2009 Dodge Ram RT Interview

PickupTrucks.com's Mike Levine talks to Dodge about the 2009 Dodge Ram R/T.

2008 Dodge Challenger Review

Cars.com's Joe Wiesenfelder walks you through the 2008 Dodge Challenger. It competes with the Ford Mustang and Chevrolet Camaro.

2008 Dodge Dakota Review

Kelley Blue Book reviews the 2008 Dodge Dakota.

Dodge Challenger: Interior Styling

Jeff Gale, the son of famous Chrysler design executive Tom Gale, explains how they took a big step forward on the interior design of the 2009 Dodge Challenger. Chrysler has been roundly criticized on the interior designs of its recent vehicles and on the Challenger it went out of its way to show that it's improving its interiors. Jeff Gale points out the use of different materials on the interior, and how they used certain design elements to tie it all together.

Dodge Challenger: Performance

Eric Heuschele is the Supervisor of Vehicle Dynamics for the SRT Engineering group at Chrysler. In this interview, he explains why the 2009 Dodge Challenger handles so well, drawing an interesting analogy to the Porsche 911. He also describes Chrysler’s use of “knock-back mitigation” on the Challenger. It’s a problem common to high-performance cars with big brake rotors, and Chrysler owns the patents on how to cure this problem.

Dodge Challenger: Styling

Jeff Gale is the chief exterior designer for the 2009 Dodge Challenger. In this interview at the media preview for the car at Willow Springs race track in California, he explained to me how they tuned the car for better aerodynamics and how they used a few styling “tricks” to enhance the proportions of the design.

Dodge Challenger: Interview with Director of the Dodge Brand

Mike Acavitti is the Director of the Dodge Brand and SRT Marketing Communications. In this interview, he talks about how the 2009 Dodge Challenger will attract new buyers to the Dodge brand. And he talks about who will buy this kind of car, especially in light of soaring gas prices.

2008 Dodge Challenger SRT8 Review

The 2008 Dodge Challenger SRT8 is a muscle car, right? An American muscle car. So naturally, the first thing I want to do when I jump behind the wheel is a big American smoky burnout.

2009 Dodge Challenger Designer Interview

In this final segment of the interview with designers Brian Nielander and Jeff Gale, they discuss the interior design and the differences from the concept car to the production car.

2009 Dodge Journey Review

Cars.com's Dave Thomas takes a look at the 2009 Dodge Journey. It competes with the Ford Edge and Toyota Highlander.

2009 Challenger Designer Interview

Designers Brian Nielander and Jeff Gale discuss their favorite features of the 2009 Dodge Challenger.

Chrysler Sebring, Dodge Avenger 2007-2008 Vehicles Recall

Chrysler is recalling 180,963 MY 2007-2008 Sebring and Dodge Avenger vehicles equipped with a standard tire pressure monitoring system (TPMS). Unused electrical connectors for the TPMS may become corroded and could short circuit, which can cause a variety of conditions including engine no-start, dead battery, an inoperative cruise control or remote start system, and/or engine stalling. Engine stalling could cause a crash without warning.

For more information, visit the NHTSA web site.

2009 Challenger SRT8 Performance Technology

Get a glimpse of the stat-keeping Performance Pages Display feature inside the 2009 Challenger SRT8.

2009 Dodge Challenger RT and SE

It might be the lesser version of the 2008 Dodge Challenger SRT8 that we've already driven, but the 2009 Dodge Challenger R/T is still a serious muscle coupe. After all, it has a Hemi V8, too. More important, you can match it to a manual transmission.

2008 Challenger Designer Interview

Designers Brian Nielander and Jeff Gale discuss carrying out the design of the Challenger concept car to creation of the 08 Challenger SRT8.

2008 Challenger Designer Interview

Designers Brian Nielander and Jeff Gale discuss the differences of the 2008 Dodge Challenger concept and production vehicles.

2008 Dodge Challenger SRT8 In-Depth: Performance

From the 2008 Chicago Auto Show, Cars.com's Joe Wiesenfelder takes a look at the performance aspects of the 2008 Dodge Challenger SRT8.

2008 Dodge Challenger SRT8 In-Depth Overview

From the 2008 Chicago Auto Show, Cars.com's Joe Wiesenfelder takes a look at the 2008 Dodge Challenger SRT8. It competes with the Ford Mustang and Nissan 350Z.

2008 Challenger Designer Interview

Designers Brian Nielander and Jeff Gale discuss the design of the 08 Dodge Challenger and conversion from concept to production.

2009 Ford F-150 vs 2009 Dodge Ram

From the 2008 Detroit Auto Show, Cars.com's Mike Hanley compares the 2009 Ford F-150 and the 2009 Dodge Ram.