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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...

Being the cheap person that I am, after I arrived at Midway Airport I grabbed a transit bus to a buffet restaurant in Cicero, IL. One of the joys of being a transit rider is often playing frogger to cross the road even using a crosswalk. After dinner when I needed to cross over again to catch...

I also want a mini-Gladiator to compete with the Slate. While Stellantis is dragging their feet on new products for our market, new production facilities went up in Latin America for the Fiat Titano in Argentina, and a production line for the 2.2 liter Multi-Jet diesel in Latin America also was...

The Ford Maverick undercuts the Hyundai Santa Cruz on price. The Slate is aiming for below the Santa Cruz for price as they chase the Maverick. Ironically, if Ram overprices their small pickup models and doesn't offer some sort of electrified drivetrain on them, then they truly are competing...

Ram could use a smaller unibody pickup such as this, even with a mid-size BOF truck in the lineup. The price however must be under what Hyundai is asking for Santa Cruz. In light of the emissions rollback and tariffs, maybe the Stellantis bosses should look into manufacturing that 2.2 diesel...

In the lead article to this thread it states that the range extender setup should be popular because Brazil's charging infrastructure is in its beginning stages. It is much like our country. When Toyota's 1:6:90 rule was revealed it didn't take into account extended range EVs or mild hybrids...

First a bit of sarcasm. We probably won't see a Leap Motor product here if the plan is to introduce them into expanding markets.🤡 Now a serious thought. Some of the Leap products adapted for our markets, built here with American components, should be considered. It would be resource intensive...

I'm not saying they should bring any e-CMP based vehicles stateside. I do think the multi-energy strategy is worth using for other platforms. I suspect some front office procrastination resulted in this happening. It is a brilliant mistake.

When the production line was built in Argentina, Stellantis stepped away from some of the the Chinese sourced parts. I am really impressed with the domestic (for them) Fiat turbo-diesel, ZF 8-speed drive-train choice. Once again we see the rapid pace of the product development in Latin America...

Both Tim Kuniskis (Ram) and Bob Broderdorf (Jeep) have indicated in recent interviews that bringing back the Hemi is a course correction, not a long term direction. The abrupt cancellation of the Hemi and a myopic focus on battery electric by the previous regime has chilled customer relations...

The best we can do is a knock down kit from Morocco. The code name for this upcoming Fiat is F2X and it is based on the Smart platform. It will be a fastback coupe/ crossover not having anything in common with the Brazilian built Fiat Fastback except the name. Give it some serious Dodge...

The Miller cycle GSE is also connected to a Magna transmission. The 1.6 liter is being built in Dundee, MI. I'm am hoping the American engineers are able to upgrade it enough for our market.