01/19/2021
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Stellantis is real, Rivian is nearly here
Stellantis—the Fiat Chrysler/Peugeot combination company—has been created, and a management team has been appointed. The plans are currently to keep all the plants open, improve Italian plants’ productivity, and give every one of the 14 different brands room to grow before, possibly, making cuts. Details at Mopower. American electric truck-and-van maker Rivian, meanwhile, has raised […]
01/07/2021
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Who won and lost in 2020 sales? GM, Ford both win in trucks.
GM was the arguable winner of the 2020 sales contest, at least among the American contestants, with a mere 12% falloff in sales. That was below Ford’s 15% drop or FCA’s 18% fall, and also enough to beat Honda and Nissan. GM roughly matched Toyota’s 11% fall; the only major automakers to really beat GM’s […]
12/31/2020
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Wrangler 392 at $77,000? and Turbo-2s delayed
The new site MoPower.com had a busy first day with two new stories. The first covers a thread in the JLWrangler forums site which claims the Wrangler 392 will start at over $77,000—a claim which seems to make sense when one considers that a similarly equipped Rubicon with the V6 engine would come in at […]
11/20/2020
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AutoBison will return
Some of you may have noticed that AutoBison has been on something of a holiday, missing such notable launches as the Jeep Wrangler 392. This is a temporary condition; we will return.
11/17/2020
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Stellantis “dropping new engines”—does that include the Mopar turbo six?
Future Stellantis CEO Carlos Tavares reportedly told the Reuters Automotive Summit that “we are not investing more” into gasoline or diesel engines, due to the need for rapid cost reductions. Reporting on the event by Detroit News did not elaborate (nor did Tavares, most likely) on whether his statements were on behalf of PSA (Peugeot), […]
10/15/2020
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Good news for Canadian auto workers
After reaching a deal with Ford, which includes investments in the company’s existing plants, the Canadian auto workers’ union—Unifor—has apparently struck a deal with Fiat Chrysler. While Fiat Chrysler has stood by its Canadian plants, investing heavily in the Windsor minivan facility and more lightly in the Brampton large-car assembly plant, there were some questions […]
09/25/2020
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Chrysler’s rumored straight-six goes dark
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 […]
09/23/2020
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Will Chrysler stay in Canada at all? They don’t have to.
Hidden from most Americans by a wall of apathy, the Canadian union representing auto workers and others, Unifor, recently reached a deal with Ford of Canada which puts around $2 billion of investments into the Windsor and Oakville plants. That will include a new 6.8 liter engine in 2022—a monster of an engine by today’s […]
09/19/2020
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Jeep Gladiator gets a Willys Edition for 2021
For 2021, it appears Gladiator is following in the footsteps of Wrangler by adding a Willys model that upgrades a Sport with better off road capability. Willys isn’t Rubicon level, but has some nice upgrades and the package contains a nice discount as was the case with the Wrangler’s Willys editions. Some parts of the […]
09/01/2020
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Every Dodge, Jeep, Ram, and Chrysler Change for 2021
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 […]