Dodge Once Threw A Lamborghini V8 Into A Dodge Daytona

Dodge Once Threw A Lamborghini V8 Into A Dodge Daytona

The 1980s were a weird time for Chrysler: The company had just come back from the brink thanks to the versatile K-Car platform which flooded the formerly struggling company with the cash it needed to make a controversial move at the time: the purchase of Lamborghini for just $25 million. This bold move resulted in … Read more

Watch A Chrysler LeBaron Take Nearly 150 Feet To Stop From 55 MPH

Watch A Chrysler LeBaron Take Nearly 150 Feet To Stop From 55 MPH

Chrysler’s K-Car pulled the company back from the brink of financial collapse. This platform and its multitude of models and body styles was the brain child of automotive legend Lee Iacocca, and they brought spacious and well-built vehicles back to the stagnant Chrysler line up. While the company sold millions and could be had with … Read more

Pickup Sales Fall As Buyers Move To Smaller, Cheaper Cars

Pickup Sales Fall As Buyers Move To Smaller, Cheaper Cars

Good morning! It’s Monday, April 8, 2024, and this is The Morning Shift, your daily roundup of the top automotive headlines from around the world, in one place. Here are the important stories you need to know. The Chrysler 300C Ends Production 1st Gear: Pickup Was Only Sector With Sales Drop In Q1 If you … Read more

The Chrysler 300 Hemi C Concept Was The Chrysler 300 We Deserved

The Chrysler 300 Hemi C Concept Was The Chrysler 300 We Deserved

The Chrysler 300 was a name that the brand would revisit time and again in both production and concept car form, but no 300 wore the badge better than the 300 Hemi C Concept. The Chrysler 300C Ends Production The Chrysler 300 and its letter series cars had gained legendary status from its run in … Read more

These Are Your Favorite Failed Concept Cars

These Are Your Favorite Failed Concept Cars

Photo: Schneider2001, CC BY 3.0 , via Wikimedia Commons Dodge demon. Not that one, this one: This wasn’t some Vision “concept” that’s no more than lines of code and MAYBE a clay model, that only idiots think ever had a chance at production. This was production ready, and cancelled because 2008. If it made it … Read more

What Automotive Mystery Have You Never Found An Answer For?

What Automotive Mystery Have You Never Found An Answer For?

Snow and ice covers an old car parked outside a home during freezing temperatures in Lakewood, Colorado on January 16, 2024.Photo: RJ Sangosti/MediaNews Group/The Denver Post (Getty Images) You’d think cars, which are essentially engineered rolling mech suits created by science that we power with eons-old liquified plant matter, would be fairly straight forward. But through out … Read more

Plug-In Hybrid Sales Are Outpacing EVs

Plug-In Hybrid Sales Are Outpacing EVs

Good morning! It’s Friday, March 22, 2024, and this is The Morning Shift, your daily roundup of the top automotive headlines from around the world, in one place. Here are the important stories you need to know. New York Joins California, Banning Non-Electric Vehicles After 2035 1st Gear: Plug-In Hybrids Are Outpacing EV Sales Electric … Read more

Ford Hopes Small Electric Cars Will Make Americans Buy EVs

Ford Hopes Small Electric Cars Will Make Americans Buy EVs

Good morning! It’s Wednesday, March 20, 2024, and this is The Morning Shift, your daily roundup of the top automotive headlines from around the world, in one place. Here are the important stories you need to know. WCSYB? | Replacing a Jeep Cherokee 1st Gear: Ford Pivots To Smaller EVs A lot of noise has … Read more

Make This Vintage Dodge RV Your Quest

Make This Vintage Dodge RV Your Quest

Image: Facebook Marketplace The whole van life craze is still going strong, but if you aren’t the kind of person who can just go buy a brand new Mercedes Sprinter and drop another fifty grand modifying it with all the gubbins you need to live in it, there are much less expensive options available to … Read more

Fisker Is Circling The Drain (Again)

Fisker Is Circling The Drain (Again)

Happy Thursday! It’s March 14, 2024, and this is The Morning Shift, your daily roundup of the top automotive headlines from around the world, in one place. Here are the important stories you need to know. The Chrysler 300C Ends Production 1st Gear: Fisker Sure Seems To Be Getting Ready To File Bankruptcy Running a … Read more