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Like I said in another thread, "When I worked at the airport I saw a steady stream of Suburbans, Escalades, Expeditions, and Navigators, dressed in black with limo plates, all plying their trade. The REEV drive-train will upend the livery trade." Let's face it, the big black SUVs have replaced...

It looks like the STLA-Frame REEV system is well beyond prototype stage. It will even be available on the shorter Grand Wagoneer. Such a combination will totally upend the livery trade. When I worked at the airport I saw a steady stream of Suburbans, Escalades, Expeditions and Navigators dressed...

As far as the Ram 2500 goes, are the unsold units mostly 2025 models or the improved 2026 models? The 2026 Ram 2500 models are upgraded to a higher payload capacity to match the competitor's 3/4 ton trucks.

The Hurricane 6 showed up to the market already obsolete. There are no hybrid versions of that engine series. Send it back to the kitchen and tell them it's not fully baked yet. The engine makes a lot of horsepower, but a lot of people are tired of start/stop setups, they have become spoiled by...

Not right away. The new Compass is a size larger. So far the next Compass is only an EV sold in Europe.

The transmission sound like it's an Aisan AT6 with the torque converter replaced by a clutch pack and an electric motor combination. IMO, it's a much better unit than the Punch offered in Europe. I'm hoping that the new leadership team now gives the Auburn Hills people the same autonomy which...

I'm going to sound like a broken record. Bring the Smart platform here for production stateside. The only vehicle I would brand a Fiat is the Grande Panda. It would also be the only B-segment vehicle built here on that platform. The rest of the vehicles would be C-segment and branded...

I find it odd that the previous generation Durango could be had with a hybrid powertrain and this one isn't even allowed the 48V BSG that the Ram 1500 offers. I might also add the Jeep Wrangler offered the Pentastar V6 with 48V for a few years as well. I suspect what we are witnessing is a...

Seeing what the tariff situation is combined with the labor unrest in Eastern Europe, which is also occurring, maybe Stellantis should build some "Smart" based products stateside. The legacy Chrysler Corporate brands desperately need some entry level vehicles. For that matter even Fiat needs...

There are two reasons Nissan approached other automakers, the New Smyrna facility is only working well below capacity and Nissan needs a high production volume forecast to justify building an American production line for the 5-in-1 e-Power unit. The people in Auburn Hills have to worry about...

Here's more information on this topic. The more I look up things related to this the more I realize it's legitimate. The original source seems to be Automotive News, which is behind a paywall. Here is a piece from the article from the local media in Tennessee: Source...

But part of the grant involved with the 1.1 Billion Dollar deal was an obligation to build vehicles very few can afford or even want. Stop and think about this. The Charger Daytona and Wagoneer S are sitting on dealers lots, and the Recon is ready to go. This means the electric motors, battery...

Welcome back to those (3-headed) dog days of that post Daimler entity known as Chrysler LLC. It was that brief time period between Daimler kicking a looted Chrysler to the curb and Sergio stepping into Auburn Hills, when a leveraged buyout company was looking to strip and flip the old Chrysler...

Let's see what else ZF has to offer. Range Extender: More Than Just Extra Range - ZF Who's to say the REV (formally called the Ramcharger) will use this particular ZF product? The EREV would be pricey, but a mild hybrid with the Hurricane 4 could easily take the entry level spot. Some guy...

It's just not investing in hardware and facilities. That out of touch guy decimated the American engineering ranks which Sergio had built bottom up after the Daimler disaster. Right now the historic Chrysler corporate brands are paying a dear price for all that cheap outsourced engineering.

My source is the Stellantis media website. Stellantis Media - 2026_DG_Charger_SIXPACK_SP.pdf Here is a quote from the 2026 Charger press kit:

The EU and Canada are still going ahead on their EV mandates. Since the US market share for Fiat and Alfa is so miniscule, we won't help much in this situation. The Fiat brand won't survive in the USA by selling only the 500e, there needs to be other models offered here as well. The Fiat 500...

According to the media press kit, the Challenger wheelbase is 116" and overall length is 198".

Fiat is in big trouble in Europe. The brand bet heavily on battery electric and it has come back to bite them. Sales of the 500e died with the government rebates in the EU countries, while Abarth sales came to a screeching halt when the brand went all EV. The Grande Panda was farmed out to...

This Generation of Charger is more of a modern interpretation of the 1969-73 full size Dodges than for any past vehicles which were labeled as a Charger. The car is very wide and that width and length add weight. Now that Direct Connection is offering a supercharger kit for the Ram pickup...