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The new 2013 SRT Viper is set to debut at the 2012 New York Auto Show in less than a week but the folks at the Street and Racing Technology division have offered up our first look at the interior of the new American supercar as a part of the series of teasers leading up to the big debut.

Earlier this week, TorqueNews brought you the news of the new rally car based on the upcoming 2013 Dodge Dart that will be piloted by championship rally racer Travis Pastrana and while we are not likely to see an all wheel drive Dart with 600 horsepower in showrooms any time soon - this new race car means a great deal to the Chrysler Group and their rabid enthusiast following for a handful of reasons.

In a striking combination of devilish good looks and angelic efficiency, the 2012 Dodge Challenger Rallye Redline delivers 305 horsepower from its 3.6-liter aluminum Pentastar V-6 while still getting 27-mpg on the open road.

Travis Pastrana, a four-time Rally America champion is an accomplished driver and brings multiple supercross and motorcross championships as he teams up with Dodge to compete in the 2012 Global RallyCross Championship Series starting in May.

The Dodge NASCAR program might be facing a questionable future with their only major Sprint Cup team moving to Ford next year but the Chrysler Group is spreading to new forms of racing and next Monday, the folks from SRT Motorsports and Dodge will hold a press conference to announce a new racing venture featuring the 2013 Dodge Dart.

The 2013 Dodge Dart took the spotlight yesterday during a Chrysler sponsored luncheon for the automotive media, marking the opening of the 2012 Denver Auto Show.

The battle for police car supremacy is heating up with each of the Detroit Big 3 already offering police sedans and today, the Chrysler Group joined GM and Ford Motor Company in introducing their new special service police sport utility vehicles in the form of the Dodge Durango Special Service.

A ragged and beat-up 1972 Dodge Sportsman Royal van that hasn't been running for years, has been listed on eBay for a starting price of $50,000. The high asking price is not because the van is rare, but the “Melvan” has drawings on the side that were drawn by late Nirvana frontman, Kurt Cobain.

The 283 horsepower Pentastar V6 was previously only available in the 2012 Dodge Avenger in the pricier SXT Plus or R/T trimlines but the Chrysler Group has just announced the new Avenger SE V6 package - bringing the power of the 3.6L V6 and almost 30mpg to the entry level midsized sedan.

Race fans in Las Vegas, Nevada were treated to the unveil of the latest in the new look for NASCAR, this one from Chrysler-Dodge with their new 2013 Charger Sprint Cup, whose looks are likely the best yet unveiled for the new-generation makeover in racing.

The Dodge Journey's starting manufacturer's suggested retail price of $18,995 makes the vehicle the most affordable seven-passenger crossover in America.

The Dodge NASCAR effort took a big hit yesterday when Ford Motor Company announced a new contract with Penske Racing, but with the introduction of the shadowy teaser picture on the right – its evident that Dodge Motorsports isn’t giving up on the NASCAR Sprint Cup program as they will unveil the new 2013 Dodge Charger Sprint Cup car on March 11th.

One sad fact that likely went unnoticed by most who read Chrysler’s February 2012 sales results was that there were zero Dodge Vipers sold last month – marking the first time in the last 10 years and possibly the first time since the Viper was introduced where there were absolutely none of the American supercars sold.

Just a few days after Penske Racing Dodge Chargers finished a disappointing 32nd and 34th in the 2012 Daytona 500, Ford Motor Company issued a statement proclaiming that Penske would be returning to Ford Motorsports for the 2013 season – both for the NASCAR Sprint Cup and NASCAR Nationwide Series.

February 2012 was a very good month for the Ford Mustang with sales almost doubling compared to the same month one year ago – allowing the Ford pony car to outsell the Chevrolet Camaro and the Dodge Challenger while claiming the title of top rear wheel drive performance car in the second month of the year.

The Chrysler Group has put live the first configuration website for the upcoming 2013 Dodge Dart but in an effort to generate buzz around the new C-segment sedan, Dodge has put up the Dart page before all of the fine print has been finalized – leading the company to attach interesting notes around the site like “preproduction model shown” and “For survey purposes only – prices and features subject to change”.

In September 2011, the Chrysler Group announced that their incredible Dodge Viper ACR had reclaimed the production car record on Germany’s famed Nürburgring with a time of just 7 minutes and 12 seconds and yesterday, the SRT division issued a video of the race-only Dodge Viper ACR-X roaring around the track known as Green Hell in just 7 minutes and 3 seconds – making it one of the quickest cars to ever lap ‘The Ring’.

Chrysler and all of the Chrysler Group's vehicle brands have come in dead last in JD Power and Associates Reliability Survey.

The 2013 Dodge Viper is set to make is grand debut at the 2012 New York Auto Show in early April but the folks at Drive SRT have offered a look at the three logos that have graced the nose of the American super car leading up to the full debut in a few months.

Two potentially hazardous defects would make life a little more difficult for law enforcement.

The sales numbers are in for January 2012 and as has generally been in the case over the past year, the Chevrolet Camaro very comfortably outsold the Ford Mustang and the Dodge Challenger in the first month of the New Year.

The Chrysler Group announced yesterday that they will be adding 1,800 jobs at their Belvidere Assembly Plant to prepare for the production of the 2013 Dodge Dart along with meeting the high demand for the other two vehicles currently built in Belvidere, the Jeep Compass and Jeep Patriot.

When the Dodge Charger was reintroduced as a full sized four door sedan for the 2006 model year, some Mopar faithful grumbled about the addition of the “extra doors” but as the new Charger powers through its second generation with a sleek new exterior design – the only people who could question whether the 2012 Charger SRT8 car is deserving of the Charger name are those who haven’t been behind the wheel.