Tests and Features

In the long list of performance machines that is the Dodge Charger/Challenger lineup, somewhat lost between the relatively affordable Scat Pack and the headline-grabbing Hellcat is the SRT 392. I had the opportunity to test both the Charger and Challenger on back-to-back weeks, which was helpful for comparison reasons. The …

Modern-day musclecars from the big three domestic automakers might not be volume sellers, but they do garnish quite a bit of attention. People either admire them for their raw power and sexy retro looks, or loathe them for their environmentally unfriendly personality, especially when they’re stuffed with big honkin’ V8 …

I felt like a scene from ‘The Matrix’ was playing out in my head as I stepped out the front door. The Morpheus side of my brain was offering the Neo side a choice, only instead of a blue pill or a red pill it was a black key or …

Back in 1987, when I was an instructor at the Jim Russel Driving School at the Mont-Tremblant Track, our pace car was a Mustang GT equipped with a 5.0-litre V8 that pumped out 225 horsepower. At the time, that was a lot of power and I loved blasting down the …

The 2015 Dodge Challenger R/T Scat Pack Shaker is the answer to the question 'what if I want to drive a car like the Hellcat, but I also don't want to die?' If you've been put off by the awesome responsibility that comes with the Challenger SRT Hellcat's 707 horsepower, …

Is there a full-size sedan on the market with a more diverse line-up than the redesigned 2015 Dodge Charger? Available with anything from a respectable V6 all the way up to a bonkers 707 horses from the supercharged SRT Hellcat model, the Charger offers family car shoppers a breadth of …

Usually when one ends up sideways while driving in snowy conditions it's cause for alarm, rather than celebration, but then again most people aren't experiencing their tail-out scenario within the safe confines of ICAR's race course. Located just northwest of Montreal, the full-service high performance driving facility was hosting Chrysler's …

Car enthusiasts don’t want toys. Sure, they may look happy unwrapping a snowbrush or a Mopar clock, but what they really want is an actual car. Fortunately, tastes differ widely, so loved ones have a lot of latitude when choosing the ideal gift. During a meeting of utmost importance held …

Back in the 80s, Chrysler totally revolutionized family transportation with the Caravan. The brand may not have invented the concept, but it certainly popularized it in America. And then a funny thing happened: the generation raised in the Caravan rejected it when it came time to buy a vehicle for …