With more than 200,000 units across six separate recalls and almost all of its brands, it appears that Chrysler has officially jumped headfirst into the recall pool this month. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has issued three official recalls for the automaker, and The Detroit News is reporting that the automaker itself has announced three more. The biggest of the recalls applies to about 120,000 Dodge Charger, Dodge Challenger and Chrysler 300 models for 2011 and 2012 due to faulty wiring harnesses for the seat-mounted side airbags, which could lead to these airbags ... Read More

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Detroit 2010: Dodge Nitro Detonator is massively yellow 1263239700

Dodge is rolling out three special edition Nitros here at the Detroit Auto Show named Heat, Detonator and Shock. For now, we're focusing on the Detonator, a massively loud yellow mid-size SUV. Aside from the eye-scorching paint, the Nitro Detonator gets standard 20-inch wheels, eight premium speakers hooked into a 368-watt amp plus a nine-inch subwoofer. ...
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Dodge announces upgraded lineup for 2010 including Nitro Detonator 1262982540

A few weeks ago, everyone, including us, was wondering when The Chrysler Group was going to have anything new to show us at next week's Detroit Auto Show. You can look at the latest news about potential Ram models, Chrysler's special editions and Dodge's just-unveiled offerings either as wheezing gasps, or signs of pointing in the right direction. Since ...
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More Chrysler SEMA stuff: HEMI-powered Dodge Nitro 1161987780

UPDATE: Added more specs and hi res imageMad props go out to Ray Wert at Jalopnik who has been feeding us bits of Chrysler's SEMA stuff all day long, and apparently he's not done. The latest is this purple Dodge Nitro with a heavily modified 5.7-liter HEMI V8 under its squared-off hood that's hooked up to a Tremec 5-speed transmission. We're totally diggin ...
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Dodge Nitro Panel Wagon previewed ahead of SEMA show 1161118080

UPDATE: Hi res images and press release addedWho knows why automakers seem attracted to the utilitarian nature and claustrophobic accomodations of panel vehicles lately, but we're not complaining. Dodge is the latest to join the fray by offering up renderings of the Nitro Panel Wagon concept that will be displayed at this year's SEMA show near the end of ...
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Dodge Nitro gets a HEMI for SEMA 1158928320

Dodge has released some initial info on what it has in store for SEMA this year. The big deal will be the Challenger Super Sort concept that'll be on display. Alas, they're playing coy with the specifics on that one, so we'll have to wait and see what the story is. Expect a HEMI with many, many young ponies running amok underhood for sure.Absent details on ...
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Giving the appropriate sex to a car (and why it's still dumb) 1141952400

According to Kevin Wilson of Auto Week, there was apparently some emphasis by Jeep at the Chicago Auto show that the Dodge Nitro is aimed at male buyers, while the Jeep Liberty is geared more towards women (the latter remarks, of course, were implied as not to receive a scorching glance, lawsuit, or the front tire of a Porsche Cayenne). The same division ...