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Stellantis Releases Q1 2021 Sales Results For United States: Jeep® Grand Cherokee, Dodge Durango, and Ram Pickups Have Strong Sales... Stellantis has reported its first-quarter sales results for 2021 and thanks to strong retail demand, there was a 5% increase during the quarter with 469,651 units sold. Retail sales rose 25% when compared to the first quarter of 2020 and Stellantis’ focus on growing its commercial fleet business continues to pay dividends with fleet commercials sales up 24% compared to the same time last year. Fleet sales accounted for 19% of total sales for the quarter. “In spite of what started out as a strong start last year, before COVID shocked us all, this quarter was a very strong rebound for retail sales year...

Could The Jeep® Commander Be The Name Of Brazil’s Newest Three-Row SUV? Commander Name Could Be Coming To New Three-Row Compass-Based D-SUV... Jeep® Brazil shared a quick 19-second teaser video earlier today, of its upcoming Compass-based three-row SUV for the Brazilian and Indian marketplace which is codenamed ‘Project 598’. The video shows us a quick silhouette, which looks quite similar to other Jeep unibody-based vehicles. But the biggest news about the teaser is the name of the new vehicle. Showing us the letters ‘E’ and ‘R’, leads us to think that they will be calling this new vehicle the Commander. https://moparinsiders.com/could-the-jeep-commander-be-the-name-of-brazils-newest-three-row-suv/

Stellantis Canada Releases Its Official Sales Numbers For Q1 2021: Grand Cherokee & Wrangler Tie For Best-Selling Jeep® In Canada... Stellantis Canada has reported its first-quarter 2021 total sales of 46,077 vehicles, an increase of 4% from 44,140 sold in Q1 2020. For the calendar year, retail sales are up 28% versus this time last year. “As the new sales year opened, our dealerships nationwide remained focused on customer care, safety, and enhanced sales and service convenience, as evidenced by a double-digit boost in retail sales,” said David Buckingham, President & CEO, Stellantis Canada. https://moparinsiders.com/stellantis-canada-releases-its-official-sales-numbers-for-q1-2021/

New Jeep® Compass Trailhawk 4xe Looks Good On The Street: Makes An Appearance Just Before Its Official Debut... Just hours before the Jeep® brand unveils its updated Jeep Compass lineup for Europe, the Middle East, and Africa (EMEA), we are seeing uncamouflaged test models for the new electrified off-road-oriented Compass Trailhawk take to the streets in Europe. GabetzSPYUnit has caught two refreshed Jeep Compass Trailhawk 4xe models out in the wild. While we have seen the updated Chinese market Jeep Compass Trailhawk testing on the roads of Metro Detroit, this is the first time we have seen the updated electrified off-roader without camo. https://moparinsiders.com/new-jeep-compass-trailhawk-4xe-looks-good-on-the-street/

Dodge Earns Third Consecutive Kelley Blue Book Brand Image Award: Muscle Car Brand Continues To Show Its Dominance In The Styling Department... The Kelley Blue Book (KBB) Brand Image Awards recognize automakers’ outstanding achievements in shaping and maintaining brand attributes that capture the attention and enthusiasm of the new-vehicle buying public. Award categories are calculated among luxury, non-luxury, and truck shoppers. The 2021 Brand Image Awards are based on consumer automotive perception data from KBB’s Brand Watch study. It marks the third consecutive year that Dodge has won the award. https://moparinsiders.com/dodge-earns-third-consecutive-kelley-blue-book-brand-image-award/

Ram Brazil Introduces New Maintenance Plans For Its Ram 2500 Laramie: 2021 Models Begin To Arrive In Brazil... The 2021 Ram 2500 Laramie Crew Cab 4×4 is now reaching some 50 dealers across the Brazil marketplace. While being the largest truck offered in the marketplace, the Ram 2500 continues to be a success in Brazil as it comes off a record year. For 2021, the Ram brand is now offering its Brazilian customers a new maintenance plan which can also be used on 2019 and 2020 model trucks as well. https://moparinsiders.com/ram-brazil-introduces-new-maintenance-plans-for-its-ram-2500-laramie/

2021 Dodge Challenger T/A 392 Widebody Models Arrive On Dealer Lots: The Heritage Muscle Car, Gets Widebody Option For 2021... The Dodge brand announced back in September, that it would be expanding its Widebody Package option for the Dodge Challenger R/T Scat Pack to include two popular heritage models for the 2021 model year. The models include the R/T Scat Pack Shaker and the T/A 392 buzz models. It wasn’t until recently that the Dodge brand updated its Dodge.com Build & Price configurator to include the T/A Package on the 2021 Dodge Challenger R/T Scat Pack Widebody options list. But now, the car is finally arriving in dealer showrooms across the country...

Jeep® Brazil To Open Pre-Orders For Limited Edition Compass Model On Monday! 2022 Jeep Compass 80th Anniversary Edition Will Be Limited To 1,000 Units... The Jeep® brand celebrates 80 years of adventure, passion, and freedom in 2021. An important chapter in the brand’s history is the Jeep Compass, which made its global debut back in 2007. The first-generation served as an entry-level vehicle for the brand, but never caught the attention that Jeep was looking for. Its second-generation model on the other hand, which started production in 2016 as a 2017 model was designed with a global mindset and creating one of the brand’s most known nameplates worldwide...

Stellantis Outsells Volkswagen In Europe For First Two Months Of 2021: Commercial Vehicle Success Help Push Stellantis Past Its German Competition... It seems that the merger between the Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA) and Peugeot S.A. (PSA) forming the new automaker Stellantis is paying off. According to data provided by the European Automobile Manufacturers’ Association (ACEA), Stellantis was the leading automaker in the European marketplace during the first two months of 2021, surpassing German automaker Volkswagen Group. https://moparinsiders.com/stellantis-outsells-volkswagen-in-europe-for-first-two-months-of-2021/

RECALL: Ram Recalls Certain 2021 Ram Heavy Duty Cummins Models: Chassis Cab Models Included In Recall... Stellantis recalling approximately 19,214 of its 2021 Ram Heavy Duty and Chassis Cab trucks equipped with the 6.7-liter Cummins inline-six-cylinder turbo diesel engine due to risk of fire. According to the automaker, the engine can experience an engine compartment fire originating from the Solid State Intake Heater Grid Relay. https://moparinsiders.com/recall-ram-recalls-certain-2021-ram-heavy-duty-cummins-models/

Inside Dodge’s New “Do Not Disturb” Mode! Hey Ford! Check This Out... It’s April Fools Day and the Dodge brand treated everyone to a funny meme this morning on its social media site. A picture featuring a ‘Do Not Distrubed’ button where the ‘SRT’ pages button is located on the new 797 horsepower 2021 Dodge Charger SRT Hellcat Redeye Widebody. The picture came along with the text “We finally listened to your neighbors. Introducing the all-new SRT® Do Not Disturb Mode. No more noise complaints”. Inside Dodge's New "Do Not Disturb" Mode! - MoparInsiders

VIDEO: Hennessey Takes Its New TRX Mammoth 900 To The Dyno & Track: HPE Amps Up The TRX To 900+ Horsepower... Since the introduction of the 2021 Ram 1500 TRX, Hennessey Performance Engineering (HPE) has unveiled two different power upgrade kits for the performance off-roader. The first was a six-wheel-drive (6×6) variant, ditching the supercharged 6.2-liter HEMI HELLCAT V8 in favor of a tuned supercharged 7.0-liter (426 cubic-inch) HEMI HELLEPHANT V8 making 1,200 horsepower. Only three of those trucks are to be produced. The second was a 1,000 horsepower variant of the TRX, using the company’s HPE1000 high-performance package for the HELLCAT engine. Now, the Texas tuning shop has released details on a third package, as well as video...

CAUGHT: 2022 Jeep® Grand Cherokee Summit (WL74): New Premium Two-Row Testing On The Street... Production is underway of the all-new three-row 2021 Jeep® Grand Cherokee L (WL75) at the Detroit Assembly Complex – Mack plant. While we have seen all the details of the new three-row variant of the fifth-generation Grand Cherokee, the Jeep brand is holding its cards close to its chest on its two-row variant (WL74) and … (read full article...) https://moparinsiders.com/caught-2022-jeep-grand-cherokee-summit-wl74/

CAUGHT: 2022 Fiat Toro (Ram 1000) Ultra Compact Pickup: Updated Pickup Gets A Makeover For 2022... While Ford Motor Company has been caught testing its upcoming 2022 Ford Maverick compact pickup around Dearborn recently, Stellantis’ FIAT brand is hard at work testing its upcoming Mid-Cycle-Action (MCA) of its Brazilian Fiat Toro pickup (also known in certain areas of Latin America as the Ram 1000). Our friends at Autos Segredos (Auto Secrets) … (read full article...) https://moparinsiders.com/caught-2022-fiat-toro-ram-1000-ultra-compact-pickup/

Alfa Romeo Almost Ready To Start Producing Tonale Pre-Production Models: Stellantis Should Start Consumer Production In December... According to a recent update on a meeting between Stellantis and the trade union organizations FIM, UILM, FISMIC, UGLM, and AQCF-R in Italy, progress is being made for the new production line at the Pomigliano d’Arco plant, that will produce the upcoming Alfa Romeo Tonale SUV. A meeting was held last Saturday, which discussed how the new assembly process was coming, as well as the launch of the upcoming pre-production models. https://moparinsiders.com/alfa-romeo-almost-ready-to-start-producing-tonale-pre-production-models/

VIDEO: TFLCar Gets Behind The Wheel Of The Jeep® Wrangler Magneto Concept: Jeep's Fully-Electric Wrangler Hits The Trails In Moab... Our friends over at The Fast Lane Car are currently out at Moab with the Jeep® team and getting a chance to get some behind-the-wheel time of the latest Jeep concept vehicles at the Moab Easter Jeep Safari. This includes the fully-electric Jeep Wrangler Magneto Concept, the first fully-electric two-door Wrangler. We recently talked about this new concept vehicle and received a lot of feedback both positive and negative about it. So there is a lot of curiosity surrounding this concept vehicle. https://moparinsiders.com/video-tflcar-gets-behind-the-wheel-of-the-jeep-wrangler-magneto-concept/

Stellantis Will Idle Melfi Assembly Plant For Ten Days Starting On April 2nd: Could Cut Down To One Assembly Line... Stellantis will halt production at the company’s Melfi Assembly Plant in Italy, from April 2nd to 12th according to the Unione Italiana Lavoratori Metalmeccanici (UILM) or the Italian Union of Metalworkers in a statement on Monday. Melfi is the production home of the Jeep® Renegade and Fiat 500X (for the European and North American markets) as well as the Jeep Compass (for the European market). https://moparinsiders.com/stellantis-will-idle-melfi-assembly-plant-for-ten-days-starting-on-april-2nd/

Jeep® Introduces New 4xe Charging Network For The United States: Three Stations Will Kick Off Launch! Earlier today, the Jeep® brand unveiled its new Jeep-branded 4xe Charging Network for its new electrified lineup. In partnership with Electrify America, the new electric vehicle (EV) charging stations will be installed at or near the trailheads of Jeep Badge of Honor off-road trails over the next year, allowing owners to take full advantage of … (read full article...) https://moparinsiders.com/jeep-introduces-new-4xe-charging-network-for-the-united-states/

Say What? 1,400+ Horsepower In A Dodge Charger Pursuit AWD! Watch Out Kansas, There Is A New Sheriff In Town... In today’s world, there are more entertaining things for a car guy to watch on YouTube than there are on cable television. One of our favorite YouTubers to watch is the crazy antics of Westen Champlin and his friends. If you aren’t familiar with him, you might remember we covered him when he bought a … (read full article...) https://moparinsiders.com/say-what-1400-horsepower-in-a-dodge-charger-pursuit-awd/

2021 Jeep® Gladiator California Are Arriving On Dealer Lots: California-Exclusive Models Are Now Here... The Jeep® brand is known for its special edition buzz models. So it’s no surprise that halfway through the model year, the iconic American brand has decided to release not one, but two new special editions of its popular Gladiator midsize pickup aimed at two unique markets in the United States with the Texas Trail model … (read full article...) https://moparinsiders.com/2021-jeep-gladiator-california-are-arriving-on-dealer-lots/