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Dodge Charger 1974 images

by Ross Mills

1974 marked the last year Dodge would let you order a Charger with a 440-cubic-inch V8 under the hood, and hardly anyone did. Insurance surcharges and tightening emissions rules had already scared most buyers toward smaller engines, leaving this big-block holdout as one of the final true muscle Chargers built before the nameplate went soft. Backed by a three-speed TorqueFlite automatic, it’s a genuine end-of-an-era survivor for anyone who understands what 1974 really meant for Mopar performance.

Classic green vintage car driving on a road.

Dodge Charger 1968 Hemi

by Kiril

Only 475 of the roughly 96,000 Chargers Dodge built for 1968 left the factory with a 426 Hemi under the hood, and this 4-speed example pairs that rare engine with a color so scarce that surviving examples can be counted on one hand. Read on to find out just how thin the numbers get, and why proving a car is truly one of a kind is harder than it sounds.

Classic white Dodge Charger parked on a road with trees in the background.

What’s Rutledge Wood bringing on Power Tour 2017?

by Kiril

Rutledge Wood’s ride for HOT ROD Power Tour 2017 was a white 1970 Dodge Charger with Petty Racing history: Kyle Petty bought it as a teenager and had its quarters widened by the Petty Enterprises fab shop, it passed to his son Austin, and it still carries its original 383 and four-speed. Wood added Wilwood brakes and a prototype RideTech StreetGrip suspension for a thousand miles of driving. Read on to find out why this Charger out-ranks nearly everything on the tour.

A classic car chase scene on a busy city street with vintage cars.

’68 Charger vs. a ’68 Mustang: The Chase…

by Wes

A 1968 Ford Mustang GT and a 1968 Dodge Charger R/T tear through the hills of San Francisco in one of the most argued-about car chases ever filmed — and viewers still can’t agree on how many hubcaps the Charger actually lost along the way. No score, no CGI, just two big-block V8s and two drivers who knew exactly how much grip they had left. Watch to see why a scene filmed over fifty years ago still beats the chases Hollywood makes today.

Dodge Charger 1970 SpeedKore TANTRUM 9L Twin Turbo

by Kiril

SpeedKore built this 1970 Dodge Charger around an engine that was never intended for a road: a 9.0-liter, quad-cam racing V8 from Mercury Racing’s boat program, twin-turbocharged to 1,650 horsepower on race fuel. It debuted at SEMA, appeared in a Fast & Furious film, was gifted to Vin Diesel, and has been offered at $699,000. Here is how a marine engine ended up in a muscle car body.

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Dodge Advocates For Muscle Heaven With The Help Of The Fate of the Furious’ Cast

by Kiril

Dodge and the Fast and Furious franchise have been tied together since Dominic Toretto first tore the wheels off his father’s 1970 Charger. By The Fate of the Furious, that relationship had grown into a full co-branded campaign called Muscle Heaven, built around a fleet of silver-and-black Challenger SRT Demons. The timing was not accidental. Read on to find out what Dodge was actually proving with it.

1967 Dodge Charger 426 HEMI in white, showcased at Muscle Car Week.

History/Breakdown: 1967 Dodge Charger 426 Hemi Factory Auto Show Car

by Wes

Built specifically to represent Chrysler at the 1967 International Auto Show, this 426 Hemi-powered Dodge Charger comes from The Brothers Collection with a rear wing, hidden headlights, and a load of options that still spark debate among Mopar loyalists decades later. It’s a genuine factory showpiece, not just another restored survivor. Watch to see what made this Charger good enough to represent an entire brand.

Dodge Charger 1970 R/T SE 440 7.2L

by Kiril

The 1970 Charger R/T SE is the version that confuses people. R/T meant 440 Magnum, heavy-duty everything, and 375 horsepower. SE meant leather, wood grain, and deep-dish wheel covers. Combining them produced a car that Dodge itself struggled to explain, and only a small fraction of 1970 R/T buyers ordered it. Here is what that combination was actually for.

Bright green vintage muscle car with HEMI engine on a sunny day.

He Does EVERYTHING With It! (Hemi Charger)

by Kiril

This bright green Dodge Charger hides an 800-horsepower Procharged Hemi and a subwoofer-equipped interior — built, per commenters, by the owner himself. 1320video catches the car running Colorado Springs Airport’s runway at the 2017 Pikes Peak Airstrip Attack. Viewers call the owner a badass for actually driving it instead of trailering a build this serious. Watch to see what a real daily-driven, 800-horsepower Hemi can do.

Dodge Challenger SRT8 2008 images

by Ross Mills

The 2008 Dodge Challenger SRT8 launched with a waiting list before most buyers ever sat in one, thanks to a shortened LC platform, a numbered dash plaque, and a 425-horsepower Hemi under the hood. Riding on the same bones as the Chrysler 300 and Dodge Charger, it kept the long-hood look that made the original Challenger famous. Only 6,400 were built for the U.S. market, and nearly every one sold above sticker.

Bright green Dodge Challenger parked in an industrial setting.

2017 Dodge Challenger, Charger Scat Pack models Get New Dynamics Package

by Kiril

For 2017, Dodge let R/T Scat Pack buyers order the Dynamics Package and walk away with forged 20-inch wheels and six-piston Brembo brakes pulled straight from the SRT 392 and Hellcat parts bin, all for $2,200. What Dodge would not share was the supercharger, and that decision was entirely deliberate. Here is what the package actually changed, what it left alone, and why it still matters on the used market.

Froeburger showcases thermocougar products in Roadkill Extra video.

Thermoquad Carburetors Explained

by Wes

David Freiburger’s on-camera shout of “Thermoquad!” during Roadkill’s General Mayhem build turned an obscure Carter carburetor into a legend — but few people actually know what makes one different. This Roadkill Extra breaks down the spread-bore design, the unusual plastic float bowl built to fight heat, and exactly why Freiburger called it the carburetor that “punishes” careless drivers. It’s a deep dive into a piece of Mopar hardware most fans only know as a punchline. Watch to finally learn the mechanics behind the meme.

Orange classic Dodge Charger with a black hood stripe at a car show.

Dodge Charger 1970 R/T RT SE

by Kiril

A 1970 Dodge Charger R/T ordered with the Special Edition package, a sliding sunroof, and a 440 describes a buyer who wanted the full performance car and the full luxury car in one signature. That combination was unusual when it was new and is genuinely scarce now. The R/T’s own sales collapsed by roughly half that year as insurance costs caught up with the segment. Read on for what this order sheet says about 1970.

Two classic muscle cars racing on a scenic coastal highway.

The Greatest Car Chases of All-Time

by Kiril

The car chases people still talk about have one thing in common: almost nothing about them was faked. Real drivers, real streets, real risk, and in several cases real crashes that stayed in the final cut. From a 1968 Mustang tearing through San Francisco to a Peterbilt stalking a Plymouth Valiant through the desert, here is what made each of these sequences work and why CGI has never quite replaced them.

Dodge Charger 1968 R/T – The Movie

by Kiril

One car chase filmed across San Francisco in 1968 did more for the second-generation Dodge Charger than any advertising campaign ever could. The villains’ black R/T was not a movie prop built for the occasion. It was a production car anyone could order, with a 440 Magnum standard and a 426 HEMI on the option sheet. Read on for what the R/T package actually included, and why real ones still chase movie-car money.

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