Dodge Archives - A Career of Great Car Articles by John Matras

1971-1980 DeTomaso Dodge I-4 USA

1980 Dodge Omni 024 De Tomaso: Phony Label but Still Avant Garde

History originally published in Sport Compact Car June 1998; republished by the author It should have been no surprise that in 1978 when Chrysler introduced…

JmatrasApril 4, 2025

1961-1970 Dodge USA V-8

1969 Dodge Dart GTS 383: A high-water mark of straight-line performance

History/driving impressions originally published in AutoWeek January 15, 1990; republished by the author Crank the steering wheel around at least a couple of times, gingerly…

JmatrasApril 3, 2025

1971-1980 Dodge USA V-8

1978 Dodge Li’l Red Truck: A red-hot hauler

History/driving impressions originally published in AutoWeek March 2, 1987 Overlap, overlap, overlap, the V-8 whispers, telling secrets about its camshaft, gently rocking the truck with…

JmatrasApril 3, 2025

1961-1970 Dodge I-6 USA

1967 Dodge Dart GT convertible: Piece of Americana goes grand touring and topless

History/driving impressions originally published in AutoWeek February 9, 1989 Certainly “turbo” was the most overused automotive term of the 1980s, misapplied to everything from computers…

JmatrasApril 3, 2025

1961-1970 Dodge USA V-8

1969 Dodge Charger 500: Or is it Charger 392?

History/driving impressions originally published in AutoWeek April 15, 1985 The year was 1968. Both the Dodge Charger and the Ford Fairlane had been freshly rebodied.…

JmatrasApril 3, 2025

1981-1990 4-inline Dodge USA

What’s New… Dodge Omni GLH Turbo

Contemporary review originally published in AutoWeek February 11, 1985 When I was a boy, my grandfather would stop his Chevy pickup on East Texas prairie…

JmatrasApril 3, 2025

1971-1980 Dodge USA V-8

1978 Dodge Warlock: Playing with Adult Toys

History originally published in AutoWeek October 29, 1978 Dodge advertised “Adult Toys” in the late 70s. To Dodge dealers, this meant trucks: 4x4 Ramcharger SUVs…

JmatrasApril 3, 2025

1981-1990 Dodge USA V-8

Armed and Crazy

Feature originally published in Truckin’ March 1983 The energy crisis, while also affecting things like the price of home heating oil, along with the dual…

JmatrasApril 3, 2025

1971-1980 Dodge USA V-8

Dodge Diamante: “Chrysler Corvette” never got beyond Mopar show car

History originally published in AutoWeek September 11, 1989 To have worked for Dodge in the ‘60s and to have the Hemi, and then look at…

JmatrasApril 3, 2025

2011-2020 Dodge England Ford Germany H-4 Lotus Porsche USA V-6 V-8

Gang of Four: Lotus Evora S meets Porsche Cayman R meets Mustang Boss 302 meets Dodge Challenger SRT8 392

Contemporary comparison review originally published in CarBuzzard Sept 24, 2011 No matter what anyone says, you can compare apples to oranges. And you can also…

JmatrasApril 3, 2025

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