international reach is the brand’s presence, for the first time ever, at the Bologna Motor Show in Italy. Under the new tagline “At Your Service,” visitors to the Mopar stand can view exclusive accessories and performance
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Heart Transplant: Classic Mopar Lines, Modern HEMI Power
The HEMI® V-8 engine is the heart of many of today’s most-popular FCA US vehicles. The 5.7-liter and 6.4-liter V-8s combine healthy amounts of horsepower and torque with refinement and smoothness. We’re not the first to consider this: What if you transplant the HEMI V-8 from a modern-day muscle car such as the Dodge Charger
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Mopar Turbocharges Restoration Parts Searches
One little part – a door sill plate, radio volume knob, rear wheel opening trim – can bring a restoration project to a sudden stop. Considering that many of the classic Dodge, Chrysler and Plymouth cars popular with the restoration crowd have been out of production for several decades, finding a missing part can easily
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Mopar Top Eliminator: Love At First Sight
Many people find love on New Year’s Eve. In the waning hours of 2008, Florida Keys resident Theresa Newbauer found her love – the Dodge Challenger SRT. “I had a friend who bought a brand new Challenger SRT,” Newbauer recalls. “It was black. I saw it on New Year’s Eve and I’ve been in love
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Mopar Top Eliminator: The power giant of love
JoJo Bartosh has been a “truck girl” since her father taught her to drive using his 1972 Dodge three-quarter ton plow truck in rural Wisconsin. “I begged him to drive it,” she says. “He taught me how to plow snow and it made me fall in love with trucks.” Bartosh, who is 40, has owned
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Tomorrow, we’ll give you a glimpse of 2017
Our annual What’s New event is Thursday at the FCA US Chelsea (Michigan) Proving Grounds. It’s a day where invited media see, sit in, learn about and drive many of our 2017 models. Of course, the information on many of these vehicles is embargoed – that is, the media can’t talk about them – until
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