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The Torque Monster Is Here... 1000 lb.-ft of Torque!!! The new 2019 Ram Heavy Duty is here, and it isn’t just a mid-life cycle refresh. Ram has gone back to the drawing board, using what they have learned from years of tuning the 4th generation Ram Heavy Duty and making the 2019 model light years better. Not only did the Ram want to make the best Ram Heavy Duty truck, but they also wanted to build the best truck period. The 2019 Ram Heavy Duty is the most powerful, most capable pickup in the segment with a towing capacity of 35,100 lbs. and payload capacity of 7,680 lbs when properly equipped. Although the 2019 Ram Heavy Duty is stronger and more capable, lightweight materials in the frame, powertrain and an aluminum hood help reduce...

FCA US Shines At The 2019 North American International Auto Show: Awards, New Trucks, Racing Simulators, Crate Motors... The North American International Auto Show (NAIAS) formerly the Detroit Auto Show used to be the biggest auto show in the world. With America’s “Big Three” automakers (General Motors, Ford and Fiat Chrysler Automobiles) all calling Detroit home, NAIAS is still a big stage for big reveals. We were at Cobo Center, the home of NAIAS for the past two media days covering the action from the floor. Ram CEO and CEO of FCA Canada, Reid Bigland and the 2019 Ram 3500 Limited Mega Cab. (MoparInsiders). In years, past the show featured two floors of show space for automakers. Now, it has been reduced to the main floor at Cobo...

This morning at the North American International Autoshow (NAIAS) awards were given out for the North American car, utility vehicle, and truck of the year. These awards are decided by a group of roughly 50 automotive journalists from the United States and Canada who work for independent magazines, television, radio, newspapers and industry websites. To be eligible a vehicle must be all new or substantially changed for that model year, eligible vehicles are identified, tested, and compared to the competition by roughly 50 judges. After the testing regimen ended and all ballots were collected the 2019 Ram 1500 came out on top for North American Truck Of The Year. “The Ram 1500 is an important product for FCA and winning this award is...

One Man, And His Mission To Save The Chrysler 300: The Great-Grandson Of Walter P. Chrysler Wants The 300 To Stay Part Of The Chrysler Brand... We recently sat down with Frank Rhodes, the Great-Grandson of Walter P. Chrysler. He is on a mission to save the Chrysler 300 from extinction. Check out the link below, for the entire article... One Man, And His Mission To Save The Chrysler 300: - Mopar Insiders

The Battle For #2 In Full Size Truck Sales: Breaking Down Ram's Sales Increases Over The Last 9 Years: It’s no secret that the full-sized truck market is the most hotly contested segment in the auto industry. Last year Ford sold 909,330 F-Series pickups in the United States alone. What makes that number even more impressive is that it is 323,749 trucks more than the Chevrolet Silverado which was the second highest selling truck in the United States. Where things start to get interesting though, is the little talked about battle for second place. It is no secret that Ram wants the #2 spot in pickup truck sales and they have gotten close, real close. The two largest full sized truck markets are the United States and Canada and when you...

The Dodge Challenger Outsold The Chevrolet Camaro In 2018! Challenger Is Second Most Popular Muscle Car From Detroit Automakers... The Camaro and Challenger have been direct rivals since they reappeared on the muscle car scene after a hiatus, and the Challenger now appears to be pulling ahead of the Camaro in the sales race. Outselling the Camaro for 2018, the Challenger sold a total of 66,716 units last year, while there were only 50,963 examples of the Camaro sold. This is a sharp decrease for the Camaro, down 25% compared to 2017 while the Challenger saw a 3% increase. Read more here: The Dodge Challenger Outsold The Chevrolet Camaro In 2018! - Mopar Insiders

Inside Design: 2007 Chrysler Nassau Concept Chrysler's 300-Based Shooting Brake... Combining refinement, function and style, the 2007 Chrysler Nassau Concept explored a new expression of the Chrysler brand. The four-door, four-passenger Chrysler Nassau luxury coupe was, as Alan Barrington, principal exterior designer of the concept said, “a more emotional and artistic articulation of what it means to be a Chrysler. Though built on a full-size 120-inch wheelbase, the Nassau appears more visually compact than a comparable Chrysler 300C. Read more here: Inside Design: 2007 Chrysler Nassau Concept: - Mopar Insiders

Inside Design: 2008 Chrysler ecoVoyager Concept: Private Jet Inspired Crossover For Stress Free Electric Travel... Before there was the electric 2017 Chrysler Portal Concept, there was the 2008 Chrysler ecoVoyager Concept. “The 2008 Chrysler ecoVoyager Concept celebrates the romance of automobile travel embodied in a four-door, four-passenger, distinctively American automobile of spirited design,” said Greg Howell, principal ecoVoyager Concept exterior designer. “While the ecoVoyager’s supple, flowing one-box shape is purposely designed to achieve aerodynamic efficiencies, it also pushes the Chrysler brand language in a new direction of ‘elegant simplicity,’ by taking full advantage of the space normally occupied by a bulky...

Is Ram Looking At Building A Street-Based Performance Pickup? It Sounds So, According To Our Sources... Is the Ram brand looking at building a street-based performance pickup? According to sources from within Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA), the answer is YES! With the Ram Rebel TRX already slated for production, our sources are indicating that the Ram Truck management team is discussing on re-entering the street-based performance truck market. Click the link below, for more information... https://moparinsiders.com/is-ram-looking-at-building-a-street-based-performance-pickup/

CAUGHT: 2020 Ram 1500 With New Tailgate Design: Could This Be The Split Tailgate Design, Or A New Tailgate With Steps? Almost a year ago, our sister site 5thGenRams.com showed the world a patient that Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA) filed for a unique split tailgate design. This design in patient drawings showed a tailgate that feature two handles and the split to be a 50/50 down the center. The design also called for integrated ramps, that would slide out of the floor of the box. To see the rest of the article with more pictures... https://moparinsiders.com/caught-2020-ram-1500-with-new-tailgate-design/

2019 Jeep Grand Cherokee – Improves On Standard Equipment & Adds More Tech Jeep's Most Luxurious And Performance-Based Nameplate, Comes Into 2019 With Some Tech Improvements... 2019 Jeep® Grand Cherokee Summit. (Jeep). Back in July, we told you about two new special edition Grand Cherokee models coming for the 2019. Well Jeep has released their official press release for the 2019 Grand Cherokee. Most of what is new for Grand Cherokee is technology based. Let’s take a look at the 2019 Jeep Grand Cherokee… Jeep® Grand Cherokee is the most awarded SUV ever and the vehicle that has long defined what a premium SUV should be. Legendary Jeep capability comes courtesy of four available 4×4 systems, Jeep’s Quadra-Lift air suspension system...

The Future Of The Chrysler Brand Is Coming In The Form Of Crossovers: Chrysler's Mainstream Branding Will Take Shape With New Crossovers and MPV... We get e-mail all the time about the Chrysler brand. The most common question is when is Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA) going to get rid of the dying Chrysler brand. To put it bluntly, it’s not. The Chrysler brand has taken a back seat to some of the “cash cows” (or vehicles that are old, that have all of their tooling paid off, that still sell well and make loads of profit for the company). Models like the Dodge Grand Caravan, which continues to outsell its younger Chrysler Pacifica sibling and the popular three-row Dodge Journey. These vehicles continue to sell well, and FCA is taking...

Could This Be The Next Generation Jeep Grand Cherokee Trackhawk? What Is In Store For The Next Performance Version of The Grand Cherokee... A few months ago, we discussed what we expect to happen with the next-generation of Jeep Grand Cherokee (WL) vehicles when they launch sometime in 2020. Since then, we have gotten a few folks writing to us wanting more information about the next-generation Grand Cherokee SRT and Grand Cherokee Trackhawk. Because of these requests, we will go a bit more in-depth on what we know about the next generation of Grand Cherokee performance variants. Let’s start with the Jeep Grand Cherokee SRT. Several weeks ago, we posted an article talking about how Jeep was ditching the SRT nameplate for their...

Inside Design: 2019 Dodge Challenger SRT HELLCAT “Redeye Express”: Santa's Sleigh Gets A Make Over... After being on the set for commercials and being put on display at the L.A. Auto Show, the “Redeye Express” has found its way back home to the Chrysler World Headquarters and Technology Center in Auburn Hills, Michigan. This allowed us to finally get a good look at this awesome creation from the FCA US Product Design Studio and the legendary fabricators at Metalcrafters. For more information, click on the link below... https://moparinsiders.com/inside-design-2019-dodge-challenger-srt-hellcat-redeye-express

America Wants The Canada-Only 2019 Ram 1500 Sport: Are Sport Appearance Packages Not Good Enough For The 2019 Ram 1500? We get a ton of e-mail from our readers here at MoparInsiders.com and our sister site 5thGenRams.com. One of the most frequent questions we get is, why is there a 2019 Ram 1500 Sport model for Canada only and not the United States? Not only does this have to be one of the frequent, but one of the most passionate as well. In more than half of the e-mails written to us, our readers complain that they “hate chrome” on their pickups. While most do love how Ram Trucks offers Sport Appearance Packages on multiple trim levels on their trucks, they still have the fact you have chrome and silver badging across the truck...

2019 Ram Heavy Duty LED Head Lamps Will Light Up The Night: Full LED Lighting Makes Its Way To The Heavy Duty Lineup... We have had a mix bag of e-mails lately. Some are praising the fact that Ram Trucks has chosen to upgrade the existing Ram Heavy Duty lineup for the upcoming model year. While others are upset that the updated Ram Heavy Duty trucks are not based on the all-new 5th generation 2019 Ram 1500. The 4.5 generation Ram Heavy Duty as we are calling it, have blended what people loved about the 4th generation Ram Trucks lineup with the all-new 2019 Ram 1500. For the complete article, click the link below... https://moparinsiders.com/2019-ram-heavy-duty-led-head-lamps-will-light-up-the-night/

Inside Design: 2005 Jeep Hurricane Concept: That Thing Got A HEMI? Yeah Two Of Them... Show-stopping concepts and extreme expressions of the Chrysler Group brands aren’t new: Dodge had its Tomahawk and Chrysler, the ME Four-Twelve. But when the Jeep®Hurricane blew onto the 2005 North American International Auto Show (NAIAS) stage, it raised the bar for the Jeep brand. “Jeep Hurricane is simply the most maneuverable, most capable and most powerful 4×4 ever built,” said Trevor Creed, then Senior Vice President – Chrysler Group Design. “It pays homage to the extreme enthusiasts’ Jeep vehicles in form and off-road capability, but is a unique interpretation of Jeep design. Simply stated, it is the extreme example for the Jeep brand.”...

VIDEO: Why The 2019 Ram Heavy Duty Keeps The 4th Generation Cab: We dispel some myths and rumors about the 2019 Ram Heavy Duty... It has been a few weeks since our spy photographers caught the 2019 Ram Heavy Dutys completely uncovered. Since then we have received numerous emails from viewers wondering why the 2019 Ram Heavy Duty continues with the 4th generation cab. We have also heard some conspiracy theories as to why the cab has stayed the same as well. For the past few months, we have been saying that the 2019 Ram Heavy Duty would carry on with the same cab and box. While the cabs remain the same as the outgoing truck, the 2019 Ram Heavy Duty does get an all-new interior mostly shared with the all-new 5th generation 2019 Ram 1500...

2019 Jeep Compass – The Global Jeep Expands Its Options For 2019: Upland & High Altitude Packages Join The Mix... 2019 Jeep® Compass Trailhawk. (Jeep). For the 2019 model year the Jeep® Compass returns with two new special edition models that join the already popular Altitude package. The Compass also get some new technology upgrades for the 2019 model year. Standard is the 7-inch UConnect radio on Sport and Latitude models for starters. Let’s take a look at what’s new for the 2019 model year… The 2019 Jeep® Compass expands the brand’s global reach with an unmatched combination of attributes, which includes legendary and best-in-class 4×4 off-road capability, advanced fuel-efficient powertrains, premium and authentic Jeep design...

CAUGHT: 2019 Ram Heavy Duty Limited Interior: We Get Our Best Look Yet, At The Top Tier Heavy Duty... One of our avid readers has sent us high-resolution photos they captured of the new 2019 Ram Heavy Duty Limited interior. This is the first time, we have seen the interior in such detail. We can now give you a breakdown, of what sets the top of the line Ram Heavy Duty interior apart from 2019 Ram 1500. For more click the link below... https://moparinsiders.com/spied-2019-ram-hd-limited-interior-in-detail