Recent content by bill burke

That was a great truck and the key ingredient was that menacing bee on its flanks. Without that Rumble Bee, in original design please Ram, just simply because anything less will lack the outrageous intended effect of the Super Bee legacy. The original Coronet Super Bee just epitomized the over...

Just read on another reliable site that the Pentastar is a very strong possibility for the new Cherokee. Good to see Jeep keeping that well established and valued model name and not succumb to PC invented fake concerns. Enough of that nonsense already, it’s a Jeep celebrating a proud people...

If it’s hybrid only I’m not biting yet. Perhaps there is a Pentastar V-6 lurking. Ten years in two wonderful current generation Cherokees has me sold on this Jeep, but I’m just not there on a hybrid. I’ll test one for sure but is there any chance us old school gas engine guys get something, you...

I am encouraged by this selection. No doubt Antonio has a huge task ahead of him, but I believe it can be accomplished by respecting brand culture and their loyal customer base. Having the hands on experience he brings to the job, including exposure to the North American market, will be a huge...

If I had to guess on this Charger spotted in Italy, I’d guess that Dodge is getting help from the very talented Italian engineers in fixing the problems US engineers, those left anyway after the purge, have failed to solve. Few seriously think the very large Charger will see big sales in Europe...

The importation now and eventual manufacturing of the Rampage for the USA should not be a matter of discussion but a matter of urgency. I do hope that this very logical step to filling this yawning market gap is part of the twenty five announcements from Ram Tim promised. I’d suggest it be one...

There is little reason Ram can not recoup it market share, it’s just a matter of being Ram. The shiny new object of electrification has gone away, finally it seems, and Ram can get back to selling the products people want. It’s that simple. I believe there is room in the lineup for the some hot...

Trying to be objective here. The Jeep folks did a great job on the Wagoneer twins in transforming a pickup into a beautifully styled SUV. BUT…. 1- The model line up for both is confusing with too many. Adding just an upscale “Summit” model to both would have sufficed. 2- Both are too expensive...

I’ll add some clarification to Robert’s headline statement with respect, “Killing the Renegade without a replacement ready, was a big mistake”. No doubt a major update, at least, was needed. No replacement as we see at Ram, Chrysler and Dodge and yes Jeep, were decisions of enormous incompetency...

It may be more a gimmick than a significant innovation, but it does hint that a decision on a Mid-size Ram pickup has been made. I agree with Triple T, again, I think there is room for both and I think we have two of the twenty five announcements in hand. I can’t imagine, at this point, that the...

I’m not going to criticize the guys at Dodge. They were forced into an impossible position by a rather impossible leader that produced a rather stunning but larger than desirable performance vehicle. Names like R/T and Scat Pack were desperate attempts at defining it a muscle car. We all know...

No shock on this news. Few people want electrics and few truck people are even interested. Time to get back to what made Ram so big, I’ll let you decide what that is, but I’m sure it’s not the pleasure and opportunity to plug it in, wait for hours and drive it 25 miles when the power runs out...

Yes indeed we Italian Americans have contributed immensely to our great nation in so many ways, from government to business, from entertainment to science and of course our food. Glad you enjoyed Italy, the birthplace of Western Civilization and great automobiles too. I agree that Filosa might...

If you have never experienced a Fiat 500, if like me, the car will amaze you. Comfortable, lots of little storage areas and updated tech housed in a very user friendly dash and controls. That experience leads me to say, why does this Fiat not sell well in the U.S.? I really never really...

Famous saying, “see Naples and die”. As a descendent of Naples, a place I have proudly returned to a few times, I’m happy to see a fellow son of Naples in the running for CEO. He has a history in North America and combine that with traditional “Italian Smarts” and Stellantis could be in very...