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Jeep® Brand & onX Offroad To Empower More Off-road Adventures Together: Jeep Wave Customers Will Get 6 Months Of Free onX Offroad Elite Coverage... Two of the most trusted names in off-roading, the Jeep® brand and onX Offroad, the industry’s leading off-road navigation app, have launched a program empowering Jeep Wave customers and Jeep brand enthusiasts to get off the pavement and venture off-road more than they ever have before. https://moparinsiders.com/jeep-brand-onx-offroad-to-empower-more-off-road-adventures-together/ https://moparinsiders.com/jeep-brand-onx-offroad-to-empower-more-off-road-adventures-together/

Maserati Teases It’s Upcoming GranTurismo Grand Tourer: Will Be First Maserati With 100% Electrified Powertrain Options... As the Maserati brand is in the process of reinventing itself, we are getting our first peek at the next vehicle to enter the premium brand’s lineup. Maserati teased its upcoming GranTurismo grand tourer, yesterday, with a series of new photos. The photos give us our first real look at the new high-performance coupe as it gets to enter the second generation of its life. https://moparinsiders.com/maserati-teases-its-upcoming-granturismo-grand-tourer/

BREAKDOWN: 2022 Jeep® Grand Wagoneer Series III: The Most Luxurious Of The Grand Wagoneers... As the Jeep® brand’s most luxurious offering ever, the 2022 Grand Wagoneer Series III (WS) is the most expensive Jeep to ever hit the market. To help make the new duo of full-size SUVs feel even more premium, the Jeep brand has said, that the Wagoneer nameplate will be its own sub-brand. Kinda silly if you ask us, considering the Wagoneer is one of the most recognized Jeep nameplates of all time and that the Jeep brand is one of the most popular automotive brands around the globe. But who are we to tell the marketing team. If it worked for SRT with the Viper, it will work… oh well, never mind...

The Performance Sport Truck The Ram Brand Needs! If You Build It, They Will Come... Designed bolt by bolt to significantly outperform every other truck, the 2021 Ram 1500 TRX has been tested to handle the most punishing conditions with extreme durability. Using the supercharged 6.2-liter HEMI® V8 engine, the Ram 1500 TRX has become the quickest, fastest, and most powerful mass-produced half-ton pickup truck in the world is rated at 702 horsepower and 650 lb.-ft. of torque, delivering new levels of performance with a 0 to 60 mph of 4.5 seconds, a quarter-mile in 12.9 seconds @ 108 mph, and a top speed of 118 mph. https://moparinsiders.com/the-performance-sport-truck-the-ram-brand-needs/

2022 Ram 2500 Power Wagon, To Get New Level 3 Package! 75th Anniversary Inspired Package Will Be Available In 2022... The Ram Truck brand celebrated the 2021 model year, with the 75th Anniversary of its legendary Power Wagon nameplate. The 2021 Ram 2500 Power Wagon 75th Anniversary Edition was loaded with unique features and answered a lot of customers’ wishes for an even more premium Power Wagon offering. https://moparinsiders.com/2022-ram-2500-power-wagon-to-get-new-level-3-package/

Jeep® Pushing It’s Wrangler Unlimited 4xe On Volta Charging Networks In California: Jeep Marketing Puts Two New Ad Campaigns To Work At EV Charging Stations... The Jeep® brand has announced that it will partner with Volta Industries, Inc. (“Volta Charging”), an industry leader in commerce-centric electric vehicle (EV) charging networks, to market the launch of its new 2021 Jeep Wrangler Unlimited 4xe with two creative concepts using weather-based technology at each Volta charging location. The news comes after the American automaker announced its plans in March to establish the Jeep 4xe Charging Network, installing EV Level 2 charging stations at Jeep Badge of Honor off-road trailheads around the United States...

The Ultimate Italian Family Hauler, A Stretched Alfa Romeo Stelvio: When Size Really Does Matter... When it comes to the ultimate expression of luxury, you can’t go wrong with a limousine. Some limo manufacturers seem to amaze us with their creativity, while others can build some of the outlandish over-the-top offerings on the road. Manufacturers like Lincoln, Cadillac, and even Chrysler are known to be popular choices for limo manufacturers, one Mopar-based vehicle caught our eye this weekend while surfing the internet. https://moparinsiders.com/the-ultimate-italian-family-hauler-a-stretched-alfa-romeo-stelvio/

VIDEO: 2022 Ram 1500 Lone Star Back Country 4×4: The Rebel Alternative... Over the past few weeks, we have been talking in detail about the new additions to the 2022 Ram 1500 model. One of those models originally thought to be the predecessor to the popular Outdoorsman model which ran from 2011 to 2018, the Outdoorsman was designed for hunters, fishermen, campers, and boaters. The package featured trailer-towing upgrades, off-road-oriented tires, and a rugged exterior appearance without breaking customer’s bank accounts. https://moparinsiders.com/video-2022-ram-1500-lone-star-back-country-4x4/

RECALL: 2014 To 2019 Jeep® Grand Cherokee EcoDiesel: EGR Cooler Issue Could Lead To Fire... Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA) is recalling approximately 34,334 of its 2014 to 2019 Jeep® Grand Cherokee (WK2) models equipped with the 3.0-liter EcoDiesel V6 due to the risk of engine fires. According to the recall, the Exhaust Gas Recirculation (EGR) cooler may crack and allow pre-heated vaporized coolant to enter the EGR system. This mixture may combust inside the intake manifold causing a fire. https://moparinsiders.com/recall-2014-to-2019-jeep-grand-cherokee-ecodiesel/

Jeep® Has Best Month Of Sales Ever In Its Second-Largest Market: Renegade Leads The Way For Jeep Brazil... May was a historic month for the Jeep® brand in Brazil. The American brand took 7.7% of the market share for the entire industry during the month. Pretty good news for the brand’s second-largest market, but it didn’t stop there. Jeep also dominated the SUV segment with 22.9% of the market share. Leading the way for the brand was its Brazilian manufactured vehicles the Renegade and Compass. https://moparinsiders.com/jeep-has-best-month-of-sales-ever-in-its-second-largest-market/

Could “Roadkill Nights Powered By Dodge” Return To Woodward This Year? Tim Kuniskis Reaches Out To Fans For Feedback... With the Metro Detroit area being the automotive capital of the world, there is no greater place to be exposed to car culture. While the American Big-3 automakers have their headquarters located through the area, it is hard to come by someone who isn’t influenced by an auto manufacturer somehow, either foreign or domestic. That being said, the Michigan summer usually brings forth thousands of cruisers to the streets of historic Woodward Avenue (M-1) every weekend. https://moparinsiders.com/could-roadkill-nights-powered-by-dodge-return-to-woodward-this-year/

SPOTTED: 2022 Jeep® Wagoneer Series II with Advanced All-Terrain Group: Off-Road Wagoneer Has Been Spotted... With the launch of the 2022 Jeep® Wagoneer and Grand Wagoneer (WS) almost here, we have been breaking down the various trim levels and packages for Jeep’s newest series of SUVs. One of those articles that we posted last month, talked about the fact of the new Wagoneer duo being too large to obtain Jeep’s legendary “Trail Rated” badge. https://moparinsiders.com/spotted-2022-jeep-wagoneer-series-ii-with-advanced-all-terrain-group/

FIAT Brazil Reveals Its New Name For The New “Project 363” SUV: With Over 228,000 Votes, Pulse Is The Newest Name For FIAT's Newest Vehicle... After pulling the wraps off its new “Project 363” SUV on the finale of Big Brother Brazil 2021 (BBB21), the FIAT Brazil team launched a social media campaign to find a new name for its latest vehicle. Three names were purposed – Domo (House), Tuo (Your), or Pulse. Over the past two months, 380,000 votes were cast on FIAT Brazil’s dedicated page for the Project 363 vehicle and yesterday the automaker finally released the winning choice. https://moparinsiders.com/fiat-brazil-reveals-its-new-name-for-the-new-project-363-suv/

Our First Look At The Updated 2022 Jeep® Grand Commander For China: The Three-Row SUV We Don't Get In North America, Gets A Modest Update... Back in October, MoparInsiders released several details on the scheduled Chinese-exclusive 2022 Jeep® Grand Commander (K8) that were in the pipeline for later this year. We are now getting our first look at this revision thanks to a series of photos that were released by the Chinese Ministry of Industry and Information Technology and discovered by the website AutoHome China. https://moparinsiders.com/our-first-look-at-the-updated-2022-jeep-grand-commander-for-china/

Escape From The Black Widow – 2021 Jeep® Gladiator Black Widow Edition: The Aftermarket Lifted Gladiator, You Can Purchase From Your Jeep Dealer... We love lifted aftermarket trucks and the MoparInsiders team has covered quite a few over the past few years. But there is one that stands out, one that might be the most popular aftermarket option out there – the Black Widow Edition from SCA Performance. Now, we have covered the Black Widow Editions before with the Ram 1500 and Ram 2500 model. But there two other Stellantis-based Black Widow Edition offerings that we have been asked questions about, one of those is the 2021 Jeep® Gladiator Black Widow Edition...

RAM Trucks Australia Launches Ram 1500 Limited Down Under! Already Taking Reservations For Laramie Model... RAM Trucks Australia recently announced that the 2021 Ram 1500 (DT) trucks have officially started coming off the production line at the Melbourne Manufacturing Facility. Coming off a detailed homologation and manufacturing process to re-engineer the trucks for right-hand-drive (RHD), a test fleet of DT's embarked on a final validation trip around Australia even with the ongoing pandemic. https://moparinsiders.com/ram-trucks-australia-launches-ram-1500-limited-down-under/

Jeep® Shows Off Its New 2022 Jeep Compass Lineup For The Japanese Market: Unfortunately, It Features The 2.4-liter Tigershark Engine... The Jeep® brand is continuing its global rollout of its updated 2022 Jeep Compass. The updated Compass has gained a lot of praise from automotive journalists around the globe thus far, for its stylish new exterior looks, classy and modern interior, and the introduction of the turbocharged 1.3-liter Global Small Engine family (GSE-T4) inline-four cylinder engine. https://moparinsiders.com/jeep-shows-off-its-new-2022-jeep-compass-lineup-for-the-japanese-market/

CAUGHT: Jeep® Grand Cherokee L (WL75) In Right-Hand-Drive Configuration: Could This Be The Indian-Built Specification Coming By The End Of The Year? The 2021 Jeep® Grand Cherokee L (WL) is expanding the most award-winning SUV nameplate by offer a three-row option for the first time. The three-row variant is part of a trio of offerings that the Jeep brand plan on showcasing under the Grand Cherokee nameplate, with two-row and electrified variants coming later this fall. But, many have questioned if Jeep plans on selling its American-built Grand Cherokee L globally, as it has with its two-row versions in the past. https://moparinsiders.com/caught-jeep-grand-cherokee-l-wl75-in-right-hand-drive-configuration/

SPOTTED: The Entry-Level 2022 Jeep® Grand Wagoneer Series I: Looking At The Ultra-Premium Entry-Level Wagoneer... The Jeep® brand continues to prep for its production launch of the all-new 2022 Jeep Grand Wagoneer this summer. It marks the first time that the iconic American nameplate has been attached to a Jeep vehicle in almost three decades and comes back into the world now full of luxury full-size SUVs. So how does Jeep’s entry-level ultra-premium stack up? https://moparinsiders.com/spotted-the-entry-level-2022-jeep-grand-wagoneer-series-i/

This 2002 Dodge Viper GTS Coupe Only Has Less 3,400 On The Odometer: The Last True American Driver's Car? While the Dodge Viper might be gone, the second-generation (GEN II) Viper has started becoming more of a car collector's must-haves over the past five years. With the push to electrified powertrains, complex traction control systems, and multi-adjustable suspensions, the GEN II Viper is considered to be one of the last pure driver's machines from an American automaker. With its beautifully sculpted body, no added electronic assists, manual-only transmission offering, and massive 8.0-liter (488 cubic-inch) VIPER V10 engine, that the GEN II has become a popular choice for collectors...