There’s one word you won’t read in this news piece – ‘subtle’. Ram Trucks invited us to the launch of its Ram 1500 models and the first thing that greeted us was a brochure titled “Ram 1500 Eats Utes For Breakfast”. So there… The ute market in Australia is growing More
First shown at the 1989 Detroit Motor Show as a concept car the Dodge Viper was a real crowd pleaser. The fact that Carroll Shelby, the legendary creator of the Cobra had acted as a consultant to Chrysler in the car’s design greatly assisted in boosting its image. Chrysler was More
Despite looking like a macho SUV, perhaps even a full-on 4WD, the Dodge Journey is actually a sensible people mover with three rows of seats and the ability to carry seven adults. Four adults and three children is a more realistic load. Note that it’s a 2WD, front wheels More
Although it’s very much a bit player in Australia the Dodge brand has been around for just over 100 years and still remains one of the world’s most recognisable names. For most of its life Dodge was owned by Chrysler until the collapse of that other American icon during the More
Dodge is unusual in currently being a single-model brand in the country. In this case, it’s the seven-seat Dodge Journey in three trim levels – SXT, R/T and R/T Blacktop. It’s a curious thing to have just the one Dodge when the parent company is doing pretty decent business with More
Dodge Journey Blacktop is a special edition of the vehicle that neatly straddles the people mover and crossover SUV in its styling. Not just a people mover, the Blacktop is all about style numerous black exterior details featured around black alloy wheels. Based on the topline Journey R/T, the Blacktop More
In 1968 Dodge introduced a new car, aimed at recapturing former glories at Daytona. It was built around the 6980cc 90-degree V8 hemi engine of the Charger and although the power output had to stay the same to comply with the rules there was some advantage to be gained from More
