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The Citadel concept from 1999 will likely make it to production as a Honda. My post from last January. https://moparinsiders.com/community/threads/breaking-chrysler-c6x-ca-electric-suv-development-suspended.10593/page-3#post-37650

Toyota led off their new electrification direction in our market with the Crown sedan, which is basically a competitor to the old Charger and Chrysler 300. The styling is eccentric, the sales aren't all that great, but it pioneered the use of sharing EV components in hybrid models. The wagon...

Toyota had a DONK with their BZ4X. It was pretty lackluster and had a weird name. The regular customers just couldn't relate to it and EV buyers could find better toys elsewhere. Now a few years later Toyota is back in the game with the BZ series along with an all-electric C-HR. The "Beezy" name...

So the Hemi has to use the eTorque BSG because that what works with the electrical architecture. Why doesn't the Hurricane 6 have a BSG? Where's the mild hybrid transmissions for the trucks?

I think they should give the hatch back design of the 1980's LeBaron GTS and Dodge Shadow / Plymouth Sundance twins another chance. I'm referring to the hatch itself not the styling for the rest of the vehicle. North America is pretty much stuck with the 1.6L EP6. The tooling is installed in...

ThIs one photo caught my attention. Remove the Disco Era excess; the upright grill, T-bar roof, opera window and landau top. (The last item is hard to tell from this angle.) Even if Chrysler becomes a people mover brand, the brand needs something special. The micro turbine range extender...

It appears to me that Stellantis in North America isn't ignoring the current market dynamics, it's more like they simply aren't paying close attention. I offer the lack of offering a range extender option as proof of this. (As you pointed out.) With all the recent management changes in the...

There are 3 van platforms. They are different from the car platforms. I'm not including the ProMaster Rapid sold in Latin America in this. The large van platform is what the Ram ProMaster uses. I stated in my post the CUSW based van platform is gone. It has been replaced by a new and different...

It doesn't make good business sense to have a domestic van on a unique platform which is not shared with any other corporate vehicle. Stellantis is the global leader in light commercial vehicles (LCV). We call them vans around here. The Stellantis vans come in three sizes, the Ram ProMaster is...

Stellantis will have a hard time selling to the rental agencies. The Wagoneer turned into a fleet queen and was unreliable enough with multiple system failures that it dragged down all the Stallentis products.

The thing that frustrates me is how quickly Stellantis moved to put this truck into full production. Originally it was assembled from knock down kits, but demand far outpaced capacity. I don't know if this truck would be suitable for our market, but I do know we could use that same decisiveness...

Where is Ram sourcing the inverter from? I highly doubt it is an in-house piece. That's beside the point. Pictures of the Ramcharger running gear installed on the frame have been splashed all over the internet for months. The under hood space is all accounted for. There aren't any 48V or high...

We can't build cars. We spent all our money on Archer Aircraft. (The Management)

The missing puzzle piece is the 3-speed hybrid transmission. I don't know if anyone outside of a select few employees have seen it. By now some suppliers might have had their hands on one if it really is in production by the end of the year. The design of the hybrid setup will reveal its family...

Has anyone determined if the KM is rear drive based or will have a front drive based transverse engine. The Wagoneer S is all electric so far, so it is hard to determine anything from that. There are four different flavors of the STLA Large platform, the Charger Daytona being rear drive based...

Toyota has just blurred the lines between hybrid, plugin hybrid and battery electric. I wonder if anybody in Auburn Hills is smart enough to recoup some of their own EV development costs by copying what Toyota is doing with their new PHEV system. Using the e-axle from a corporate EV can be done...

The last Jeep Renegade we saw new is 166" overall on a 101" wheelbase. The Frontera is 172" long with a 105" wheelbase. It is on the longer end of the Smart platform spectrum. On the short end is the Fiat Grande Panda it has 157" overall length on a 100" wheelbase. Sometime next month the...

Make this worth my while and have the fighter jet shoot the Archer Aviation prototype out of the sky.

There really hasn't been enough information published about this new hybrid transmission to truly figure out how it works. I highly suspect the basic design came from an outside supplier. If it is Magna or ZF engineering, now we are are talking about a range extender system. It is probably to...

I hope he can stay out of the ivory tower.