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‘Pathetic’ Stellantis Leadership Cut Hundreds Of Jobs While Giving CEO Tavares $39 Million Salary

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‘Pathetic’ Stellantis Leadership Cut Hundreds Of Jobs While Giving CEO Tavares Million Salary

Photo: Stellantis UAW President Shawn Fain called out Stellantis as being “pathetic” in a recent Facebook live broadcast event for United Auto Workers union members. The multi-national automaker conglomerate recently fired scores of full-time workers from its Warren Assembly plant where the Ram 1500 and Jeep Wagoneer are built. Further engineering, tech, and software jobs were cut … Read more

Jeep Knew About Wrangler 4xe PHEV Fire Risk And Kept Selling Them Anyway: Lawsuit

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Jeep Knew About Wrangler 4xe PHEV Fire Risk And Kept Selling Them Anyway: Lawsuit

Back in November, Stellantis recalled over 32,000 Jeep Wrangler 4xe plug-in hybrids for a risk of fire, even going so far as to tell owners not to park near flammable structures until the vehicles can be fixed. It’s not the first time the 4xe models have been recalled for battery issues, and a new suit … Read more

Dude Drives Jeep Off 60-Foot Cliff In Hawai’i Only To Be Rescued At Sea

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Dude Drives Jeep Off 60-Foot Cliff In Hawai’i Only To Be Rescued At Sea

Canadians may be nice, but as it turns out, they may not be the best drivers. That point was proven after a Canadian tourist made a wrong turn while on vacation in Hawaii, drove his rental Jeep Compass off a 60-foot cliff, fell out of it and got washed out to sea. Somehow, the bonehead … Read more

Dad Customizes His Daughter’s Old Power Wheels Jeep, Makes A Badass Little Truck

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Dad Customizes His Daughter’s Old Power Wheels Jeep, Makes A Badass Little Truck

Power Wheels are an important part of any car enthusiast’s childhood. I had one, and I’m sure you had one too, but every now and then they need a little sprucing up. That’s exactly what’s going on with this Power Wheels Jeep project I stumbled across on Instagram. Mitchell Slaggert’s Rainbow-Colored Jeep Wrangler According to … Read more

These Are Your Hottest Automotive Takes

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These Are Your Hottest Automotive Takes

My hot take, which I have said over and over and over again: if we want more cool little sports cars, we need better public transit. Because we live in a country where a vehicle has to be able to do everything because there’s usually no other option, most of the options we have for … Read more

The Dodge Neon Was Sold As The Chrysler Neon Around The World

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The Dodge Neon Was Sold As The Chrysler Neon Around The World

One of the things I love about this profession is that you’re always learning or discovering something new. You think you know everything about a certain model or company and then boom, something new comes along. This happened to me recently when I discovered something both interesting and weirdly off-putting about the Dodge Neon. The … Read more

The World Would Be A Better Place If Detroit Had Built These Concept Cars

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The World Would Be A Better Place If Detroit Had Built These Concept Cars

Photo: Bradley Brownell If General Motors had wanted to make the Corvette an internationally-respected nameplate in the early 1990s, it could have just pushed the mid-engine, 650-horsepower, all-wheel drive, four-wheel steering, active suspension CERV III concept into production. This was a proper exotic that could completely demolish Porsche’s 959 from just a few years earlier. … Read more

Manual Windows Saves Couple After Sinkhole Swallows Jeep

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Manual Windows Saves Couple After Sinkhole Swallows Jeep

Modernity has failed us. Sure, electric windows are more convenient, but one couple in Vancouver, Washington, found out last week after old-school manual crank windows saved their lives. 2024 Jeep Wrangler First Drive Review Maybe your awful uncle who says, “they don’t make ‘em like they used to” was right. Early in the morning on January … Read more

Stellantis Will Launch 8 New EVs On Shared Platform That Will Have Up To 500 Miles Of Range

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Stellantis Will Launch 8 New EVs On Shared Platform That Will Have Up To 500 Miles Of Range

Stellantis is busy revamping itself right now, killing off aging platforms, postponing new models, and developing a whole slew of new electric and hybrid vehicles. One of the major developments on this front is the introduction of a new modular platform uncreatively named STLA Large. This new chassis structure will underpin dozens of new models … Read more