Since before the name Stellantis was created, the company formerly known as FCA has held the Drive for Design contest to promote, encourage and bolster automotive design at the high school level. For 13 years, the company has invited high school students who are interested in vehicle design to create their vision of a futuristic … Read more
Stellantis is planning to stagger and alternate shifts at its Windsor plant over the next three months, as it adjusts output to demand and, presumably, works on preparing the factory to make gasoline-powered Dodge Chargers.
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The Windsor plant is back up, though only for two weeks at this point, according to the Windsor Star. The 3,500-worker plant makes minivans and Dodge Chargers, and has five local feeder plants with 1,250 employees. The Jeep Compass plant in Toluca, Mexico, is apparently still closed for April. The closures of the Toluca and … Read more
It’s not unusual for the same car to appear at a show the next year, or even the year after. It is somewhat unusual for it to be put aside for a century between shows, though. The first Chrysler, Model B-70, debuted at the New York Auto Show in early 1924. Chrysler’s sales chief, Joe … Read more
Chrysler plans to bring back one of the 1924 Chrysler Six models that debuted at New York’s 1924 car show 101 years ago. Maxwell Motors launched the Chrysler marque, building and selling cars, in January 1924. For the last ten years, the company has marked 1925 as its birthdate, rather than the actual debut of … Read more
Mattie Fisher was on national TV earlier this year, singing the praises of Chrysler minivans and giving reporters a quick test drive in their own Town & Country. Now, though, the retired-and-disabled Mattie and Jeff Fisher find that their van needs a new transmission. While the Chrysler automatic has been reliable for many years, the … Read more
Stellantis has brought Jeep, Ram, Dodge, Chrysler, and Fiat to the Detroit Auto Show with spacious displays, the Halcyon concept, and a brand new Dodge Charger and Jeep Wagoneer S. While Camp Jeep never left the car-show circuit, Stellantis essentially withdrew everything else from shows last year. At the same time, Ford brought out its … Read more
Recently, Mopar Insiders reported on a leaked supplier notice that project C6X had been terminated. This led some to speculate that Chrysler had dropped its large crossover, scheduled now for a 2026 launch, but it’s possible there is another explanation. Erik Latranyi, posting at Allpar.com, believes that the cancelled project was the Airflow, whose demise … Read more
The head of Chrysler, Christine Feuell, told CNBC that the 101-year-old marque’s future is safe, with new product in 2026 including a refreshed Chrysler Pacifica and a large crossover. Earlier statements about Chrysler suggested the marque would be fully battery-electric, but this plan seems to have been ejected. An electric minivan is still planned, but … Read more
Chrysler today celebrated the twentieth anniversary of Chrysler’s Stow ’n’ Go system for putting minivan seats away into the floor—a feature still standard on the Pacifica Select and Limited, even with all wheel drive models. The brand chief, Chris Feuell, said, “Chrysler brand will mark its 100th anniversary in 2025, and that Century of Innovation … Read more
Toyota may be the best selling automaker in the world, but its Sienna didn’t thrill Americans in 2024; it racked up 75,037 sales last year, admittedly a 13% gain over 2023, but not enough to challenge the Pacifica. Toyota had to console itself with 475,193 RAV4 sales. Honda topped Toyota but not Chrysler with 80,293 … Read more
Braun, an aftermarket company, is recalling 44 Chrysler minivans sold in the United States under the Pacifica and Voyager names because the seat limiter may not have been included, so that owners may be too close to the airbags. Some more minivans outside the US are likely recalled as well. This only affects minivans which … Read more
Traditionally, Chrysler Corporation, Maxwell Motors, and the other incarnations that are part of Stellantis today have had a surefire way to save the company: bringing in a savior from the outside. Before a single decade was up, Maxwell Motors was saved by Walter Flanders, who bought the company and brought it back to life. Then … Read more
Longtime Allpar member Matty Fisher, a fixture at many Carlisle shows, was recently featured on NBC News Daily in connection with her minivan, “Baby.” The piece is centered around falling minivan sales, and those who still love them. It was streamed on the NBC News Now channel and showed on-air; the piece can now be … Read more
The only full retrospective of the Chrysler marque, covering everything from Maxwell’s birth to the present day, has just been released in an inexpensive black-and-white format. By taking out the photos and otherwise leaving the book intact, the price could be dropped from the usual $32 down to $19.24. The text size and basic formatting … Read more
Over the past few years, many members of the community suggested that a second term by President Donald Trump would lead to the demise of electric vehicles and a quick rebirth of the modern Hemi era. As you likely know, President Trump won the election earlier this week, sparking many conversations about what he will … Read more