Be patient: new cars may be years out

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On various forums, some people are impatient for a Dodge and Chrysler comeback—and they’re starting to get itchy, insisting that nothing is really coming and that the ten years allocated to each brand isn’t real.It’s a bit early to be dismissing Stellantis’ promises, though. Each brand was promised a ten year trial in 2021; and … Read more

Ram beats Chevy in USA; Jeep hits #5 on best sellers

Ram Ignition scoop

Ram beat the Chevrolet Silverado again to be America’s second-best-selling pickup after the wider-ranging Ford F-series, with 434,772 Ram sales year-to-date comfortably above 407,266 Silverados but well below 534,831 Fords.GM still beat Stellantis, overall, given 191,186 GMC Sierra sales; indeed, GM beat Ford, too, if we include both Silverado and Sierra, as we really should.Year … Read more

Hybrid-ready 8-speeds coming to Kokomo

2022 Ram 1500 Limited 10th Anniversary Edition

Stellantis is finally making an eight-speed automatic that can be used in hybrid-electric and gasoline-powered vehicles; at the moment, the “4xe” hybrids use ZF-built transmissions. The changes, which affect three plants near or in Kokomo, Indiana—one casting plant and two transmission plants— will cost around $229 million.The eight-speed transmissions Chrysler builds are modified to work … Read more

New Jeep gets Ward’s Ten Best award

2021 Jeep® Grand Cherokee L Overland features the new Uconnect 5 system and its 10.1-inch touchscreen and an all-new driver control center with metal rotary shifter, ride height and Selec-Terrain switches.

The 2021 Jeep Grand Cherokee L has a place on the Ward’s Ten Best Interiors list, a singular honor only partly due to the optional McIntosh audio system.The 2021 Jeep® Grand Cherokee L Summit Reserve has a standard 10.25-inch frameless digital cluster with a full-screen, turn-by-turn navigation map.2021 Overland has a 10.1-inch touchscreen and driver … Read more

Cherokee, big-car plants down

2019-2021 Jeep Cherokee

Belvidere Assembly Plant will, according to Automotive News, be down until the end up October due to parts shortages. The plant has been slammed before by parts shortages as well, resulting in sharp declines in sales.Brampton (Ontario) is also down for the week; there appears to be demand for Challengers, Chargers, and 300s, but not … Read more

Dodge Charger is Outselling Every Other American Sedan Combined

Dodge Charger SRT Hellcat Redeye

In a time where many automakers are focusing predominantly on ultra-efficient, small crossovers and electric propulsion, the Dodge brand continues to prove that there are plenty of American drivers who want a big, powerful machine. We talked earlier this week about how the Challenger is currently leading the Ford Mustang and Chevrolet Camaro in annual … Read more

Challenger Leads Annual Sales Race, First Time in the Modern Era

2022 Dodge Challenger SRT Super Stock:

The third quarter of 2021 was one of the worst in the past few years for the American muscle cars, with the Dodge Challenger, the Chevrolet Camaro and the Ford Mustang combining for their worst sales quarter since the companies went to the quarterly reporting method in late 2018.Only 28,312 American muscle cars (and pony … Read more

Hagan Wins in his New Holland Dodge Charger, Leads Title Race by 59

New Holland Dodge Charger

This past weekend, Matt Hagan drove his Dodge Charger SRT Hellcat Redeye Widebody funny car to victory in the NHRA Midwest Nationals. It was his third win of the season, his first during the Countdown to the Championship portion of the schedule and – most importantly – his first win since recovering from Covid-19. With … Read more

GM beats ProMaster BEV to the punch

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GM has beaten the battery-electric ProMaster and the Rivian van to the punch by producing the first electric light commercial vehicle in the United States. The EV600, selling under the BrightDrop brand, started production of electric light vans today.The EV600 is the first van made by GM; the first ones will be delivered to FedEx … Read more