March 12th, 2010 by Bill Cawthon
Ford has been concerned about lost future police fleet sales when production of its market-dominating Crown Victoria ends next year. Any new Ford entry will give up the V8 power and rear-wheel drive preferred by law enforcement officers and agencies and go head-to-head with the powerful Dodge Charger and the smaller Chevrolet Impala, as well [...]
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February 11th, 2010 by DaveAdmin
Ralph Gilles spoke today at the Chicago Auto Show. Correspondent Jim Choate was present for Allpar. Gilles replaced Sergio Marchionne at the last moment, when Marchionne had to fly to Russia. Speaking of Marchionne, Gilles said, “I’ve never felt better about where Chrysler is.”
In addition to showing brief teaser images of upcoming work (Grand Cherokee, [...]
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February 6th, 2010 by DaveAdmin
The Dodge Super Bowl ad, reputed to have the first images of the new Dodge Charger, will be 60 seconds, themed “Man’s Last Stand,” and air just before the 2-minute warning in the first half of the game. The Super Bowl airs at 6:25 EST on Sunday on CBS.
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February 1st, 2010 by DaveAdmin
On January 23, 2010, SpeedFactory’s 426 Charger, piloted by Eddie Rosa, completed the quarter mile in 9.453 seconds with a trap speed of 145.38 mph, besting all previous quarter mile times set by actual production LX/LC-platform cars.
SpeedFactory, in collaboration with Landmark Dodge Chrysler Jeep, Vortech Superchargers and Paramount Performance, built this car from a 2006 [...]
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January 27th, 2010 by Bill Cawthon
With the first ad appearing during the NFC Championship game last weekend, Dodge’s promotional push is underway. The series of three 30-second teaser ads, produced by Wieden & Kennedy, Dodge’s new agency, will appear until the Super Bowl game on February 7, when a new 60-second ad will make its debut. Chrysler is the only [...]
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January 21st, 2010 by DaveAdmin
Intrepid videographers were able to find portions of the upcoming 300C in the background video of the Chrysler-grilled Lancia Delta recently. Sources claim that those with fast cameras will be able to spot a sneak peak at the new Dodge Charger, changed since the Cerberus version was shown to a select few, in their upcoming [...]
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