Chrysler has somehow managed to highlight the Chrysler Pacificaâs biggest flaw in this commercial featuring actor Kathryn Hahn. That biggest flaw, as we noted in our review, is a shifter dial that can easily be mistaken for a volume knob, and Chrysler appears to show Hahn doing just that in this commercial.
As part of Fiat Chryslerâs recent Dog And Pony show for investors, the companyâs Chief Technical Compliance Officer, Mark Chernoby, described FCAâs ambitious electrification plans, which include the rollout of mild hybrid, hybrid, plug-in hybrids, and pure electric vehicles across 30 nameplates. Hereâs what that planâŚ
Things havenât been great with the âCâ in Fiat Chrysler Automobiles for some time. Chrysler, a storied American nameplate, now only sells two cars in a handful of markets. So when Automotive News reports itâs heard a rumor that the Chrysler brand may get âwhackedâ on Friday, itâs not implausible. But for now, an FCAâŚ
Ford announced last month that itâs phasing out small cars and now, probably not surprisingly it looks like Fiat Chrysler will take a similar path. Soon-to-retire CEO Sergio Marchionne apparently will cut down on the small cars and go in big on the large and luxurious ones. That means less Fiat and less Chrysler.
Twenty years ago today, at 2 a.m. Eastern time, a press release announced to the world that German automotive giant Daimler would be merging with the third member of Detroitâs âBig Three,â Chrysler, forming DaimlerChrysler. On paper, the deal made tons of sense, but in reality, it didnât bear the fruit its creatorsâŚ
Friends, I am still mourning our loss of the Dodge Viper, a king of the road in its own right. And though the car might be no more, at least its birthplace will be put to good use.
Iâve been thinking about the Dodge Neon a lot lately, on the advice of my clergyperson, and I happened to come across information about the original 1991 Neon concept car. Um, ITâS FANTASTIC. You should already be about 60 percent wowâd by just looking at that picture, but Iâm gonna blast the needle out of yourâŚ
Apple appears to be leasing a former Fiat Chrysler-owned proving grounds in Arizona to test autonomous vehicles, according to a source familiar with the matter. Itâs the latest sign that one of the largest technology companies in the world isnât as done with autonomous vehicles as expected, following the crash of itsâŚ
In the late â60s and early â70s the engineers at Jensen decided to follow the trend of putting American engines in British cars. It worked for the AC Cobra, maybe, they thought, it would work for them. This gave birth to the Jensen Interceptor, a grand touring car with a big olâ Chrysler V8 under the hood.
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With Chryslerâs announcement today that 2018 Pacifica will be offered with a sporty appearance package, I can only logically assume that much of the push back against the quite-good minivan was largely about how un-sporty it is. Bitch, itâs a minivan! Minivans like the antithesis of sporty. But what the hell do I know.
When I walk around New York City and watch people carelessly fling garbage into her streets, a part of me dies a little bit. But then I am cheered by the fact that Fiat Chrysler is still putting big and dumb motors in cars that have no business with motors that big or dumb. Itâs stuck Hellcat engines into Charger,âŚ
Just about everything Chrysler made from the late â70s to the mid â90s was based on the front-drive K-platform. The platform was used on sedans, wagons, coupes, vans, convertibles, trucks, and hatchbacks.
Like many parents, I have a child whoâs interested in cars, which is an interest Iâm more than happy to encourage. Lately, heâs been especially fascinated with car badges and emblems, and loves to point out as many as possible. When he sees one he doesnât recognize, he asks me. Normally, this is fine, but the otherâŚ
I should be clear here that Iâm not an official expert in words; Iâm no entomologist. You can tell thatâs true because I just typed the word for someone who studies insects, not âetymologist,â someone who studies words. But this hasnât stopped me from formulating a theory that thereâs a large number of people whoâŚ
I think the fundamental, pureĂŠd gruel-like blandness of the Dodge Diplomat is probably best summed up in how this promo movie describes itâs size: âbetween a compact and an intermediate!â Somehow, Dodgeâs engineers have managed to invent a size of car more boring than âmid-sized.â Kudos, gentlemen.
Have you wondered lately if Fiat Chrysler has any new idea(s) up its sleeve? Hereâs something to stew over: what you see above is a widebody Chrysler 300 SRT carrying rims and tires from an earlier Dodge Demon mule. Thereâs also a strong possibility this is packing a Hellcat V8 engine. Dope.
I get sent a lot of Craigslist ads for weird and/or shitty cars by readers. I regard this as one of the biggest perks of my job, right after Jalopnikâs very generous policies regarding colonics. An ad I was sent this morning is interesting, not so much because of the car for sale, but more because of who posted theâŚ
There are so many car brands out there that once stood tall and proud, but have now dissolved into irrelevance, with nobody really give the slightest crap anymore. What current car brand disappoints you the most? Iâll tell you the one that makes me sick: itâs Chrysler.
Daimler-Benz chairman Juergen Schrempp and Chryslerâs chairman Bob Eaton shook hands in London on May 6, 1998, after agreeing to merge their companies in what became referred to as the âMerger of Equals.â Except there was nothing equal about it; Mercedes took Chrysler to the cleaners.
