Canadian Grand Caravan price dropped a little, gear added

2025 Chrysler Voyager LX

Chrysler has cut the price of the 2025 Grand Caravan, sold only in Canada, from $50,555 to $49,995, a $560 drop. Currently, $50,000 CAD is $36,546, making the Canadian Grand Caravan cheaper than its US equivalent, the Chrysler Voyager. The Pacifica is around $3,000 more expensive than the Grand Caravan. In the US, the Voyager … Read more

Flexcare pushes out Mopar Vehicle Protection

Mopar World 2016

Stellantis is renaming Mopar Vehicle Protection to Flexcare. The new name will be coupled with each of the company’s brands, e.g. Dodge Flexcare, replacing Mopar’s service contracts, maintenance plans, and packages. Mopar Service Contracts are becoming Flexcare Extended Care; Maximum becomes Premium, Added Care and Added Care Plus become Extended Care Plus, and Powertrain Care … Read more

A clump of Stellantis recalls, and everyone else

2025 Ram ProMaster EV

Stellantis issued a clump of recalls, but had plenty of company in this week’s roundup. For Stellantis, we have a loss of drive power on the 2024 ProMaster BEV, only affecting 336 vehicles (few have actually been sold), due to “incorrect software” in the motor computer. Dealers have to update the software. All ProMasters made … Read more

Jeep shows drawing of the next Compass

2025 Jeep Compass

Jeep, or as Stellantis oddly refers to it “The Jeep® brand,” showed a basic drawing of the next-generation Compass today. This is a to be made on the STLA Medium platform/architecture. The Compass will reportedly have both gasoline-hybrid and electric versions, possibly with a pure gasoline version as well. It will debut in Europe in … Read more

Stellantis hits union with more lawsuits

uaw vs stla

After filing a lawsuit last week against the UAW and UAW Local 230 representing the Los Angeles Parts Distribution Center on Oct. 3, Stellantis filed eight additional lawsuits against the UAW and 23 Local unions on October 4. The UAW met with Stellantis afterwards to ask about bringing back the Job Bank, which keeps laid-off … Read more

Chrysler centennial book signing in NJ

Century of Chrysler

The only way to celebrate Chrysler’s centennial in 2024 is by buying and reading a new book covering the marque’s first century. The writer, Allpar and Motales founder David Zatz, will be signing copies at a local car show in Cresskill, New Jersey, on October 13, 2024. The history is available as an ebook, paperback, … Read more

FCA US sales plummeted in Q3 (corrected)

FCA US sales

General Motors announced a 2% drop in U.S. sales for the third quarter of 2024, compared to the third quarter of 2023; but that was entirely due to cutbacks in fleet sales. The former Chrysler with Fiat and Alfa Romeo posted a stunning 20% fall, due mainly to July and August sales, but on the … Read more

Recalls from Ford, Mercedes, BMW, and others

Fiat 124 Spider “Fiata”

Yesterday, Stellantis issued a cautionary notice on its 4xe Jeeps, which overshadowed a hefty number of recalls from other automakers. Ford, for example, had two recalls, one on 2024 Explorers whose battery cable may short-circuit, and one on 2024 Bronco Sports which can stall. The widest recall may have been on BMW/Mini/Rolls-Royce, with a panoply … Read more