Geely, the Chinese company behind “Lynk & Co” (to be confused with Lincoln), has a Farizon (rhymes with Horizon and Verizon) Auto division making commercial trucks. The latest release, a full semi, can be purchased with swappable batteries, methanol power, or a range-extended electric drive. Geely isn’t planning to scoop Cummins, Volvo, or Tesla: their […]
The Lordstown auto plant, once owned by General Motors and purchased by startup Lordstown Motors for $20 million, is being purchased by Chinese electronics firm Foxconn, best known for assembling most Apple products. Foxconn has been expanding in the United States, largely at Apple’s behest, and some see the move as paving the way for […]
Rumors have stopped circulating about Chrysler’s straight-six turbo engine, based on the 2-liter turbo four in the Jeep Wrangler. The engine, to be made in the company’s Saltillo, Mexico plant which currently makes V6 powerplants, was to be used in pickup trucks and possibly Jeeps, according to rumor site Allpar—which referred to it as the […]
What’s the American part of Fiat Chrysler have for us, for 2021? Some of it you already know, like a Jeep Wagoneer, three-row Grand Cherokee, and extra-hot Challenger SS. But some, which normal people are more likely to buy, have just been announced. Pickups The new-generation Ram 1500 “DT” is getting a hefty number of […]
The Army has awarded GM a contract to build and maintain the Army’s new Infantry Squad Vehicle (ISV). The vehicle, essentially a specialized, larger form of jeep, is an all-terrain group carrier which can move nine soldiers through the battlefield. It must be light enough to be slung from a UH-60 “Blackhawk” helicopter, and small […]
They said it couldn’t be done, but back in the 1980s, Jeep launched a new unibody pickup truck. Co-engineered with the new XJ Cherokee, the Jeep Comanche was more capable than the typical compact pickup, despite a unibody design; it also had more ground clearance than any competitor, even as it had the lowest bed. […]
For years, it seems, Mopar site Allpar.com has been talking about a turbo six cylinder engine, based on the new turbo 2.0 liter four-cylinder—an engine which has yet to be seen without forced induction. That engine was coded GME, or Global Medium Engine; the six-cylinder version was reported the GME T6. Allpar had reported that […]
There are two new specialty Ram pickups on the way, one of which has literally been in the works for years—since before the current “DT” series of Ram trucks was launched. The Ram TRX was first shown with a detuned Hellcat V8; recent reports claim the detuning is gone and it will pump out the […]
The Jeep Wrangler can trace its lineage back to the old military Jeeps. Rumor has it that in the 1960s, Ford wanted a bigger part of the military market (which Ford saw as potentially very profitable) and the original Ford Bronco was an attempt to lure the military away from the Jeep designs. If so, […]
Before we start on the pickups, let’s talk web sites. Chevrolet gives you all the information you could possibly want, straight up, without fuss; and the numbers stay the same as you go through. It’s a pleasure to deal with Chevrolet’s fast-loading, gimmick-free web site. Then there’s Toyota, where the numbers keep changing, almost randomly. […]