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 […]
The new site MoPower.com had a busy first day with two new stories. The first covers a thread in the JLWrangler forums site which claims the Wrangler 392 will start at over $77,000—a claim which seems to make sense when one considers that a similarly equipped Rubicon with the V6 engine would come in at […]
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 […]
The 2021 Ram 1500 TRX has been one of the most anticipated vehicles of 2020. After years of speculation, Ram has finally unveiled their supercharged beast. The powertrain is the familiar 6.2 supercharged Hemi V8 that puts out 702 horsepower and 650 lb-ft of torque. That’s good enough for a 0-60 time of 4.5 seconds, […]
Although the ongoing pandemic has delayed many planned debuts, Jeep is still planning to take the wraps off of their next-generation two-row Grand Cherokee toward the middle of next year, after first unveiling the unnamed three-row variant in the first quarter of 2021. Here’s everything we know about the next-generation Grand Cherokee (WL). Exterior […]