Posts Tagged: Dodge Challenger
Looks fade at a stoplight, but sound is what actually sticks with people — and five specific muscle car engines, from Pontiac’s GTO to Dodge’s Challenger R/T, are widely considered to have never been matched by anything Detroit builds today. Watch to hear what made the GTO, 442, Road Runner, Chevelle, and Challenger R/T sound different from everything that came after them.
Ford’s Mustang beat the Camaro and Challenger for a fifth straight month in March 2017, extending a streak to 27 wins in 29 months, but the raw sales totals hid a steep year-over-year decline. This piece unpacks the numbers behind that streak, why Camaro and Challenger were actually closing the gap underneath it, and what a winning streak built on a shrinking base actually signals.
Peter Swainson’s private Mopar collection includes a run of 1969-1971 Challengers and ‘Cudas, with a handful crossing the block at Mecum’s record $193 million Indy sale. Here’s why the final year of the Barracuda’s E-body run — the one with the engine options stripped away — is the one collectors want most.
A high-mileage 2009 Dodge Challenger R/T with the rare six-speed manual gets rebuilt for character, not more horsepower — then makes a surprisingly convincing case against chasing a supercharged Scat Pack. The build pulled in 3.4 million views, and its closing message turned a budget car project into something far more personal.
A 2025 highlight reel of car-meet burnouts and exhaust notes is going viral for an unlikely reason — a plain four-door Nova stealing the spotlight from a 425-horsepower Hemi Challenger. Here’s what actually made the crowd favorites roar, and why a spec sheet rarely predicts which car steals the show.
A factory-built 808-horsepower Dodge Demon versus a 641-horsepower Porsche 911 Turbo S sounds like a mismatch on paper. But the Porsche’s all-wheel-drive launch has quietly beaten cars with twice its power before, and this quarter-mile showdown puts that reputation to the test. Here’s what’s really deciding the race, and it isn’t horsepower.