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"OK Sherman set the Wayback Machine to the year 2019 and let's see what FCA was selling to bring on these fines." 2019 Jeep Grand Cherokee (WK2) Wheelbase - 114.8 inches Length - 189.8 inches Engine lineup Pentastar V6 285hp 5.7 Hemi 360hp 6.4 SRT Hemi 475hp 6.2 Supercharged Hemi 707hp Back...

Very true, but ideas change consumer expectations. The Slate is a long shot, the Santa Cruz is priced in the mid-size truck range when AWD is checked off in the options column, and the Ford Maverick keeps getting pricier. Stellantis can produce an affordable blank slate type vehicle, as a matter...

BTW, Chevrolet already markets an off-road focused minivan and it is selling quite well. It's called the Traverse Z71.

Have you priced a Toyota truck lately? They have managed to outdo the CDJR brands for option bundles and mandatory option prices. Why would I buy a top of the line Taco when I can pony up 5 Grand more and get a base RHO? The average transaction price on a Tacoma is $45,000 and the Tundra's is...

According to legaldictionary(dot)net, "In the early 20th century, vagrancy laws made having no visible means of support a misdemeanor." Keep in mind that article goes on to explain the courts later struck down many of the vagrancy laws as being too vague. The Stellantis brands are guilty as...

Car and Driver test results: Dodge Durango with 5.7 Hemi - Standing ¼-mile: 14.7 sec @ 95 mph Toyota Grand Highlander Hybrid Max - 1/4-mile: 14.3 sec @ 98 mph Hyundai is following Toyota's lead and will also have hybrid only on some of there models as well.

It will be interesting to see what the Recon has under the hood when it arrives. It is the replacement for the Wrangler in Europe, so if it is strictly a battery electric that's understandable, but also unfortunate for our market. Sharing e-axles between battery electrics and hybrids is so...

I need more confirmation on the supplier for the KM Cherokee's hybrid transmission. If it is Aisin then Jeep could use their single motor transmission for the Trailhawk and basically duplicate Toyota's Hybrid Max system from the Grand Highlander. It uses a conventional 6-speed automatic with the...

Did Jeep already give us a Cherokee TrailHawk preview, but under a different name? https://moparinsiders.com/meet-the-trail-rated-2024-jeep-wagoneer-s-trailhawk-concept/

You can sell a young man's car to an old man, but you can never sell an old man's car to a young man. The Dodge brand is for Luddites, and increasingly their products depend on a fading history. I'm a boomer, in my last job I had before I retired I saw how cheapened out the Challengers and...

Gee, I thought the problem was the trash quality and the high prices. There are too many gaps in the lineup among the legacy Chrysler Corp brands, created by discontinuing models without replacing them. Case in point, the Ram Classic was a well received value package which was dropped and the...

A good way to tell what Americans really want is to look at the sales charts and the fastest selling reports. Both the Honda and Toyota minivans are on the top 10 fastest selling list. Letting go of the minivan as minivans are making a comeback would be pretty dumb. BTW, notice that this...

Here is what the Stellantis Media North America website says: Source: Stellantis Media - Stellantis 1.6-liter Turbocharged 4-cylinder Hybrid Powertrain Delivers Performance and Efficiency With No Plug (There is a link for a press kit on that page, which leads to a spec sheet.) The Pacifica...

I live in a senior apartment complex which also backs up to another senior apartment complex. I would say that, yeah, we're tired of the buzz boxes just from seeing all the hybrids and EVs running around and in the parking lot.

We could have had this restyled and marketed as a Chrysler model and the Rampage built here at Belvedere, instead that plant sat idle for years. Everything has to be a Jeep or a Hemi here while Latin America and EMEA see a healthy cadence of new product introductions.

I predict there will be a 2liter GME-EVO standard in a Trailhawk and that engine will also be combined with off-road and towing packages for other trims. I'm now less sure about what transmission the 2L GME would be combined with. The Compass dumped the 948TE 9-speed for a Hyundai 8-speed (8F30)...

If the Cherokee's non-plugin hybrid system proves to be an electrification sweet spot for buyers, it would be a simple matter to offer a non-plugin hybrid for the Grand Cherokee and Wrangler 4Xe models along side the plugin models. IMO, the reason the Wrangler and Grand Cherokee have been a hard...

Such off-road packages easily sell in snow belt areas for obvious reasons.

For the record, the previous Cherokee offered a V6 option, so a 2 liter GME option isn't out of the question.

Here are some clarifications on the hybrid power-train. The gas engine is transversely mounted. It is not the Punch transmission. The supplier remains unrevealed. Remember that nearly all eCVT transmissions use planetary gears, not pulleys and belts. This transmission will have planetary gears...