Today, Dodge announced that the long-awaited Hornet R/T is finally here as a 2024 model. The R/T is the more powerful of the two Hornets, boasting 288 horsepower and 383 lb-ft of torque in a body based on the Jeep Compass via the Alfa Romeo Tonale. The hybrid-electric car has 32 miles of electric range … Read more
A week back, we brought you a look at the first half of the field for the 2023 Roadkill Nights Powered by Dodge Grudge Match. Today, we bring you the second half of the field, giving us a look at who will be participating in the Grudge Match program – but we still don’t know … Read more
In the second quarter of 2023, long after the last one was made, someone bought a Chrysler 200.
This sale was made after the car availability crisis hit its peak, and dealers could pretty much sell anything with four wheels. The 200 was a fine car, but the last one was made in 2016.
Other oddball sales were four Dodge Journeys …
FCA US sales for the second quarter of 2023 were interesting, with Chrysler and Dodge both having major sales gains, Jeep dropping a little, and Ram rising a little. Chrysler came in with nearly as many sales as Dodge, which is unusual. Fiat and Alfa Romeo both plummeted, though the first Tonales reached showrooms last month….
The first week of June starts with a recall list dominated by Mercedes models from 2021 to 2023, as a common fuel pump could shut down and take the engine with it on a huge variety of models. This includes Sprinter and Metris vans as well as various AMG and Mercedes retail vehicles. While we’re in Germany, Porsche also reported in with recalls on a variety of 2016-2020 Macans and Panameras whose seat belt anchors may come loose; and 2022-23 911 GT3s whose dual center-mounted brake lights can both light up, confusing other drivers. (They have one in the spoiler and one in the vehicle.) Finally, BMW has some badly made chargers for the 2022-23 I4 and IX, and the 2023 760I. …
According to AutoForecast Solutions’ Sam Fiorani, the 2025 Dodge Challenger will start rolling off the assembly lines faster than many had predicted—and it will be coming from a new home at the historic (but quite modern) Windsor, Ontario assembly plant. In addition, a new crossover for Chrysler is slated for the same plant.
All modern Challengers and Chargers have, until now, come off the assembly lines at Brampton, an Ontario facility created by American Motors not long before the Chrysler deal.
The “LB” Challenger is…
A Detroit Free Press (“the Freep”) story by Eric D. Lawrence reports that a number of Stellantis executives have sold—or marked their intent to sell—stock in the company. Stellantis told the Freep that the sales were largely due to tax rules obligations.Executives have to pay income tax on options when they are converted to actual … Read more
The new 2024 Jeep® Wrangler is being upgraded for 2024 with new capability, safety, and technology features…. For 2024, Jeep is adding its first full-float Dana 44D rear axle, an optional 100:1 crawl ratio, Warn winch, and increased 5,000-pound towing capability. These features were not included in the rumor posted at Stellpower last month. Jim Morrison, head of Jeep North America and a long-time “true Jeeper,” said that the full-flat rear axle makes it easier to upsize the tires, a common owner upgrade. Indeed, Wrangler customers often installed heavy-duty full-float rear axles already; now they can be installed at the factory, albeit only on the Rubicon.
This past weekend, the same 2023 Dodge Challenger SRT Demon 170 that was air-dropped at Las Vegas Motor Speedway to introduce the 1,025-horsepower rolled across the Barrett Jackson auction block in Sin City – but bidders weren’t trying to win that weathered test car. That car was simply a placeholder, with the actual auction focusing … Read more
David McDonald, who joined Chrysler Corporation in 1993 and was made head of North American customer experience at Stellantis in July 2022, chatted with Automotive News’ Vince Bond recently about how the company rose this year in J.D. Power’s Initial Quality Survey.
For two years, people living near the Mack Assembly Plant in Detroit have complained about smells and poor air quality. While part of the delay in fixing the problem was due to the state bureaucracy, the plant has now installed a second oxidizer and associated ducting.The company’s early response blamed faults in the ducting, but … Read more
Dodge boss Tim Kuniskis announced last year that Roadkill Nights would return for 2023 with a revised Grudge Match program featuring teams of experienced racers helping rookie drivers through the process of building a car and drag racing on Woodward Avenue. As we are a few months away from 2023 Roadkill Nights at the new … Read more
Many people remember being told by their parents, “Shut off the light when you leave the room!”According to Automotive News, Stellantis said much the same thing to FCA US, also known as “the former Chrysler,” which had been metaphorically leaving the lights on when leaving the room.PSA, the former Peugeot, had a protocol called Excellent Plant … Read more
Stellantis made it through the week without any recalls, but competitors were not so lucky.There’s an old joke that the most dangerous part of the car is the loose nut behind the wheel, but 2023 Camrys (including the Camry Hybrid) actually has loose nuts holding the wheel on. Well, in any case, the wheels may … Read more
People judge brands along many dimensions—for example, Reliability, Safety, Value, Styling, Performance, and Comfort. Brands position themselves in two ways—through the product itself, and through marketing. For example, Dodge has hammered on Styling and Performance in its marketing for over ten years—and has honed its product lineup on both dimensions….
A week ago, Dodge announced that the 2023 Roadkill Nights event will be held north of the previous location, in a stretch of Woodward Avenue known as “The Loop” on August 12. Details are limited, but we know that the starting line for the legal street racing program which has become the main attraction of … Read more
