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Here we are in the 21st century, extolling the virtues of an 18th century modern of transport. My guess is that spending gobs of money (or eminent domain) to acquire land to build rail infrastructure is like trying to drive cross country in reverse using only your mirrors. If one truly...

What about fattening the bottom line of those in Europe who build the public transportation system? Do we not count those as well? Same crap gets served all over the world, just different seasoning.

That's certainly one way to look at it. Another way to look at it is to note that they always said "last call for current generation." and most likely had been considering keeping a V8 in the lineup for the next generation for a while already, but tried to keep it quiet while they sold out...

So let me get this straight... When I grew up as a kid in the 70's and 80's, that is, back when they were still purely American owned, Dodge had NO V8 Muscle cars. No vocational trucks. I never saw Dodge Tow trucks or utility trucks. I once saw a 60's Power Wagon at a country gas station, but...

I read elsewhere, from someone I believe was at one time on the inside, that Ram has been working on a new 7.5L V8 for the upcoming new/refreshed HD Rams in the next year or two. That post was from 2 years ago just after Ford unveiled their new 7.3L V8. So it is entirely possible that when...

I read yesterday that Ford announced a new 6.8L V8 engine for their upcoming Super duty, replacing the 6.2L. This coming shortly after they introduced the 7.3L V8 for those trucks. This makes me wonder if maybe FCA is secretly working on a new V8 of their own for RAM HD trucks. Right now...

And to go along with that performance, that '71 Hemi 'Cuda grill is by far my favorite.

I wonder if Ram might replace the Doblo based van with a Scudo based van. Just a thought.

I would take a guess that there is a bit of risk management in diversifying your supply chain by choosing to use two different suppliers. Best not to put all your eggs in one basket.

I am sad to hear this. I had been hoping Case/New Holland would have purchased Navistar to combine them with Iveco, but VW's Man/Scania scooped them up instead. It would have been nice to have Navistar in the extended family of brands, but that obviously didn't happen.

That looks very Dodge Charger like to me.

Wouldn't the next gen Pacifica need to be on STLA Large? It's a pretty large vehicle, with the interior volume which would benefit from every last bit of additional range offered by the largest platform.

Wow, thank you so much for the detailed reply. I now understand the situation much better.

True, but I'm asking about what will they do a few years from now. My question is, will the FCA/PSA full size vans continue on their current unique platform, or will they migrate over to one of these new STLA electrified platforms? I'm curious what the answer to that question is.

My first question is, will Ducato continue using it's own unique van platform, or will it be folded in with one of the new STLA platforms? If it's going to be on one of the new STLA Platforms, I don't see how it could be on STLA Large. Look at the dimension ranges they specified for STLA...

I don't think changing the name from Fiat Professional to RAM will cause it to lose customers. I do agree that not every product should be micromanaged from North America. Doesn't make any sense to do that, and I seriously doubt they would. As for the Promaster and Daily, I understand why...

I definitely think it would be a good move to bring all LCV products under the Ram brand, with local regional managers to design for each market. I wonder if they would consider sharing their next gen van platform with Iveco for the Daily? Just interesting to think about.

Does anyone know whether the Ducato/Ram Promaster et al full size vans continue on their own completely separate platform, or do they eventually migrate over to STLA Frame? It doesn't seem like STLA Large would be big enough. Just curious since STLA is such a leader in Vans.

My wild guess is that they're not set up to produce that engine locally, and are not willing to import them. If that's the case, then they may be looking to buy time with the same drivetrains until they decide what to do with that assembly plant. Would they perhaps update it to build STLA...

So if that depiction winds up being accurate, it looks to me that the next gen Charger is getting the more upright C pillar design element from the current gen 300. That should be a big improvement for law enforcement use. Along those lines, do they plan on making it a hatchback or liftback...