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There is a walk-around video of the new 2011 Dodge Charger police car at the recent Police Fleet Expo on YouTube. No action shots, but some good shots of the car. Click here to view the one-minute video.Thanks for the tip, Ed!... Read more.. More...

Allen Johnson moved his Mopar Dodge Avenger Pro Stock car up to the No. 2 spot in the final day of qualifying yesterday at the 56th Annual Mac Tools U.S. Nationals. The Team Mopar driver also set the track speed record at storied O'Reilly Raceway Park at Indianapolis for the third consecutive...

Kurt Busch, at the wheel of the No. 2 MIller Lite Dodge, was sixth across the finish line in the Emory Healthcare 500 that ran Sunday night at Atlanta Motor Speedway. The finish left Busch tenth in the driver standings and, with only one race left in the regular season, guaranteed him a... Read...

An Allpar reader spotted and photographed a red and silver Durangos, as well as a Durango Citadel model (the one that confused the Wall Street Journal). The reader also shot the interior of the Durango, showing an instrument panel with (not surprisingly) a similar shape and layout as the Grand...

Brad Keselowski and Justin Allgaier missed top ten finishes on Saturday, coming in 12th and 13th in the Great Clips 300. Keselowski saw his lead in the Nationwide standings trimmed to 332 points by Carl Edwards, who finished third.Results courtesy of NASCAR:table.tableizer-table {border: 1px solid...

Jeff Teuton , driving a Mopar® Dodge Challenger Drag Pak powered by a Mopar 5.9L Magnum V8 engine, took the win in G/Stock Automatic class eliminations today at the Mac Tools U.S. Nationals at O'Reilly Raceway Park at Indianapolis. The Houma, Louisiana, native becomes the first-ever Mopar Drag Pak...

The usually reliable source oh2o wrote that Chrysler will install 8.4 inch touch-screen stereos in the 2011 Dodge Charger, Chrysler 300, and Dodge Journey. The screens were seen in recent interior spy shots. No basic radios will be sold, just the big-touch-screen systems with and without...

For those that have purchased a new 2011 Jeep Grand Cherokee: A problem has surfaced - it's a vibration at speeds between 45 and 55. The problem is a shift control module in the transmission that hangs up and doesn't let the transmission shift into the next higher gear; consequently the vibration...

BorgWarner is telling the world about the fact it supplies the engine timing system and transmission components for the new 2011 Jeep Grand Cherokee, the first vehicle to be equipped with Chrysler's new Pentastar V6 engine. In a company press release, Timothy M. Manganello, Chairman and Chief...

Reportedly, Chrysler's dual clutch automatic was to be installed in the Dodge Avenger and Chrysler Sebring, but Getrag was unable to get needed financing, and it fell through. Now, reliable source oh2o reports that a dual clutch automatic from Fiat will be available as an option on high trim levels...

With Ford's recent announcement of the pursuit-rated Police Interceptor Utility and Chrysler's well-timed release of camouflage-free photos of the next-generation Durango, we decided to see what the Durango looked like as a slick-top sheriff's department vehicle. We th... Read more.. More...

Following Chrysler Group's Monday presentation of its plans for Fiat to a group of potential dealers, AutoNation, America's largest automotive retailer, has announced it will put in a proposal for multiple franchises. Michael Maroone, AutoNation's president and COO, said, "We went in a... Read...

Republican John Campbell, the Representative from California's conservative 48th District, has been under scrutiny by the Office of Congressional Ethics, an independent office led by two former members of congress, David Skaggs, a Colorado Democrat, and Porter Goss, a Republican from Florida....

Dodge has released exterior photos and a summary of the 2011 Durango, carefully not unveiling any new information not already featured on Allpar -- or new interior shots other than the Dodge logo on the steering wheel, which is nearly identical to the recent Allpar rendering by JackRatchett.You can...

Hot on the heels of photos of the 2011 Sebring and other cars yesterday, an Allpar reader has caught three clear photos of a 2011 Dodge Avenger mule running around the Greater Detroit area. See our 2011 spy shots page or our Dodge Avenger page for details.... Read more.. More...

Chrysler Canada today announced total August sales 16,144 units, up 12% over the same month last year. This figure also surpasses the 2008 pre-economic downturn level, with growth of four per cent compared with August 2008. Sales at the retail level surged 2... Read more.. More...

As expected, last month's light vehicle sales suffered by comparison with August 2009, when cars and trucks were flying off dealer lots thanks to the federal government's "Cash for Clunkers" program. What wasn't expected was that they also suffered in comparison with July 2010's results.A total of...

Chrysler Group LLC today reported U.S. sales of 99,611, a 7 percent increase compared with sales in August 2009 (93,222 units). August represents the fifth consecutive month of year-over-year sales increases. August sales also were up 7 percent over sales in July. Chrysler Group is the only major...

Ford has taken the wraps off its latest entry in what is getting to be a crowded police vehicle market: the 2011 Police Interceptor Utility. Sporting the same black-and-white graphics as its Police Interceptor stablemate and a generous helping of flashing LEDs, the Explorer-based vehicle is Ford's...

J.P. Joans was driving to the famed Walter P. Chrysler Museum when he noticed some interesting cars; he quickly pulled over and brought out his trusty iPhone. For all 16 of his "spy shots," see our new 2011 "Chrysler Spy Shots" page.... Read more.. More...