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Stellantis CEO clarifies Amazon partnership, ProMaster BEV

January 5, 2022 by David Zatz

During a meeting with Morgan Stanley, Stellantis CEO Carlos Tavares clarified today’s Amazon-Stellantis announcement.The deal with Amazon has three major facets:Stellantis will leverage Amazon’s operating systems in infotainment (an effort which will include the Foxconn partnership);Stellantis will use Amazon’s cloud services (e.g. AWS);The company will sell Amazon “a significant number” of ProMaster battery-electric vans. Some … Read more

Betty White has Passed Away at 99

January 3, 2022 by Patrick Rall

Almost a year ago, I wrote a piece highlighting the fact that Betty White had recently turned 99 years old. Known best for her role as Rose on Golden Girls, White had an interesting connection to the Plymouth brand – serving as the celebrity spokeswoman for the 1958 model year lineup. We learned from the … Read more

Freep: Mopars to get EV alerts this month

January 1, 2022 by David Zatz

2022 Dodge Durango police pursuit car (squad)

According to the Detroit Free Press, millions of Ram, Jeep, Dodge, Fiat, and Alfa Romeo cars and trucks will be getting a software update to enable emergency vehicle (EV) alerts. The system will start out in North America, but would be enabled anywhere in the world it is supported by EVs.The news comes after a … Read more

GME T6 “Tornado” engine is officially real, here’s where it’s made (updated)

December 30, 2021December 28, 2021 by David Zatz

While nobody at Stellantis has talked about the new straight-six engine, the turbocharged “Tornado” six is actually listed in the company’s list of manufacturing plants.As Stellpower reported weeks ago, the engine will be made in Saltillo, which is currently home of the Hemi—every Hemi.The new inline six-cylinder engine, possibly the last completely new gasoline engine … Read more

Epic World’s Fastest Hellcat Match Race Planned for March

December 28, 2021 by Patrick Rall

When the 2022 Muscle Cars at the Strip event is held next March, there will be plenty of incredible drag racing, but in a match race battle for the ages, the world’s quickest and fastest Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat racers will go head-to-head. This includes the 007 Hellcat of the Epling Garage family race team … Read more

Direct Connection technical hotline is back, and other possibly-overlooked news

December 27, 2021 by David Zatz

Direct Connection Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat Redye

Possibly missed in the avalanche of Direct Connect news last week is the return of the technical hotline, which helps performance-minded people to get specific questions answered.The hotline is available at a toll-free number: (800) 998-1110. It is, as one might expect, only meant for questions about Mopar performance parts.Direct Connection, like Mopar Performance, sells … Read more

Dodge Announces Official Direct Connection Performance Package Details

December 22, 2021December 22, 2021 by Patrick Rall

We have known for some time that the Direct Connection performance division was returning to support the Dodge brand. Today, the first real details on these internally-designed performance packages were announced with increases of up to 885 warranty-friendly horsepower for the Challenger SRT Hellcat Redeye. There are also some upgrade options for the Challenger SRT … Read more

Get ready for a new transmission

December 13, 2021 by David Zatz

It’s got eight speeds. It was engineered by ZF, originally, and was modified by the friendly Mopar powertrain engineers. It’s able to handle a lot of torque, and can have an integrated electric motor.It’s the brand new, fourth-generation ZF 8-speed, dubbed 880RE. The first eight stands for eight forward gears; the second is a rough … Read more

STLA Brain: Stellantis’ new electronics, Foxconn partnership

December 7, 2021 by David Zatz

Mopar people have been through many electronics systems over the years. The original computer controls were replaced by a new bus system in the 1999 Jeep Grand Cherokee; that bus was ejected in favor of CANBUS when Daimler took over (the Jeep was put into production during the takeover). Then Fiat replaced the Daimler interpretation … Read more

Mopar Shares Christmas Gift Ideas

December 2, 2021 by Patrick Rall

If you are Christmas shopping for the Mopar lover in your life, but you aren’t sure what to get him or her, you are in luck. Mopar issued a press release yesterday, offering some ideas for Ram, Jeep, Dodge and Chrysler-themed gifts ranging from an ugly sweater and other apparel to a Ram bar or … Read more

No Power Brokers or Direct Connection for Canada

November 23, 2021November 23, 2021 by Patrick Rall

We have covered the return of Direct Connection and the introduction of the Power Brokers dealership program quite a bit since the Dodge Never Lift Plan began earlier this month. One of the most common questions that we have gotten on social media relates to whether or not these programs would be offered in Canada. … Read more

Initial Dodge Power Broker Dealerships Announced

November 23, 2021 by Patrick Rall

Dodge will issue a list of the first 100 Power Broker dealerships on December 15, 2021, but as some of the first dealerships to be accepted into the program have been notified, they have made their own announcements on social media. As a result, we have an early look at a few of the Dodge … Read more

1971-72 review: strategy, buyers’ thoughts, under the hood, and all the cars

November 20, 2021November 20, 2021 by David Zatz

Motales has done a 1971-72 Mopar extravaganza this week, with four different articles covering various aspects of the late-muscle Mopars—and how decisions made then could have prevented the bailout.The first in the series covers an effort to change Chrysler’s product strategy, so they would focus on a smaller number of cars—fixing customers’ complaints and raising … Read more

Two new engines for American Mopars

December 30, 2021November 18, 2021 by David Zatz

Two new engines are getting much closer to production for American Mopars. Each replaces an engine which has been around for quite some time, but isn’t quite living up to its potential.1.5 turbo should be a good drop-in replacement for the 2.4First we have the long-awaited turbo six-cylinder, based on the GME architecture which drives … Read more

Ron Capps Wins the 2021 NHRA Funny Car Championship

November 15, 2021 by Patrick Rall

Ron Capps came into the NHRA Auto Club Finals with a large enough lead that many things would need to go wrong for him to not win the 2021 Funny Car Championship. While it certainly wasn’t the best outing for Capps and his Dodge Charger SRT Hellcat funny car team, his solid qualifying position and … Read more

Watch Incredible Modern Mopar Drag Racing at Home Today

November 13, 2021 by Patrick Rall

The Modern Street Hemi Shootout series ended the championship portion of the series a few weeks back, but this today’s High Horse Performance Final Stand – Battle of the Brands will include many of the top MSHS drivers in a massive clash of American muscle cars. This event is being held at Cecil County Dragway, … Read more