2025 Stellantis Drive for Design Contest Winners Announced

Chrysler Quantum

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

Windsor plant is back up

Windsor plant

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

After pro-minivan TV appearance, Chrysler devotees are seeking help to fix their van

Death of the minivan NBC news story with Mattie

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

Stella returns to the Detroit Auto Show in force, with Ramcharger cutaway (updated)

Ramcharger display

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

C6X cancellation: Airflow is dead, long live the Halcyon?

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

Chrysler to do hybrid crossover, gasoline and hybrid minivan

Feuell and white airflow

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 admits to 100th anniversary, Stow ’n’ Go 20th

Stow n Go

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

Chrysler is still the minivan dominator

2025 Chrysler Voyager LX

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

44 modded minivans and other recalls

2022 Ram 3500 Heavy Duty Limited

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

Chrysler’s usual outside savior

Walter P. Chrysler

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

Mopar minivan owner from Allpar on TV segment

Death of the minivan NBC news story with Mattie

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