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Great article. It will be interesting to see how the president's tariffs, or threats thereof, affect production plans. Will Stellantis even be able to sell Canadian- or Mexican-built vehicles in the US? Will the Canadian and Mexican plants needs to focus on exporting most of their products...

It might be smart to use STLA Medium and Brampton to produce a vehicle for each brand with a sub-$30K starting price: Compass, Hornet v2.0, Rampage, and a smaller MPV-type vehicle like the Portal Concept for Chrysler.

I wonder if they can do a STLA Medium version of the Rampage at Brampton with the Compass?

To answer my own question: All New Jeep Compass Preview According to the press release from Stellantis, North American production of the Compass starts in 2026. It seems strange to me that they are letting the plant sit with no product for 2+ years. I wonder if the renovations of the plant...

Is retooling for STLA Medium actively underway? When does Compass production start?

Any idea what pricing will be? If they want Charger to be a volume seller, don't they need a model starting around 35k (or less) like the outgoing SXT?

Is there any word on a 300-400hp, $35K-$45K model to replace the SXT and GT? Everything announced so far replaces the high-price, high-hp models.

I think that Chrysler is going to have a really hard time becoming a high-volume brand again (I would love to be proven wrong, but I just do not see it). They have been out of too many segments for too long, there is no obvious role for Chrysler in most segments (unlike Dodge, Jeep, and Ram)...

I do think a sub-$30K Hornet SXT with the Compass's 200hp I4 and AWD would boost sales. But would it be profitable?

Sounds like a factory readiness issue. The new Durango is starting production in 2025 or 2026, and the Alfa is coming in 2027, the same year as the next Grand Cherokee. Windsor is already set up to build STLA Large vehicles (Charger), while Detroit may need some retooling? Capacity-wise, the...

One option would be to build a Dodge Stealth on STLA Large at Windsor and a Ram Durango on STLA Frame at Warren to slot below the Wagoneer price wise. Any word on what the second model planned for Brampton is?

It's wild that the new Charger is 9+ inches wider than the outgoing version.

I wonder if anyone at Stellantis is considering a new Challenger to compete more directly with the Mustang. A second Dodge coupe is likely a hard business case to make because it could cannibalize sales of the two-door Charger, but they would still have the four-door Charger and there could be a...

Stellantis says it has no intention of selling Maserati - Autoblog

Isn't Toluca earmarked for the Recon/Wagoneer S/Cherokee and possibly the Chrysler EV CUV?

Motor Trend is reporting that the next Renegade is coming in 2026 and will be built in North America: https://www.motortrend.com/news/next-gen-affordable-jeep-cherokee-renegade-suv-coming-soon/ Brampton seems like the obvious choice for assembly plant, unless Belvidere is flexible enough to...

I'd like to see three vehicles on STLA Medium out of Brampton: Jeep Compass CUV, Dodge Hornet crossover coupe, and Chrysler Portal MPV.

I have a '15 Renegade Latitude 2.4l 4x4 that I bought new and it's been close to bulletproof. There was one recall with the radiator and the tires dry-rotted in the first year or two (weird!) but otherwise no problems. Of course, I live less than 3 miles from my job and do not travel much, so it...

I actually prefer the new tail lights. The WK2's tail lights were the one design element I never liked (did not hate them either, just thought they were meh). I though they were too big and looked cheap and generic. Same with the WD. I think that the new ones look much sportier and more upscale...

Where are these new engines supposed to come from?