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The driver's front quarter of the 2021 Maserati Ghibli Hybrid.
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Maserati Introduces First Ghibli With Hybrid Power

The Ghibli, from Maserati, has been awaiting an update for much too long. The brand has not had any real excitement in its ranks, arguably since the Maserati Levante model was introduced in 2016. The Ghibli, in the meantime, has grown long in the tooth. So, when Maserati announces that an update is coming, naturally, …
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The grille of a 2020 Dodge Challenger shows the 50th Anniversary badge.
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Fiat Chrysler Automobiles to Be Renamed After Merger Next Year

Fiat Chrysler Automobiles, or FCA, is the parent company of Alfa Romeo, Chrysler, Dodge, Fiat, Jeep, and Ram. It is an Italian American company. Soon, the Italian American company will be speaking French as it merges with PSA (Peugeot, Citroen Automobile). That merger of FCA and PSA is still several months out. But, a new …
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2020 Dodge Charger Hellcat Widebody and SRT
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J.D. Power Ranks This American Automotive Brand Number 1

J.D. Power is a name linked with data from consumer insights. The company surveys many things for the automotive industry. One of those things is, initial quality. All manufacturers, including FCA, Ford, and GM take the survey results seriously. For many years, that survey has been dominated by import brands. Chevrolet, Dodge, and Ford have …
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A Jeep Wrangler Rubicon is displayed during the Vienna Autoshow
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FCA Blocks Further Sales of the Roxor, a Wrangler Lookalike

FCA has a famous company called Jeep, with a famous Wrangler. The Wrangler has a heritage the reaches World War II. Mahindra has a side-by-side off-road vehicle called the Roxor. It looks like the Jeep Wrangler of old, but it is only intended for agricultural and sporting purposes. So, FCA sued Mahindra for using a product in the …
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2020 Jeep Gladiator Rubicon
Trucks & SUVs

2020 Jeep Gladiator Wins Award

The Jeep faithful had been longing for a pickup to return to the line-up since the Comanche departed in 1992. So, when the Gladiator was launched, many embraced it right away. Others, however, looked at the awkward proportions of the bed line and said, no thanks. But, that does not mean that it is any …
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What Is The Fiat 126, And Why You Can’t Buy One

The Fiat 126 might look like a child’s toy car, or maybe something haphazardly built in a private garage, but in fact, it was a full-scale production passenger car created by Fiat and produced in Italy and Poland. They never became legal in the United States, and even though they are unique and do have …
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Here’s The Full COVID-19 Screening Process At Fiat-Chrysler Plants

Auto production is slowly coming back but already there have been two Ford plant closures in three days because of positive tests for COVID-19. The Chicago plant was shut down twice but only briefly as two workers tested positive. Ford’s truck plant in Dearborn, Michigan, was shut down today when another worker tested positive. It is …
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Ralph Gilles Introduces the Viper
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Automotive Artist Profile: Ralph Gilles, FCA Head of Design

Designing a vehicle and getting it to market takes a team of people. Sometimes, from within those teams, there is one person who shines. That is the case with Ralph Gilles. He is a designer that has gone up the ranks of FCA, Fiat Chrysler Automobiles. But how much do we really know about him? How did he get …
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Lawsuit: Jeep/Fiat Chrysler Models Experience Sudden Unexpected Engine Stalls

A class-action lawsuit has been filed against Fiat Chrysler accusing it of continuing to sell vehicles it knows has defects. The lawsuit claims that various models of Jeep, Fiat, and Chrysler products experience high oil consumption. This causes them to dangerously shut down unexpectedly. Hundreds of consumers are part of the class-action. Low oil pressure …
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Will Canada Let Fiat Chrysler Build Its Most Popular Cars?

Fiat Chrysler wants to open up its assembly lines on May 18. But Jerry Dias, the head of Canada’s auto manufacturing union doesn’t want it to. Across the Detroit River, UAW President Rory Gamble is good with the idea. In fact, GM and Ford plants are also eyeing May 18 as the date to crank …
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2017 Ram Rebel TRX Concept side
Trucks

2021 Ram 1500 Rebel TRX to be Revealed In June

The awesome Ram 1500 Rebel TRX reveal was delayed due to the Coronavirus. It had been scheduled for its debut at the canceled Detroit Auto Show. So, many thought the reveal would instead come at the New York International Auto Show in August. Now, it seems that Ram’s parent company, FCA, Fiat Chrysler Automobiles will not wait that long to …
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Peugeot logo during the Geneva International Motor Show
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Peugeot Speeds Up Plans To Enter US Market

Back in 2016, Peugeot announced its intention to explore the return of the brand to the United States. The brand had previously shuttered US operations in 1991. However, the American market is just too large to ignore for too long. So, in February 2019, Peugeot announced they would return by 2026. Since then, its parent company merged with FCA, …
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FCA logo
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FCA Coordinates Living Room Musical Performances

Last week, Fiat Chrysler Automobiles, or FCA, launched a campaign to encourage people to stay off the road, as well as to applaud the efforts of frontline workers. Today came word that FCA is giving people something to do while they are home. FCA announced live, weekly, musical performances that will be broadcasted through Facebook …
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2020 Jeep Wrangler Unlimited High Altitude | FCA
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Stay Off the Road Campaign Launched by FCA

Stay-at-home or shelter-in-place orders from various municipalities across the country have taken hold with varying degrees of success in recent weeks. Still, some people that are not servicing essential functions choose to venture out. In an effort to encourage Americans to stay home during the COVID-19 outbreak, FCA has announced a new campaign across its Alfa Romeo, Chrysler, Dodge, …
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GM’s Plan To Restart Factories Now: What Could Go Wrong?

Oh, God! Now GM has a plan to reopen its factories by taking certain measures to “protect” its workers from coronavirus. Nothing could go wrong with this, right? This grand plan will pit profits over people, but that’s not how GM sees it. The cash flow must continue. Unabated. Look, we know the coronavirus lockdowns …
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A worker assembles Tesla cars in a factory
Hybrids & EVs

Are Detroit Manufacturers Just Kidding About EV Commitment?

Everything we hear from Ford, GM, and Fiat Chrysler, has to do with EVs. But now it seems like the Detroit 3 were just kidding. Or something. Product plans reveal that for all of the hand wringing and electrification pronouncements, that through 2026 GM and Ford plan on cranking out big-gun trucks. And EVs? Not …
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Used Car Dealership
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Many Car Dealerships Won’t Survive The Coronavirus Crisis

Unless you’re selling toilet paper or hand sanitizer you are looking at a scary future for retail. And that includes big-ticket items like cars and trucks. The larger dealerships will be able to weather the coronavirus storm. But the smaller, independent ones? It really doesn’t look good for them the longer this virus purgatory lasts. …
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A pickup truck assembly line with different colored trucks being produced.
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Ford, GM, Fiat Chrysler Stop US Production From Coronavirus

Well, we sure didn’t see this coming-not. GM, Ford, and Fiat Chrysler will be shutting down their assembly lines in the US, Mexico, and Canada. This will continue until at least March 30. This dramatic turn is a result of the continuing coronavirus crisis. Concern about exposure and spreading the virus to assembly line workers …
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