Stellantis’ Chief Software Business Growth Officer has left the company, according to Crain’s Detroit. She was in charge of “augmenting our brands with software experiences,” and had been in the job for three and a half years. Before that she was chief digital information officer for FCA for around two years. FCA had hired her … Read more
A Canadian real estate group is advertising 32 acres of land for sale in Brampton, Ontario, which from their diagrams appears to include around half the employee parking lot, a portion of the shipping lot, and some land which insulate the lots from nearby streets and provide landscaping. The Brampton Assembly and Satellite Stamping plants occupy 269 acres,…
Dodge is marketing the new Hornet R/T plug-in hybrid electric crossover as something that is a blast to drive, and it is a ton of fun to drive (as that segment goes). However, that ad campaign doesn’t really address the fact that it is a fantastic daily commuter vehicle – with all of the latest … Read more
Stellantis has renewed its relationship with France’s research institution CEA to work on an in-house design for next-generation battery cells. The end goal is more affordable and sustainable electric cars; the method is a multiple year R&D program on battery cells. CEA has over 25 years of experience in lithium-ion batteries; Stellantis has worked with … Read more
With Gladiators selling at tens of thousands off their admittedly inflated list prices, Stellantis has finally shut down the Toledo, Ohio plant which makes them for six weeks. After a two week layoff at both plants, Gladiator employees will be reassigned to help at the neighboring Wrangler plant. Jeep Wranglers and Gladiators have been clogging … Read more
FCA US, the former Chrysler with Alfa Romeo and Fiat’s US operations, announced a substantial drop in sales—21% for the second quarter, 16% for the first half. While some of this can be blamed on a long gap between 2025 Charger unveiling and production, dealers have ample inventory of all vehicles. The good news was … Read more
For the second quarter, General Motors (GM) sold 696,086 vehicles in the United States, up 0.6%; in the first half of the year, they sold 1,290,319 vehicles, down 0.4%. Sales could be called “flat,” with quality gains countered by a delay in producing electric cars due to a slower-than-expected robotics supplier at the battery plant. … Read more
Stellantis has replaced Domenico Gostoli with Eric Laforge as head of Ram and Dodge in Europe. Laforge already ran Jeep in the region. Domenico is to be responsible for Italy’s light commercial vehicle sales unit as well as Europe-wide military sales and Ram fleet sales. In addition, even as it goes plant-by-plant in the United … Read more
Stellantis has dropped to a single shift at the Warren Assembly Plant, which makes the Jeep Wagoneer and Ram 1500 Classic, according to channel 4/ClickOnDetroit.com’s Brandon Carr. The spokesperson said the change was for July, but adding the second shift back would depend on greater demand. While some believe the next-generation Dodge Durango could be … Read more
Every week, the NHTSA releases American recalls for cars, motorcycles, RVs, and commercial vehicles. Normally, most of the recalls are for commercial and recreational vehicles, but this week automakers upped their game and issued a surprisingly wide range of goof-fixes.
At Ford, we have misaligned cruise control modules which can slam on the brakes for imaginary objects or ignore real potential crashes. Slamming on the brakes on a highway can obviously cause a crash, so watch out if you are behind a 2023-24 Ford Escape; so can suddenly downshifting to first gear, as the 2014 Ford F-150 pickup seems to do
Ram topped the J.D. Power “initial quality” survey, which looks at just the first 90 days of ownership, beating every other marque by a hefty margin with 1.5 problems per car. Dodge somehow came out not just worst, but worst by a huge margin, with an average of 3 problems per car, possibly due to … Read more
The Build and Price feature for the 2025 Ram 1500 RHO is live on the Ram Trucks website, allowing us all to configure our ideal Hurricane-powered off-road truck. Those of you who are going to make a comment about how the first thing that you would add it the TRX Hemi, feel free to do … Read more
When the Dodge Hornet was introduced at Speed Week in Metro Detroit back in 2022, the production-ready GT and R/T models were accompanied by the GLH Concept. That name is based on the Omni GLH from the 1980s, but it has become apparent that many people in the modern Dodge community are not familiar with … Read more
Most new cars are unveiled at car shows; the first public appearance of the Wagoneer S will be at a golf tournament, the Rocket Mortgage Classic on the PGA tour. It will be held on June 250-30 at the Detroit Golf Club, and spectator tickets are available now. The Launch Edition is to sell from … Read more
According to Stephen Gossin, an Allpar member for three years, a retired police officer is seeking homes for his collection of 1946-48 Plymouth cars. They have titles, spare parts, keys, and such; offers start at just $500. The collection is in Garner, North Carolina, down the road from Raleigh. For more information, see the thread … Read more
Another Stellantis executive, Berta Rodriguez-Hervas, has left Stellantis, according to Automotive News—though her LinkedIn page does not show this move. She had won for a Motor Trend award for Software-Defined Vehicle Innovators just five months ago. While some are claiming this is part of a major signal about conditions at Stellantis, it’s important to note … Read more
