Mopar SEMA Teaser #2: A Classic Plymouth with Custom Design Cues

Mopar SEMA 2024 Teaser #2

A week ago, we brought you the first teaser from Mopar’s 2024 SEMA Show display, which appears to be a production-based Ram truck. The company released the second teaser for the legendary trade show in Vegas; this time, they appear to be focusing on a classic Plymouth. The only text accompanying the sole, shadowy image … Read more

STLA moves people around, supports Tavares, issues bizarrely worded press release

Tavares at Warren with Ragalyi, Resha

Under a headline seemingly designed by AI (“Stellantis Leverages Its Management Organisation with Changes to Drive Performance Under the Leadership of Carlos Tavares”), Stellantis just now announced several role changes to “redouble the Company’s focus on its key business priorities and confront head-on the global challenges facing the industry.” Tavares himself, according to chairman of … Read more

Stellantis may be leaving Michigan; Gov. Whitmer negotiating

CTC HQ

Crain’s Detroit broke the story, reported again by Crain publication Automotive News, that Stellantis is talking with Governor Gretchen Whitmer about leaving Michigan, and the Chrysler Technology Center (CTC), behind. Stellantis refused to comment beyond pointing out that it has been in Michigan for more than 100 years (tacitly acknowledging that Maxwell Motors was the … Read more

USA sales: who is the minivan king? … and Mopar vs GM/Ford and trucks and muscle cars

2022 Chevrolet Silverado

Stellantis had a very bad quarter in the United States, but how did it compare to other automakers in sales of key vehicles? Chrysler Corporation invented the minivan in both the USA and France, starting American development in 1972 and French development before selling SIMCA to Peugeot. While the Chrysler marque did not have a … Read more

Flexcare pushes out Mopar Vehicle Protection

Mopar World 2016

Stellantis is renaming Mopar Vehicle Protection to Flexcare. The new name will be coupled with each of the company’s brands, e.g. Dodge Flexcare, replacing Mopar’s service contracts, maintenance plans, and packages. Mopar Service Contracts are becoming Flexcare Extended Care; Maximum becomes Premium, Added Care and Added Care Plus become Extended Care Plus, and Powertrain Care … Read more

Jeep shows drawing of the next Compass

2025 Jeep Compass

Jeep, or as Stellantis oddly refers to it “The Jeep® brand,” showed a basic drawing of the next-generation Compass today. This is a to be made on the STLA Medium platform/architecture. The Compass will reportedly have both gasoline-hybrid and electric versions, possibly with a pure gasoline version as well. It will debut in Europe in … Read more

Stellantis hits union with more lawsuits

uaw vs stla

After filing a lawsuit last week against the UAW and UAW Local 230 representing the Los Angeles Parts Distribution Center on Oct. 3, Stellantis filed eight additional lawsuits against the UAW and 23 Local unions on October 4. The UAW met with Stellantis afterwards to ask about bringing back the Job Bank, which keeps laid-off … Read more