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The average person is intimidated by the plug. I saw this a lot when I was working the ready line on the rental floor. The rental companies were a dumping ground for the Wrangler and Grand Cherokee 4Xe models along with many EVs. I would show people the button on the dash to bypass the EV mode...

I caught the video above while it was still live on YouTube. If I was there I would have asked about if the switch up in vehicle sizes was planned or accidental. (The KM Cherokee is the size of the WK2 Grand Cherokee and the next Compass will be the size of the old Cherokee.) What struck me was...

The Hemi with the eTorque setup is a lot smoother in stop and go traffic than the Hurricane 6 with its clunky start/stop could ever hope to be. Stellantis took a giant step backwards using a crude start/stop setup on the inline sixes. If they really want customers to embrace the turbo six...

Before Sergio stepped into Auburn Hills, the Dodge Durango and Chrysler Aspen both offered a Hemi Hybrid option. There was even a Ram 1500 Hemi Hybrid that was killed in the crib. A few hunderd of this last item was built as a PHEV for a joint FCA/DOE research program. Sergio received a lot of...

I think one thing that holds the CDJR brands back is the terrible marketing. It takes some serious stupidity to offend both the performance fans and the green crowd both at the same time. Passing off the PHEV Jeeps and minivans as electric only confused potential buyers When the KM Cherokee...

We now know more about the Jeep Cherokee (KM) drivetrain. The 1.6L engine has been upgraded for our market, uses a timing chain, and has slightly more horse power. The engine itself is also built here. The Punch transmission will be absent from our market. Speaking of our market, the consumer...

With the pullback of plugin drivetrains in our market, along with the cancellation of the LCV hydrogen fuel cell project globally, I am left wondering what the future holds for this van. I imagine that battery electric vans will fill a need for some commercial and fleet buyers. Fleets often...

Meanwhile, Stellantis keeps pouring money into Archer Aviation. 😕

The entirety of your post is preaching to the choir. Almost everyone in the room is tired of the corporate stupidity. Jeep not offering the 4Xe Renegade here is why I'm now driving a Toyota with e-AWD. In the time the Belvedere, IL facility has sat idle, a factory was built in Argentina to...

"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...