Last week, NHTSA announced numerous recalls for passenger cars, including one to properly adjust the parking (emergency) brakes of the 2023 Dodge Charger and Challenger and the 2023 Chrysler 300. Only around 2,000 vehicles are affected, globally, and since buyers tend to leave automatic transmissions in Park (and manual transmissions in first or reverse)—and since … Read more
Last week, we brought you a look at the 2025 Ram 1500 Limited with the Night Edition package – a configuration that I feel creates one mean looking sport truck. Thanks to the high output Straight Six Turbo (SST) with 540 horsepower and 521 lb-ft of torque, the performance of this package is unrivaled by … Read more
The 2025 Ram 1500 recently arrived as the first Dodge/Ram pickup in decades to have no V8 engine. Some on social media claimed these were the first of their kind to have no V8 option, which is true for Ram but not for Dodge. Dodge Brothers, after all, were all four-cylinders when the brothers were … Read more
Last week, I traveled to Austin, Texas, to drive the 2025 Ram 1500 lineup. The most controversial aspect of the 2025 Ram 1500 is the loss of the beloved Hemi V8 engines, replaced by a pair of “Hurricane” twin turbocharged inline-6 engines dubbed SST (Straight Six Turbo). The removal of the Hemi engines was not … Read more
Last week, I traveled to Austin, Texas to drive the 2025 Ram 1500 lineup. Today, the embargo on drive impressions and pricing lifted. Unfortunately, while I came home with lots of seat time in the Ram half-ton pickups, I also came home with the worst flu I’ve had in my entire life, so I am … Read more
The New York Auto Show, home to a rather unexpected background for the outdoor Camp Jeep, has announced a Family Four Pack of tickets for $50. This pack, discounted by $10, includes two adults and two children, but it can only be purchased through February 26, 2024. The show itself runs from March 29 through … Read more
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is, according to the Washington Post, thinking about reducing its emissions rules for cars and trucks. The EPA had been pushing for 50% of new-car sales to be BEVs with the 2030 model-year, but slower growth in EV sales and battery production are making that seem impractical. Changes to the … Read more
2024 Jeep Gladiators are hitting dealers; so today seems like a good day for Jeep to reveal the prices. The new 2024 Jeep Gladiator, the world’s most off-road capable midsize truck, will start in the United States at $37,895 plus $1,895 destination). That’s a $1,725 price cut, according to Jeep. Those who visit the Build & Price section of Jeep’s site or Kelley’s Blue Book are in for some confusion, since they list different prices. At Jeep.com, the 2023 Gladiator Sport comes to $38,990…
Did electric cars (EVs) gain or lose market share in Europe in January? It depends what you compare them to. Compared with the final quarter of European sales in 2023, EVs definitely lost ground. But compared with January 2024, they garnered a higher share. 11% of the passenger vehicles registered in the EU during January … Read more
Production of the refreshed 2024 Jeep Gladiator pickup began earlier this month; the first Trail Rated pickups with the new-ish face and new interior tech are reaching dealerships around the country now. According to a contact within the brand, the 2024 Gladiator is “starting to trickle” to dealerships, so your local Jeep store may not … Read more
The 2022-24 Jeep Grand Cherokee and 2021-24 Jeep Wrangler are being recalled for broken defrosters/defoggers. Around 200,000 vehicles sold in the US, and others sold elsewhere, have software errors which can prevent the defroster/defogger from running, in recall 24V111000. The software upgrade has to be done by the dealer. Software updates were also the subject … Read more
While truck stops continue to install hydrogen facilities for future fuel-cell and adapted-Cummins-diesel big rigs, regular hydrogen cars in the US were dealt a heavy blow as Shell stopped selling the gas in its California stations. Only seven stations were affected, but these are seven out of a mere 59 stations in the entire country. … Read more
Earlier this week, I traveled to Austin, Texas to drive the 2025 Ram 1500 lineup. We cannot share any driving impressions until next week, but we can share images. We saw the 2025 Ram 1500 in a wide variety of trim levels—the Tradesman, Big Horn/Long Horn, Laramie, Limited Longhorn, Limited, Tungsten, and Rebel, with differing options among the trim levels. One of the trucks was a Limited with the Night Edition package, the first time we have seen this on the 2025 model year trucks.
Honda is going to be having a rough time replacing airbags, as a wide variety of Acuras and Hondas are being recalled because the airbag may deploy unintentionally during a class. The recall covers 2020-22 cars including the Acura MDX, RDX, and TLX; and the Honda Accord, Civic, CR-V, Fit, HR-V, Insight, Odyssey, Passport, Pilot, … Read more
For three decades—since the Viper—Dodge has increasingly conjured images of fire-breathing Hellcats, tire-shredding Demons, and rumbling Hemi V8s that could soundtrack an earthquake. It’s a brand built on brawn—on excess, not dependability (a word Dodge invented), safety, value, or efficiency. Yet, data shows time after time that dependability, safety, value, and efficiency are the biggest … Read more
Recently, another site came out with criticism that the 2025 Ram 1500’s high output Hurricane six will require premium fuel. This was their second headline; originally they didn’t mention that it was only the high output engine requiring premium. This was followed by predictable comments from readers of gloom, doom, and the inferiority of new engines. … Read more