The Latest Breaking News from Tim Kuniskis

The car has 1,025 horsepower, and Leno isn't shy about using each one.

An up to 1,025-horsepower Dodge Challenger Demon that can travel the quarter mile in under nine seconds and requires the signing of a waiver to purchase marks the end of the Hemi-powered muscle car as the brand moves into a new era of performance.

DETROIT — Consumers who can find an electric vehicle or plug-in hybrid that qualifies for the $7,500 tax credit now may want to snap it up before the end of the year, experts say, while others wanting to purchase EVs that aren't eligible might be better off waiting until 2023.

The American automaker wants to make sure that you're tuning them the right way.

Dodge's Direct Connection aftersales program is hiking the horsepower for its traditional muscle cars — as well as the future all-electric models.

But Dodge has no plans to launch anything like that.

The debut now should be before the end of the year.

The plan never came to be, unfortunately.

The company continues to tweak it.