About Dodge
Dodge has never been subtle, and that is the point. Founded by brothers John and Horace Dodge, who supplied parts to Henry Ford before building cars of their own in 1914, the brand became part of Chrysler in 1928 and spent much of the century selling sturdy family cars and trucks. Its modern identity, though, was forged in the muscle-car era and revived in the 2000s, when Dodge decided to be the brand of horsepower, burnouts and unapologetic excess. Its unofficial motto might as well be more is more.
The golden age gave Dodge the Charger, the Challenger, the Coronet Super Bee and the winged Charger Daytona that ruled NASCAR superspeedways. The Viper of the 1990s was a raw, V10-powered sports car that made the brand a performance hero again. Then came the modern muscle-car years, when Dodge kept the Charger and Challenger alive with supercharged Hellcat and Demon versions whose horsepower numbers seemed to climb every year. That era ended with the Last Call editions in 2023, when the Hemi-powered cars went out of production.
Today's Dodge is a smaller brand with a bigger question mark. Its lineup centers on the new Charger, offered as an electric Daytona and a gas-powered Sixpack with a twin-turbo inline-six, and the long-running Durango three-row SUV. The Italian-built Hornet crossover was discontinued after tariffs and weak sales undercut it. Dodge's future depends on whether fans embrace the new Charger and whether Stellantis can deliver more of the V8 power that loyalists keep asking for.
The news here follows the whole brand: new models and special editions, reviews, recalls, sales results, pricing moves and the strategy decisions that will shape Dodge's future, including any return of the V8 that its fans keep demanding. Expect plenty of classic muscle too, from barn-find Chargers and Challengers to numbers-matching Hemi survivors crossing the auction block, along with drag-strip records, tuning stories, police-fleet news and the endless, gloriously loud debate about whether a muscle car can be electric and still deserve the name.