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Dodge built exactly 3,300 examples of the Challenger SRT Demon — 3,000 for the US and 300 for Canada — turning what was already the most powerful production V-8 in Detroit history into an instant collector’s item. Stripped down to a curb weight nearly 200 pounds lighter than the Hellcat it’s based on, the Demon became the first production car certified by Guinness World Records to lift its front wheels off the ground during a run.
Shelby’s 2017 Super Snake Widebody was the company’s first all-new concept in more than a decade — and its first wide-body take on the sixth-generation Mustang. A 750-hp Whipple-supercharged 5.0-liter V-8 and inches of added track width signaled a shift toward cornering grip rather than pure straight-line speed. Hand-built fenders, carbon fiber spoilers, and Brembo brakes rounded out a package built to prove Shelby could do more than drag strips.
A family SUV built for track days sounds like a contradiction, but the 2018 Jeep Grand Cherokee Trackhawk sets out to prove otherwise. Under the hood sits the same supercharged 707-horsepower Hellcat V8 from Dodge’s wildest muscle cars, now hauling a five-seat Jeep with alarming speed. MotorWeek tests it on both the street and the track. Watch to see whether this 707-horse Jeep is brilliant or gloriously excessive.
Ford didn’t build the Boss 429 Mustang to sell to regular buyers, it built it to satisfy NASCAR’s rule that a race engine had to be sold to the public first. The result was a hand-assembled big block Mustang that never actually raced under its own name. Here’s the strange homologation story behind one of the rarest and most expensive Mustangs Ford ever built.
The Charlie Thomas Collection brought roughly 145 vehicles to Barrett-Jackson’s 2017 Scottsdale auction, selling for a combined $7.1 million as part of a week that ultimately generated $102.5 million and set 40 world records. Here’s a look at what one of the largest single-owner collections in recent Barrett-Jackson history actually sold for, and how it fit into a record-breaking week.
Barrett-Jackson’s first Northeast auction at Mohegan Sun sold out on opening day, so for its second year, the company added an extra day, a new concours event, and a deeper lineup of collector cars. Here’s what the expanded 2017 event actually delivered, from the final sales total to the Ride ‘N Drives that let fans test-drive new muscle cars between bids.
In March 2017, the Ford Mustang topped the Chevrolet Camaro and Dodge Challenger in U.S. sales for a fifth straight month, extending a streak that reached 27 of the previous 29 months. But the numbers hid a more interesting shift: Mustang sales were actually sliding fastest of the three, while Camaro and Challenger both posted year-over-year gains. Here’s what the sales charts revealed about the shifting muscle car pecking order.
The Eleanor Mustang traces back to a low-budget 1974 film, but the version everyone recognizes today came from the 2000 remake of Gone in 60 Seconds, when a fleet of 1967 fastbacks was dressed up as Pepper Gray Shelby GT500s. One of those movie cars later sold for .3 million, cementing Eleanor’s status as one of film’s most valuable cars. This 1967 G.T. 500 tribute, nicknamed the Pit Viper, takes the same starting point and deliberately goes somewhere else with it.
Months before Dodge officially unveiled the Challenger SRT Demon, fans spotted silver, flare-fendered Challengers in an early trailer for The Fate of the Furious, with Vin Diesel appearing in a behind-the-scenes clip alongside one. The car backed up the hype: a supercharged 6.2-liter Hemi V8 making 840 horsepower and 770 lb-ft of torque, good for a 2.3-second 0-60 run. It’s one of the most dramatic factory-to-Hollywood crossovers in modern muscle car history.
In June 2017, the Dodge Challenger outsold both the Ford Mustang and Chevrolet Camaro for the first time in seven years, a milestone that lined up perfectly with the headline-grabbing launch of the 840-horsepower SRT Demon. The year-to-date numbers told a different story, with Mustang still comfortably in the lead. Here’s how one month, and one halo car, briefly rewrote the muscle car sales order.
More than 200 classic, sport, and muscle cars filled Saratoga Spa State Park for the Saratoga Automobile Museum’s 15th annual spring show. The museum itself is housed in a repurposed 1930s bottling plant and runs a full calendar of shows, auctions, and exhibitions well beyond this single weekend. Here’s what makes this stop a fixture of the Northeast car show circuit.
At one of the oldest drag strips in the country, Karen Stalba has spent 20-plus years running alcohol dragsters, cars fast enough to leave muscle cars in the dust. This weekend’s NHRA Lucas Oil Series brought 450-plus cars to historic Atco Dragway, a track with a record-setting past dating back to the 1960s. Here’s what made this South Jersey race weekend stand out.
The California Automobile Museum’s annual Memorial Day show pairs Corvettes and American muscle cars with a cause: honoring veterans. What began as a smaller gathering called Vettes for Vets grew into a full show with dedicated judging categories and proceeds benefiting a local Veterans Resource Center. Here’s how a parking lot car show became one of Sacramento’s most meaningful automotive traditions.