With the nine-speed automatic no longer a hot product for Chrysler cars and minivans, Stellantis is selling the plant that made them for years, according to the Indianapolis Business Journal. Production actually ended in June.The Tipton Transmission Plant, which only started production ten years ago—in April 2014—is on a 103-acre site with three buildings (plant, … Read more
Dodge has released a preliminary spec sheet on the Dodge Charger Daytona—the electrically powered, 400V BEV which is to be made before the gasoline-powered Charger, the four-door sedan, and the 800V BEV. All wheel drive is the only option.It’s important to keep in mind that Dodge may be holding something back for future release; and … Read more
A number of questions have been coming up regarding the 2024-2025 Dodge Chargers released yesterday; most of these can be answered using information we already have.Q. How much will they cost, and what fuel economy do the gasoline cars have?A. We don’t know yet. Don’t expect the base Charger Hurricane Six to match the base … Read more
This morning, Dodge introduced the next generation of the Charger – both a two-door coupe and a four-door sedan, with both battery electric and gasoline-powered drivetrain options. There is a great deal of information, with four drivetrain options across two body styles, and we will go into detail on all of them; but having gotten … Read more
The 2024 and 2025 Dodge Charger Daytona will be Dodge’s first battery electric vehicles (BEV) since the 1990s’ TEVan and EPIC minivans. Many people will hate this car simply because they hate the push to electric vehicles, but for Dodge fans who are even remotely accepting of EVs, the new Charger is a glorious departure … Read more
The next-generation 2024 Dodge Charger will arrive in mid-2024 as a battery-electric two-door coupe, followed by a battery-electric four-door sedan in early 2025. If you like the look of the 2024/2025 Charger Daytona, but you aren’t interested in an electric vehicle, Dodge will sell the gasoline-powered Charger Six Pack in early 2025.Like many other Mopar … Read more
This morning, Dodge took the wraps off of the 2024 and 2025 Charger Daytona BEV and the gasoline-powered Charger Six Pack. Like the SRT Banshee Concept car from 2022, the first new Dodge Charger Daytona BEV coming in “mid-2024” will be a two-door coupe, but starting in the first quarter of 2025, the company will … Read more
As Jeep prepares for the 58th Easter Safari at Moab, where it launches new concepts and new performance parts, the marque is also launching new “Jeep Beach” models. These are partly an incentive for customers to move up to the 4xe system, which provides 21 miles of electric range at 49 MPGe; they can also … Read more
This was a bad day for two companies making vehicles that have an off-road-ready aura. The Toyota Tacoma has a roughly 381,000-truck recall on the 2022-23 Tacoma, which appears to be roughly the entire run, because welding debris on the ends of the rear axle assembly could loosen the retaining nuts; the axle can separate … Read more
Apple car dead. Apple, which has been semi-secretly working on making its own electric car in conjunction with a real automaker, today officially cancelled the project.The Apple Car was likely first initiated under Steve Jobs; around 2,000 people were working on it as of this month. The project has been going on for over ten … Read more
The 2025 Ram 1500 recently arrived as the first Dodge/Ram pickup in decades to have no V8 engine. Some on social media claimed these were the first of their kind to have no V8 option, which is true for Ram but not for Dodge. Dodge Brothers, after all, were all four-cylinders when the brothers were … Read more
Last week, I traveled to Austin, Texas, to drive the 2025 Ram 1500 lineup. The most controversial aspect of the 2025 Ram 1500 is the loss of the beloved Hemi V8 engines, replaced by a pair of “Hurricane” twin turbocharged inline-6 engines dubbed SST (Straight Six Turbo).The removal of the Hemi engines was not a … Read more
Last week, I traveled to Austin, Texas to drive the 2025 Ram 1500 lineup. Today, the embargo on drive impressions and pricing lifted. Unfortunately, while I came home with lots of seat time in the Ram half-ton pickups, I also came home with the worst flu I’ve had in my entire life, so I am … Read more
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is, according to the Washington Post, thinking about reducing its emissions rules for cars and trucks. The EPA had been pushing for 50% of new-car sales to be BEVs with the 2030 model-year, but slower growth in EV sales and battery production are making that seem impractical.Changes to the rule … Read more
2024 Jeep Gladiators are hitting dealers; so today seems like a good day for Jeep to reveal the prices. The new 2024 Jeep Gladiator, the world’s most off-road capable midsize truck, will start in the United States at $37,895 plus $1,895 destination). That’s a $1,725 price cut, according to Jeep. Those who visit the Build & Price section of Jeep’s site or Kelley’s Blue Book are in for some confusion, since they list different prices. At Jeep.com, the 2023 Gladiator Sport comes to $38,990…
The 2022-24 Jeep Grand Cherokee and 2021-24 Jeep Wrangler are being recalled for broken defrosters/defoggers. Around 200,000 vehicles sold in the US, and others sold elsewhere, have software errors which can prevent the defroster/defogger from running, in recall 24V111000. The software upgrade has to be done by the dealer.Software updates were also the subject of … Read more
