Tony Stewart’s Drag Racing Team Announces Mopar Sponsorship

TSR Dodge Announcement

After the community of Mopar drag racing fans has collectively held its breath for a few weeks, the announcement that we were all hoping for came through from Stellantis this morning – Tony Stewart Racing has partnered with Mopar for his new drag racing team. This means that Leah Pruett and Matt Hagan will continue … Read more

Will the Dodge Demon Get Direct Connection Support and Beat 900 hp?

Brampton - final Dodge Demon

We have talked a great deal about the return of the Dodge Direct Connection program, which includes high performance upgrade packages for the Challenger Hellcat and Redeye. The “standard” Hellcat has two package options (Pre-stage, Stage 1) which lead to 757 horsepower, while the Redeye also has a Stage 2, lifting the output to 885 … Read more

Long wheelbase Wagoneer? Wagoneer V6?

Before the Jeep Wagoneer was released, some believed that the Grand Wagoneer would not simply be a higher-trim version with a much bigger engine, but that it would be longer, as well. That would fit the tradition of Grand Caravans, Grand Voyagers, Grand Cherokees, and, of course, Grand Wagoneers (though the last one was complicated—see … Read more

A Closer Look at 2022 Dodge Challenger Super Stock Pricing

2022 Dodge Challenger SRT Super Stock

Dodge has dominated the consumer-level drag racing scene for the past few years thanks to the introduction of the Challenger and Charger Hellcat models, but along the way, the brand has issued several muscle cars that were designed to lay down incredible stock quarter mile times. Of course, the first was the 2018 Challenger SRT … Read more

Dodge Shares a Cool Branded Bingo Board on Social Media

Dodge Bingo Sign

If you follow the Dodge brand on Facebook, you likely know that the social media channel is quite busy, often posting information about the current models along with sharing images of owner’s vehicles from their own social media accounts. Earlier today, the Dodge Facebook account shared a “story” showing a bingo board with a long … Read more

Don’t be scared by fake auto-industry emails

People out there are getting scared by reports that the government is secretly causing the current vehicle shortage, to try to force everyone to drive cars they can control with secret kill switches and computer overrides. The story claims that the government will be able to track you by your car. The story is spread … Read more

New Dodges, unabashed plant speculation, and the RU crossover

Brampton - final Dodge Demon

Months ago, Automotive News published an article noting that analysts thought the Belvidere (Illinois) plant, currently home of the Cherokee, would switch to making the company’s forthcoming BEVs around 2023, and that Brampton (Ontario) would lose its large-car monopoly and possibly be converted to making batteries. The article worried (and still worries) people working at … Read more

Yes, they sold Patriots in 2021—and 200s, 500s, Vipers, and Town & Countrys

2011 jeep patriot

With buyers desperate for cars this past year, FCA US dealers seem to have successfully cleared out their remaining supplies of unpopular or long-discontinued cars, which might have been used as loaners or demonstrators, or for internal purposes. The dead-but-sold cars include nine Jeep Patriots (only one was sold in 2020, but nine were sold … Read more

FCA Canada sales down a bit, with some high points

FCA Canada reported a 10% fall in sales over 2021, compared with 2020. Jeep gained in retail sales by 20% for the full year. The Grand Cherokee, which recently added an “L” three-row variant and a new generation of the two-row model, gained in fourth-quarter retail sales by 56% to be the best selling full … Read more

Where is Ram’s EV pickup truck? and more from Carlos Tavares

2024 Ram EV

Where is the Ram BEV? According to Carlos Tavares, CEO of Stellantis, “It is now being adjusted every month to improve our specs and capabilities.” The adjustments are being made based on what competitors are doing; the target date for production is in 2024. He reminded the audience that 2021 was a record year for Ram—for … Read more

Stellantis CEO clarifies Amazon partnership, ProMaster BEV

Carlos Tavares

During a meeting with Morgan Stanley, Stellantis CEO Carlos Tavares clarified today’s Amazon-Stellantis announcement. The deal with Amazon has three major facets: Stellantis will leverage Amazon’s operating systems in infotainment (an effort which will include the Foxconn partnership); Stellantis will use Amazon’s cloud services (e.g. AWS); The company will sell Amazon “a significant number” of … Read more

Chrysler Airflow EV Concept Debuts at CES with 400 Horsepower

Chrysler Airflow Concept

Stellantis offers several popular hybrid electric vehicles which offer all-electric driving – including the Jeep Wrangler 4xe and the Chrysler Pacifica Hybrid – but at the 2022 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, the Chrysler Airflow Concept debuted as the company’s first all-electric concept vehicle. With this concept introduction comes the promise of a Chrysler-branded … Read more