DURANGO SRT HELLCAT: ONE HELLUVA SUV

Posted on July 1, 2021July 1, 2021 by MartynL

With 710 Hemi horsepower, room for six, and Supercar acceleration, Dodge’s latest Sport Utility Vehicle - DURANGO SRT HELLCAT: ONE HELLUVA SUV – has no peers, blogs Dan Scanlan. Yes, the Durango has been around for 10 years, making it pretty long-in-tooth in automotive model cycles. And the fine folks at what is now Stellantis have put its supercharged HEMI in many other products including Chargers, Challengers and the Jeep Grand Cherokee Trackhawk. Packing a supercharged 6.2-liter HEMI...

‘21 DODGE: CHARGER SRT HELLCAT REDEYE

Posted on March 16, 2021March 16, 2021 by MartynL

What’s that, you say – got a bit of Redeye? Got the medicine for that right here - ‘21 DODGE: CHARGER SRT HELLCAT REDEYE - and it will vaporize those Pirelli P ZEROs in a heartbeat, blogs Dan Scanlan. The prescription is in this ‘21 Charger SRT Hellcat Redeye - 797 horsepower, with 707 pound-feet of torque and an insane supercharger shriek in what Dodge calls the most powerful, fastest mass-produced sedan in the world. No, we didn’t test its claimed 203 mph top speed – but I did take so...

’20 SHELBY GT500: PONY EXPRESS MUSTANG

Posted on November 14, 2020 by MartynL

Saddle-up, it's going to be a wild ride in Ford's outrageous 760-horsepower GT500, the most powerful factory Ford ever. CGC Road Test Editor Howard Walker takes the reins of a ’20 SHELBY GT500: PONY EXPRESS MUSTANG and goes Supercar hunting! Let me introduce you to Juno. This NASA space probe, currently doing loop-di-loops around Jupiter, has the distinction of being the fastest man-made creation ever. How fast? When it left Mother Earth's gravitational pull back in 2011, it was acceler...

HELL BENT HEMI: DODGE CHARGER SRT HELLCAT WIDEBODY

Posted on September 19, 2020September 19, 2020 by MartynL

Multiple variations of the HELL-BENT HEMI: DODGE CHARGER SRT HELLCAT WIDEBODY has been around for 16 years.But the almost-ultimate Dodge Charger may be this one – a Hellcat Widebody that chews up the asphalt while carrying four adults in comfort, blogs Dan Scanlan. Dodge took the standard 75-inch-wide Charger Hellcat with its 707-horsepower HEMI V-8, and added 3.5-inches so there’s room for 20-inch by 11-inch wheels wearing fatter P305/35 ZR20-inch Pirelli P-ZERO tires. That supercharged 6.2-li...

‘20 ALFA ROMEO STELVIO: Q4 QUADRIFOGLIO

Posted on July 25, 2020July 25, 2020 by MartynL

The ‘20 ALFA ROMEO STELVIO: Q4 QUADRIFOGLIO is a crossover I could drive every day, anywhere, with wonderful power, great handling and distinctive sound and looks. Looks great next to my Alfa Milano too, blogs Dan Scanlan. Alfa Romeo makes a crossover. That’s right – a tall mom and pop station wagon. Except, this one has a bit of Ferrari under the bonnet, as you might expect from the folks who employed Enzo himself way back when they began winning Grands Prix and other races. Andiamo – ...

’18 MUSTANG GT TEST: PREMIUM W/PERFORMANCE!

Posted on July 21, 2018July 21, 2018 by MartynL

Read this carefully – here’s a modern muscle car with a 5-liter V-8 pumping out 460 horsepower and 420 pound-feet of torque, you can shift for yourself, blogs Dan Scanlan. Yes, a 6-speed manual transmission. In an all-black '18 Mustang GT with the Performance Package that gives it an extra 25 ponies. Oh yeah, there’s active exhaust that tunes the sound from mild to deep-throated, echoed-off-the-walls wild, that’s great to hear from its red leather Recaro bucket seats. It’s been a long time s...