Stellantis is temporarily laying off 900 American workers at Warren and Sterling Heights and pausing Windsor Assembly in Canada for two weeks, impacting parts plants throughout the country, according to Detroit’s WXYZ. Antonio Filosa, who is in charge of Stellantis North America, sent an email to employees noting that it would take resilience and discipline … Read more
AutoForecast Solutions’ weekly bulletin reported that at least one version of the Hemi V8 other than the current 6.4 truck engine will return to production, as Mopar Insiders reported in March. However, rather than appearing in August, as Insiders wrote, new copies of the old V8s will show up in…
Today, the United States imposed new tariffs. The base rate is 10% on all countries and all products, but higher tax rates are being added to goods from nearly countries. South Africa was called out for special punishment, but the areas Stellantis imports cars from—Canada, Mexico, and Europe—have steep taxes as well. The new tax rate … Read more
GM just announced details on the EV versions of its GMC Sierra. The Sierra is a pickup truck, while the Jeep Wagoneer is a luxury sport wagon; but the Wagoneer was based on the Ram 1500 pickup. The Ram 1500 currently uses the same powertrain as the Wagoneer, too. To be fair, we will include … Read more
Stellantis was not the only automaker to lose U.S. sales in the first quarter. Ford saw a 1.3% drop, to 501,291, far over Stellantis’ 293,225 sales. According to the Detroit Free Press, this was mostly because they dropped the Edge and Transit Connect, and changed rental-fleet sales timing. GM saw sales rise by 17%, beating … Read more
ACEA, which lobbies for the European auto industry and publishes regular media reports on the benefits it brings, helped 15 automakers to form a cartel to control vehicle recycling, according to the European Commission. They raided the companies three years ago and found evidence of collusion from 2002 through 2017. The ACEA organized meetings among … Read more
FCA Canada reported that they sold 26,354 vehicles in the first quarter, a drop of 18% from the first quarter of 2024, despite a brave performance by Chrysler itself. The main shortfalls were at the volume brands, Ram and Jeep. Full-size Ram trucks fell by 38%, from 15,960 to 9,903; the Ram pickup and chassis … Read more
Stellantis’ U.S. sales fell again in the first quarter of 2025, despite claims in the auto media that customers were rushing to buy cars and trucks ahead of tariffs. Total first quarter sales fell by
Ralph Gilles wrote on Instagram that the new Jeep Compass will be shown off when a press embargo ends on May 6. The vehicle, based on STLA Medium, will be made in Europe and exported to the United States at first; it was to be made at Brampton, in Ontario, once that plant is finished, … Read more
The EVgo charger company, Pilot gas stations, and General Motors are now providing fast chargers at over 130 gas stations in over 25 states, a milestone on their way to building fast-charging stalls at up to 500 Pilot and Flying J stations. Dodge, Jeep, and Ram EV owners can use EVgo chargers, as well as … Read more
Once again Ford has a fire-related recall, this time on the 2020-22 Escape and 2021-23 Bronco Sport; cracked fuel injectors may cause a gasoline-fed fire. Around 34,000 vehicles sold in the United States are being recalled, presumably along with others around the world. This recall is only for vehicles fixed under one of two earlier … Read more
Stellantis has started making the Jeep Avenger 4xe in its Poland plant, supplementing the battery-electric and e-Hybrid versions. The Jeep Avenger is a subcompact vehicle created for sales outside North America; the first variant was a battery-electric. It was attractive enough to win the European Car of the Year award for 2023 and to garner … Read more
I recently spent a week with the 2024 Dodge Charger Daytona R/T and while I had it, I took it to a few places where I could let groups of people check it out in person. Oddly, I found that a great many people don’t know what it is. Sure, most Mopar/Dodge fans know the … Read more
As they go ever further down the electrification path, automakers have done their level best to keep up without going broke. We are pretty far down this path now, and Dodge has dropped its first battery-electric muscle car. In our testing, we found some very important ways that the Dodge Charger Daytona R/T differs from … Read more
According to the European industry group ACEA, Stellantis’ market share in Europe, including the EU, EFTA, and UK, dropped from 18.7% in February 2024 to 16.2% in February 2025. For the year two date, which is to say January and February combined, Stellantis share fell from 18.4% to 15.8%. The difference between the ACEA’s numbers … Read more
Ford is again dominating the recall lists, though they are not alone. The 2023 Ford F-250 and F-350 front windows may fail to reverse direction, while 2021-24 Mavericks and Bronco Sports may stall due to an undetected low battery. Rear view camera problems afflict the 2021-22 Edge, as well as the 2020-23 Explorer and Lincoln … Read more