The new Mopar site Stellpower recently reported that the SRT team is being disbanded, its members distributed throughout Stellantis. Longtime SRT-focused reporter Patrick Rall asked Stellantis for a comment on rumors that the SRT group was no more, and was told: In February 2021, all of the core elements of the SRT performance engineering team […]
Every one of the 2,000 Dodge Durango SRT Hellcats to be made has already been sold, despite a $80,995 (plus $1,495 destination) sales price. The truck has 710 horsepower and 645 pounds of torque, good for a stunning (given its size and weight) 11.5-second quarter mile and 3.5-second 0-60 time. The Durango can also tow […]
GM was the arguable winner of the 2020 sales contest, at least among the American contestants, with a mere 12% falloff in sales. That was below Ford’s 15% drop or FCA’s 18% fall, and also enough to beat Honda and Nissan. GM roughly matched Toyota’s 11% fall; the only major automakers to really beat GM’s […]
Some of you may have noticed that AutoBison has been on something of a holiday, missing such notable launches as the Jeep Wrangler 392. This is a temporary condition; we will return. Clark WestfieldClark Westfield grew up fixing up and driving past-their-prime American cars, including various GM and Mopar V8s. He has ghostwritten auto news […]
Future Stellantis CEO Carlos Tavares reportedly told the Reuters Automotive Summit that “we are not investing more” into gasoline or diesel engines, due to the need for rapid cost reductions. Reporting on the event by Detroit News did not elaborate (nor did Tavares, most likely) on whether his statements were on behalf of PSA (Peugeot), […]
After reaching a deal with Ford, which includes investments in the company’s existing plants, the Canadian auto workers’ union—Unifor—has apparently struck a deal with Fiat Chrysler. While Fiat Chrysler has stood by its Canadian plants, investing heavily in the Windsor minivan facility and more lightly in the Brampton large-car assembly plant, there were some questions […]
Rumors have stopped circulating about Chrysler’s straight-six turbo engine, based on the 2-liter turbo four in the Jeep Wrangler. The engine, to be made in the company’s Saltillo, Mexico plant which currently makes V6 powerplants, was to be used in pickup trucks and possibly Jeeps, according to rumor site Allpar—which referred to it as the […]
Hidden from most Americans by a wall of apathy, the Canadian union representing auto workers and others, Unifor, recently reached a deal with Ford of Canada which puts around $2 billion of investments into the Windsor and Oakville plants. That will include a new 6.8 liter engine in 2022—a monster of an engine by today’s […]
What’s the American part of Fiat Chrysler have for us, for 2021? Some of it you already know, like a Jeep Wagoneer, three-row Grand Cherokee, and extra-hot Challenger SS. But some, which normal people are more likely to buy, have just been announced. Pickups The new-generation Ram 1500 “DT” is getting a hefty number of […]
FCA (Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV) and PSA (Peugeot SA) are set to merge into Stellantis, creating one company out of American Chrysler, Italian Fiat and Alfa Romeo and Maserati, French Peugeot and Citroën, and German-American Opel. Most Americans haven’t seen a Peugeot in many years, and only see Citroëns in movies if at all. So […]