Jay Leno Takes Hurst's 570HP Supercharged Dodge Challenger SRT8 for a Spin

As much as he loves his Italian exotics, Jay Leno is also a muscle car fan. In his wide (and wild) collection, there are two Dodge Challengers: a 1970 R/T and a 2008 SRT, the latter being the fourth car that rolled off the production line.

His 1970 Dodge is fitted with a Hurst pistol-grip lever, something that apparently increased the car’s “cool” factor. The Hurst name remained dormant for some time but now it has been resurrected, so Jay had to find out what the company was up to.

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Dodge Challenger Owners Organize End of the World Cruise

Not that they really needed an excuse, but just in case the Mayan "End of the world" prophecy comes true on December 21, a group of Dodge Challenger owners under the umbrella of the West Coast Challengers Car Club organized a special meeting.

The gathering was appropriately named “End of the World” Cruise and it took place this past weekend in California.

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Dodge Cummins Drags Chevrolet Silverado Around a Parking Lot During Crazy Tug of War [NSFW]

Whoever said that watching pickup trucks isn't fun, hasn't obviously witnessed a mechanical tug-of-war.

A group of young Americans who didn’t have anything better to do on what we assume to be a Friday night since the video was uploaded on Saturday, Dec. 15, watched two of their peers stage a tugging war at a parking lot with their trucks, a Chevrolet Silverado and a diesel-powered Dodge Ram Cummins.

The Silverado not only lost hands down, but the overzealous driver of the diesel Dodge truck took the Chevy for a foolishly dangerous victory run around the parking lot. Naturally, all hell broke loose once he stopped…

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Rolling Down a Hill in a Minivan Looks Strangely Fun

We don't know if tumbling or rolling (depending on the vehicle and the driver) down a rocky hill pass classifies as a legit motorsports event, but it sure looks like heaps of fun, at least when you're watching it from the comfort and safety of your computer desk, though, we must admit, we wouldn't mind trying it out ourselves... Read more »

Fresh Footage of New 2013 SRT Viper V10 and 2013 Dodge Charger Daytona

The Chrysler Group has released a new video of its pride and joy, the new 2013 SRT Viper that just recently went on sale in the States, as well as of the upcoming 2013 Dodge Charger Daytona R/T, which was revealed today ahead of its world premiere at the LA Auto Show on Wednesday, November 28. Read more »

Texas Hold'em: 1,150WHP Dodge Viper vs. 1,300WHP Lamborghini Gallardo

As if the Dodge Viper and the Lamborghini Gallardo supercars aren't powerful and fast enough in completely stock form, some owners opt to tune them to the extreme, sometimes going as far as even doubling their outputs.

During the Texas Invitational Fall 2012 Roll Race Event this past Sunday, October 14, there was a race held between two heavily modified versions of the previously mentioned sports cars, both of which featured twin-turbocharged engines.

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Comedian Jeff Dunham Helps Design a Custom Dodge Challenger SRT for the SEMA Show

The annual SEMA Show is as much about cars as it is about, well, the show, which explains why we see so many people from the music, movie and television industry putting their names on a variety of project cars every year.

Successful American ventriloquist and stand-up comedian Jeff Dunham will have his time under the 2012 SEMA Show's spotlight at the end of the month as he teamed up with Chrysler Group's Mopar and SRT brands to design a unique Dodge Challenger SRT-8 called the "Project Ultraviolet".

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It's Official: Dodge to Withdraw from NASCAR in 2013

For some, Dodge and NASCAR go together like beer and ride-on lawn mowers but after Penske Racing's surprise decision in February to end its partnership with the Chrysler Group brand at the end of the 2012 season and switch to Ford as its manufacturer for Sprint Cup cars in 2013, the Detroit automaker didn't have a lot of options, or so it claims (see below).

In a press conference today, SRT Motorsports President and CEO Ralph Gilles said that the automaker tried hard its best to find a company to replace Penske Racing as a builder for its competition engines, but failed to a come up with a viable solution.

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Chrome Lamborghini Aventador, Viper ACR and Batmobile Assemble at Times Square

New Yorkers and tourists passing through Times Square were treated to a rare sight this past weekend when an assortment of specialty cars were parked on the road for their viewing pleasure.

The vehicles that stood out the most were a Lamborghini Aventador LP700-4 dressed in a chrome foil wrap with contrasting red pin stripes decorating and highlighting the supercar's hard edges, a Batmobile replica from Tim Burton's 1989 Batman film and a Dodge Viper ACR.

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