It’s been nearly two decades since Dodge produced the Neon SRT-4. Despite a short three-year run, The SRT-4 made a mark in motorsport. Multiple class wins in One Lap of America. National road racing championships. Utter dominance in rally. Doug Shepherd owns this SRT-4. If that name sounds familiar, you might know his father, Doug Shepherd. (For simplicity purposes, … Read more
For something boasting nearly 700 horsepower, the 2025 Dodge Charger Daytona’s press rollout seemed fairly subdued. No smoke machine, no Night Ranger-grade lasers. One of the first comments out of the mouth of Dodge Brand CEO Matt McAlear: Approach the Charger Daytona “as a muscle car first and an EV second.” Okay, Matt, you’re on. Indeed, the new … Read more
Dodge, perhaps alone among contemporary automakers, has seen immense success in translating the archaic 20th-century Muscle Car formula into the 21st. It has done this by stuffing increasingly outrageous iterations of its modern Hemi V8 into nearly every vehicle in its product line. Its fervent Hellcat-ing has been enough, surprisingly, to maintain steadily vigorous sales … Read more
There’s a line of thinking that says the Dodge Challenger is the only true remaining muscle car. The Ford Mustang and Chevy Camaro, while wonderful in their own ways, have become too well-engineered, too good at handling, and too competently luxurious to really feel like the chest-beating, widow-making, American street sledgehammers of yesteryear. The 2023 … Read more