For the 2011 model year Chrysler have big plans for the Dodge Challenger and they all sum up in not showing much difference.

Dodge Challenger SRT8

The 2011 Dodge Challenger will see very few styling tweaks, and why not, it is a gorgeous looking muscle car.

The most significant change will be the current Ram badge that will be replaced by the new Dodge logo, the one that simply says Dodge.

Underneath what you can see the change

Chrysler Group LLC isn’t having the best of luck overall and this is just another blow to the company image as a defect that is related to the ignition is making for a recall.

Dodge Challenger

The problem apparently is that the cars allow the removal of the key from the ignition before the car is shifted into park and as a result 40,000 Chrysler, Dodge, and Jeep vehicles will be making their way back to the services.

The recall isn’t limited

Coming off the success of their first packages for the Dodge Challenger, Hurst Performance is readying a followup, the Competition Plus package for owners of the 2009 Challenger SRT8.  Details are limited on the Competition Plus package but we do know it will set you back a staggering $18,495.  What's in this package you might ask, well for starters a Hurst shift kit and pearl white knob, an authenticity plaque, K&N high-flow air filter, Magnaflow

The MINI E is something that many of us are interested in from an advancement of technology perspective. We are also interested in it through the lens of comparison, especially in comparison with things we already know. Until now, however, there hasn’t been an opportunity to compare a MINI E with any of the other MINI models; this is where our partner site AllCarsElectric.com comes in.

You might remember that I reported on AllCarsElectric.com’s Editor-in-Chief, Lyle Dennis, taking delivery of MINI E

A Dodge rebadged as an Alfa? Alfisti are no doubt astir over this one.

TuningTruck.com has already told you about the near-certain plans for some Fiat models—like the stylish 500 minicar—to be sold in the U.S. via Chrysler's dealer network, and we've also heard talk about how Alfa might be using Chrysler's LX platform (underpinning the 2009 Dodge Charger and 2009 Dodge Challenger, along with the Chrysler 300) for an upcoming large sedan.

But it's new to us—and

Sales of the Dodge Challenger for June of 2009 were 1,369 compared to 1,024 from June of 2008 showing a 34% increase in sales from the previous year. Year to date Challenger sales are 15,082 compared to 1,095 for 2008, which is a 1277.6% gain.  The large gain is due to the fact Challengers were only being sold for one solid month and a few days in 2008, so the small figure represents a very small time frame.

Month to Month sales on the other hand were very disappointing for the

It looks like Ford Mustang sales have hit a little speed bump on the road to recovery as month to month sales have decreased by double-digit figures.  The past few months sales have been increasing steadily giving us hope Mustang sales were headed in the right direction but as you will see below the figures tell the tail.  Are we starting to see the impact of what the 2010 Chevrolet Camaro and the 2009 Dodge Challenger will have on the Mustang, probably so.

Sales of Ford Mustangs for

Today AutoPacific announced their 2009 winners of the Ideal Vehicle Awards (IVA). If you are like me, the first thing you are asking yourself is, ‘How did they come up with the ratings to award one car over another.’ The answer: The IVAs are based on owners’ ratings of their new 2009 model year cars and trucks across 15 key vehicle attributes. The results may actually surprise you.

Since I am biased to small car news let’s look at what cars are deemed the most ideal.