It’s Ok to Dream Big, Especially After You’ve Paid Your Dues. I’d driven mom cars for years- a safe, nondescript family sedan, a minivan, and a full-size SUV. With four kids, who could even consider anything else? It was time: I wanted a new car. Wanted, not needed. How could I even really buy that…
2019 Dodge Challenger Hellcat Redeye: The Demon’s Little Cousin
If “Speed Demon” is your middle name, keep reading. No, we didn’t just swear. The car’s name really is Challenger Hellcat. And boy does it live up to its name. You might remember Hellcat as the female Marvel superhero, an evil, devilish creature in Dungeons and Dragons or a World War II fighter plane. Lately,…
Tackling the Circuit of the Americas: Driving Performance Cars On This Track is the Chance of a Lifetime
And I Wasn’t About to Pass It Up. The cars were lined up along Pit Row, a beautiful array of colors, shapes, and sizes, like toys on display to lure kids into play. each was assigned one of more than a dozen categories for evaluation and the 40 or so journalists were in attendance at the annual Texas Auto…
How To Supercharge a Woman: With A Muscle Car
Do You Have Clutchphobia? I did, but you don’t have to. Here’s my story. When I was 16, my dad tried to teach me how to drive a car with manual transmission. A “stick shift,” we called it, and my mom loved it. She owned an unattractive (sorry, Mom) Chevy Citation hatchback, white with a blue…
The Ridiculous Fun Of Drag Racing Dodge Hellcats
Racing Dodge muscle cars and smashing eggs. Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA) hosts an annual event in Detroit that gives journalists a chance to drive all the company’s vehicles. The brand includes Jeep, Dodge, Chrysler, Ram, and Fiat so it’s a pretty big list. It all goes down at Chelsea Proving Grounds in Michigan and this…
2015 Dodge Charger: Family Car Built for the Race Track
Yes, you read that right: A family muscle car, built for speed. So, first a little backstory on the 2015 Dodge Charger. Dodge has a heritage of building cars designed to thrill. The Dodge Brothers founded the company to innovate engine design, and by the 1950s the brand was a staple on the NASCAR…