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The sales numbers for January 2017 are in and for the third year in a row, the Ford Mustang has started the year by beating the Chevrolet Camaro and the Dodge Challenger in monthly sales – as all three American muscle cars post their worst January in the past few years.

The 2017 Dodge Charger benefits from a pair of new Daytona models and after seeing some confusion online as to how the new Charger Daytona fits into the lineup – we wanted to put together a piece detailing each of the trimlines for Dodge’s muscle sedan.

We test the all-new 2017 Dodge Challenger GT with AWD and find it to be ideal for New England Grand Touring.

The 2017 Dodge Challenger GT is the first ever 2-door muscle car to offer all-wheel drive and after receiving tons of questions asking why this car doesn’t pack Hemi power, we wanted to look at why FCA made the first ever 2-door muscle car with all-wheel drive a V6 model.

The 707 horsepower Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat and Dodge Charger SRT Hellcat have proven to be far more popular than anyone at FCA had ever expected, but every owner can list something about his or her car that they would like to be different – and today we bring you a list of those features which current Hellcat owners would like to see in the next generation SRT Challenger and Charger.

Those folks attending the 2017 North American International Auto Show in Detroit this week will have no problem recognizing what the Dodge brand is all about – with a gorgeous spread of colorful high performance cars and a chance to drive a Hellcat Challenger in the virtual world.

Early this morning, FCA released a statement announcing that their new performance halo vehicle – named the Dodge Challenger SRT Demon – will make its world debut ahead of the 2017 New York International Auto Show and until we get to the Big Apple show in April, FCA will offers teaser information on the new vehicle at a model-specific website.

The December Hellcat of the Month contest has been completed by the members of the Hellcat Group Facebook page and the black Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat owned by Rhiannon Layendecker was picked by the members as their favorite car in the running.

Yesterday we brought you the news that the Ford F Series pickup is the bestselling vehicle and truck in America for 2016 and today, we bring you a look at the rest of the sales numbers from the American pickup truck segment – including both full size and mid-size trucks from GM, FCA, Ford, Toyota, Nissan and Honda.

The sales numbers are in from all of the automakers which offer a performance oriented rear wheel drive vehicle and with 160,500 examples of the Challenger, Charger and Viper sold during 2016 – Dodge is officially the leading purveyor of rear wheel drive, performance oriented vehicles in the USA.

For the second year in a row, the Ford Mustang has beaten the Chevrolet Camaro and the Dodge Challenger to claim the title of America’s bestselling muscle car for 2016 – grabbing 10 of the 12 monthly sales wins along the way.

The new 2017 Dodge Charger Daytona adds appearance and performance goodies to the Charger R/T and the Charger Scat Pack – and with the arrival of the 2017 Charger build page on Dodge.com, you can build your new Daytona or Daytona 392 online now.

After reading some of the comments on my piece where we looked at the build page for the 2017 Dodge Challenger T/A, I thought that it might be time to put together a piece detailing the many trimlines of the newest Challenger, as more than a few people who read that build-and-price piece on the new T/A aren’t sure where it fits into the lineup – or which trimlines are available for the new model year.

Performance cars aren’t the bestselling vehicles in the US, but they are among the most popular in the United States among enthusiasts so today, we bring you the best TorqueNews performance car stories of 2016 – with a look at a variety of different types of performance oriented cars from around the world.

The majority of the key information for the 2017 Dodge Challenger and Dodge Charger have finally arrived on Dodge.com, and while some models have seen a price increase for the new model year – the 707 horsepower SRT Hellcat models carry the same pricing as 2016 models, even with the new features.

The information for the 2017 Dodge Challenger lineup has gone live in Dodge.com with a whopping 13 trimlines, but more importantly, those prospective buyers hoping to score a new Challenger T/A can now build and price their new Mopar muscle car – with either the 5.7L or 6.4L Hemi.

Earlier this year we detailed the key changes slated for the 2017 Dodge Challenger and Charger in their SRT Hellcat form and with the first examples of the 2017 model year Hellcat cars hitting lots sometime last month, the 707 horsepower Mopar muscle cars should be available in every major US market soon – if there isn’t one in your area already.

The NHTSA has opened a new investigation to see if the rotary shift mechanisms in the newer Ram 1500 and Dodge Durango are faulty – or if the people having issues with those vehicles just aren’t bright enough to understand how their vehicle functions.

If you are looking for a fun, affordable gift for the Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat lover in your life – whether it is a little kid who loves toy cars or a grown man who wants a toy to replicate their full size car – there are a handful of new Hellcat toys on the market just in time for Christmas.

A group of Dodge Hellcat owners recently surprised a fellow member of the Mopar community with a radio controlled replica of his custom Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat as a thanks for his ongoing service to the country as a member of the US Air Force – and the cool RC car arrived just in time for Christmas.

The first video showing a Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat racing a new Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 has arrived online courtesy of the folks at Hennessey Performance, and in this first matchup of the two supercharged American muscle cars – the Hellcat took the win time after time.

While the vast majority of Dodge Hellcat cars owned by folks living in areas with real winter weather have their 707 horsepower muscle cars packed away until spring, one Hellcat Charger owner in Michigan has made a video showing that his supercharged sedan is quite capable of digging through deep snow.

Since reporting that production of the Dodge Viper ended back in October, I have received a tremendous number of messages from readers who are disappointed about their inability to custom order a Mopar supercar, but it looks like FCA will reopen the Viper order banks by the end of the year – almost serving as a Christmas present for financial comfortable gearheads.

I recently had the pleasure of spending a week driving the 2016 Dodge Challenger 392 Hemi Scat Pack Shaker, which has the longest name of any modern Mopar muscle car and the best collection of features for the price – making this the coolest late model Dodge Challenger shy of the supercharged Hellcat.

FCA recently announced that 2017 would bring about the new Dodge Challenger GT with standard all-wheel drive – marking the first time that an American “muscle coupe” has been offered with something other than rear wheel drive – and this new Challenger trimline is featured in the new Dodge commercial while frolicking in the Alaskan snow.

The first trailer for the upcoming 8th installation of the famed “Fast and the Furious” movie series dropped this weekend and included in this 3-minute clip is a good look at a Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat with a widebody kit – which has in turn stoked up the rumors of a widebody Challenger coming from Dodge.

It has been speculated for months, but this morning, FCA introduced the 2017 Dodge Challenger GT – the first ever factory-built American muscle car with all-wheel drive.

Sergio Marchionne recently commented that there is a chance that the Dodge brand will return to the world of NASCAR “stock car” racing and in looking at the current state of the FCA motorsports efforts – this seems like the perfect time for the Dodge Charger and the Dodge Challenger to head back into America’s most popular racing series.

The same Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat that ran an 11.08 last weekend was back at the track this past Saturday for the final day of the season, and Jay Gustafson made the most of the cool air – running a 10.99 with his 100% stock-to-the-tires Hellcat Challenger.

If you have been eagerly awaiting the arrival of a 2017 Dodge Challenger T/A that you have ordered over the past six weeks, your wait is nearly over – as a new report states that production of the new Challenger T/A has begun in the Brampton Assembly Plant.