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This past weekend in Pomona, California, Ron Capps and his Don Schumacher Racing Dodge Charger R/T claimed the 2016 NHRA funny car championship for the first time in the driver’s storied career – and his 3 DSR teammates all joined him in the top 5 of the final season standings.

FCA doesn’t officially break down the Challenger and Charger sales by trimline or engine choice, but a company representative has confirmed that during the course of 2016, 33% of the Dodge muscle cars sold were fitted by either the 485hp 392 Hemi or the 707hp Hellcat Hemi.

While the 1950 Dodge D100 shown above doesn’t preface a future high performance model, this crate Hemi-powered rat rod pickup was among the most popular old school rides at the 2016 SEMA Show – with a crowd gathered around this patina-clad machine all week long.

While the Charger was the less popular of the Dodge Hellcat cars for the second year in a row, there more than three times as many Hellcat Chargers built for 2016 than were built for the previous model year – with more than 4,000 examples of the 707 horsepower super sedan offered up to dealerships around the country.

Mopar didn’t bring out a customized Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat to the 2016 SEMA Show, but the crew from SpeedKore brought out their new carbon fiber bodied Challenger with a Whipple-blown Hellcat Hemi – and it is really the only Hellcat you Need to see from SEMA.

The Ram Brand introduced a Hellcat-powered Ram Rebel last month, but the “Hellfire” Ram 1500 from the 2016 SEMA Show is the supercharged Ram truck that we really want – looking like the perfect modern day replacement for the Dodge Ram 1500 SRT10.

It has become quite popular for owners of classic Mopar muscle cars to swap in one of the modern Hemi engines from the Dodge Challenger, so to make that conversion even easier, Mopar has introduced turnkey crate engine packages for the 5.7L and 6.4L Hemi – offering R/T and SRT power in your old school machine.

The SEMA Show has announced their awards for the “Hottest” vehicles of the 2016 show, with the Dodge Charger being named the inaugural Hottest Sedan of SEMA while the Jeep Wrangler claimed the title of the Hottest SUV of SEMA for the 7th straight year – allowing the Jeep to remain the only SUV to win the title since it was introduced back in 2010.

There have long been rumors that Dodge will eventually offer a Challenger from the factory with a wider body than the current version, but Novi, Michigan-based Classic Design Concepts has brought out their own widebody Challenger conversion to the 2016 SEMA Show in Las Vegas and while the look is not for everyone – this is an interesting option for Challenger owners who want a very unique look.

Leading up to the 2016 SEMA Show, FCA teased what looked to be a 2015+ Dodge Challenger Shaker, but it is actually a 1971 Dodge Challenger with a spread of 2015+ components inside and out – along with a spread of modifications that make this one wicked pro touring-style muscle car.

There have long been rumors that Dodge has been working on an SRT-level Durango with the 392 Hemi, and while this beautiful machine is only a SEMA Show concept right now – this 485 horsepower beast has all of the makings of a great high performance sport utility vehicle.

The production information for the 2016 Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat has been posted on the enthusiast community site Hellcat.org and while they have a ton of statistics on the 707 horsepower muscle car, the key figure is 11,955 Hellcat Challengers sold for 2016 – roughly 67% more than the 2015 model year.

Earlier this week, the white Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat built and tuned by High Horse Performance set a new Hellcat quarter mile record, running a 9.29 at 147.29 miles per hour – beating the previous record of 9.46 that was set by this same car earlier this year.

The first official information proving that there is an all-wheel drive Dodge Challenger coming to market has arrived in the form of a listing on the EPA Fuel Economy website – listing a 2017 Dodge Challenger GT with the Pentastar V6 and the same fuel economy figures as the AWD Dodge Charger.

The blurred sketch of a Dodge Durango was released with this year’s FCA SEMA teasers and with the image traveling around the social networks without any supporting information – we bring you a closer look at this blue SUV and what it could be.

While some Dodge Charger SRT Hellcat owners have improved their quarter mile times by adding lots more power, one Hellcat sedan owner in Canada has gotten his beast down into the 10.50 range without adding any sort of extra power.

The Mopar crew is headed to SEMA next week and the menacing looking Dodge Challenger teased in the shadowy image above prefaces something exciting for the muscle car world – although it is hard to tell what that might be from this sole image.

Today, we bring you a drag racing video featuring a Dodge Charger SRT Hellcat going against a Ford Mustang GT with an aftermarket supercharger setup, and while the racing action is great – this video should remind racers not to write checks with their mouths that their cars can’t cash.

This past weekend, a Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat driven by Brian Studey ran a 9.48 quarter mile time at Great Lakes Dragway in Wisconsin, leaving him just 2 hundredths of a second short of tying the overall Hellcat quarter mile record – which was achieved with a little laughing gas.

Those Mopar fans in Australia who have been hoping and praying for a Hellcat Challenger or Charger might be out of luck, as a new report indicates that the Dodge brand could be leaving the Aussie market altogether in the near future – seemingly removing what little chance there was of the Hellcat cars being sold Down Under.

The newest Hellcat from Hot Wheels has reached stores, with the blue Dodge Charger SRT with the Mopar racing livery joining the earlier red and white sedans and the trio of Hellcat Challengers in the Mattel 1/64th scale lineup.

While driving most 7-passenger SUVs usually means that you can’t have a much fun while behind the wheel, the 2016 Dodge Durango R/T is proof that a big SUV with three rows of seating can be fun - and you can have that combination of passenger space and driving excitement for under $50k.

The TorqueNews.com Hellcat of the Month for October 2016 as picked by the Hellcat Group Facebook page is the gorgeous B5 Blue Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat shown above, owned by Sam Chapa.

The AAA Texas NHRA Fall Nationals were held this past weekend and for the 3rd race in a row, the final round was a duel of Dodge Charger funny cars from Don Schumacher Racing, with Matt Hagan beating teammate Ron Capps – giving Hagan his 4th win of the season, DSR its 13th race of the season and nearly guaranteeing another funny car championship in 2016.

FCA has announced that the Dodge Challenger and Dodge Charger for the 2017 model years have received the NHTSA’s 5-star overall safety rating – the highest score available – essentially making the most powerful American models among the safest as well.

This past weekend in Wisconsin, the Plum Crazy Purple Dodge Charger SRT Hellcat owned and driven by Steve Pryce set a new quarter mile record for the factory-supercharged sedan, stopping the times at 9.58 with a trap speed of 142.94 miles per hour – and we have the details on this monster Mopar.

After discussing the pending availability of the 2017 Dodge Challenger T/A last week, we got some questions on the ordering status of the 2017 Dodge Charger Daytona and in speaking with my same dealership contacts, I was surprised to find that the newest Daytona is on sale now – and it has been for some time.

Based on information from my dealership contacts, the 2017 Dodge Challenger T/A and Challenger T/A 392 officially go on sale next week as FCA opens the order bands to dealers – meaning that if you want to get a new T/A model soon, this is a good time to talk to your local Dodge salesperson.

A new video has hit the internet showing a handful of obviously beefed up Chevrolet Corvette test cars pulling out of a gas station in Marietta, Ohio with a handful of other performance cars including the Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat – and you have to think that there are likely development cars for the upcoming C7 Corvette ZR1.

The Dodge Challenger, Charger and Viper teamed up to post their best combined sales of 2016 in September, allowing these Dodge rear wheel drive models to comfortably outsell the rear-drive cars from Cadillac, BMW and the rest of the automakers doing business in the USA.