Dodge’s Domestic. Not Domesticated. campaign sent a Challenger up an ice-covered Alaskan mountain road and dared the snow belt to keep parking its muscle cars every winter. The star of the 30-second spot is the 2017 Challenger GT, the first all-wheel-drive muscle coupe sold in America, with a 305-horsepower Pentastar V6 and a front-axle disconnect that keeps it rear-drive until the roads turn slick. The ad’s Russia joke gets the laugh, but the engineering underneath is what makes the claim hold up. Read on to see how it works.
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More than 800 cars packed Cobo Center for the 65th annual Detroit Autorama in 2017, one of the most significant gatherings in the hot rod and custom car world. The Ridler Award, reserved for cars debuting for the very first time in public, went to a scratch-built 1933 Ford Roadster running a 427 big block. What else was hiding among 800 cars competing for the hobby’s biggest stage?
