Massive Dockworkers Strike Could Send Ripples Through Automotive Industry

Massive Dockworkers Strike Could Send Ripples Through Automotive Industry

Good morning! It’s Tuesday, October 1, 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. Walter Isaacson On Elon Musk(s) 1st Gear: 45,000 Dock Workers Strike On East Coast Dockworkers on the U.S. … Read more

Why Stellantis, owner of Chrysler, Jeep and Ram, is struggling

Why Stellantis, owner of Chrysler, Jeep and Ram, is struggling

Stellantis, an automotive colossus that owns more than a dozen brands including Chrysler, Fiat, Jeep, Peugeot and Ram, is facing challenges at seemingly every turn. The company’s sales and profit have been plummeting. Dealers stuck with parking lots filled with unsold cars are publicly criticizing Stellantis and its CEO in unusually harsh terms. Stellantis’ stock … Read more

Automakers Slash More Than 4 Million EVs From 2030 Sales Targets As Adoption Slows

Automakers Slash More Than 4 Million EVs From 2030 Sales Targets As Adoption Slows

Good morning! It’s Friday, September 27, 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. Jalopinions | The Best Type is Jaguar’s E-Type 1st Gear: Automakers Now Aim To Sell 23.7 million EVs … Read more

This Alfa Romeo Dealership Has Just Six New Cars, And Four Of Them Are Two Model Years Old

This Alfa Romeo Dealership Has Just Six New Cars, And Four Of Them Are Two Model Years Old

Stellantis is in trouble right now. Sales for all of its American brands are down, and the company is on the hunt for a new CEO. You get a better picture of things at the dealership level. Over at brands like Jeep, dealers are sitting on inventory they can’t seem to sell. Dealers for Fiat … Read more

More And More Americans Don’t Believe EVs Are Good For The Planet

More And More Americans Don’t Believe EVs Are Good For The Planet

Good morning! It’s Wednesday, September 25, 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. 2024 Maserati GranTurismo Trofeo Is Excellent And Overpriced 1st Gear: Fewer Americans Believe EVs Are Better For The … Read more

This Low Mileage Jeep Grand Cherokee Selling For Over $30,000 Shows That Bring A Trailer Is Still A Wild Place

This Low Mileage Jeep Grand Cherokee Selling For Over ,000 Shows That Bring A Trailer Is Still A Wild Place

Image: Bring A Trailer Bring A Trailer  is still primarily populated with amazing and rare cars for sale. But lately, you’ll also see someone’s aunt’s Camry. Often they’ll have low miles and go for big money for what they are but they won’t necessarily be anything special. Take this recent Jeep auction. Karen Fukuhara Is A Very … Read more

Get Over Yourself And Everything Else In This Jeep Pickup That’s Ready For Anything

Get Over Yourself And Everything Else In This Jeep Pickup That’s Ready For Anything

Image: eBay If you recently watched the film “Twisters” in theaters, or saw our pro-Jeep truck propaganda about it, and decided you needed to get yourself into a vehicle that you could reasonably call a “rig,” then this is the Jeep for you. This 4-wheel-drive manual-transmission Jeep J-10 is built for the explicit purpose of … Read more

Forest Service Green Is The Greatest Color For A Hard Working American Truck Or SUV

Forest Service Green Is The Greatest Color For A Hard Working American Truck Or SUV

Image: Bradley Brownell A true vision in green, this XJ-generation Jeep Cherokee two-door appeared before me this weekend as if descended from the heavens. Forest Service Green is an S-tier color for an old timer 4×4, and this champion of sensible American off-roading is among the best to ever wear it. I believe former Jalop … Read more

‘If I Don’t Win, You Will Have No Auto Industry’ Claims Trump While Ranting About Chinese EV

‘If I Don’t Win, You Will Have No Auto Industry’ Claims Trump While Ranting About Chinese EV

Good morning! It’s Wednesday, September 18, 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: Trump Warns Pivot To EVs Will Kill America’s Auto Industry Election … Read more

2025 Jeep Wrangler’s V6 Is Now Manual Only, Power Door Locks And Windows Are Standard

2025 Jeep Wrangler’s V6 Is Now Manual Only, Power Door Locks And Windows Are Standard

The JL Jeep Wrangler has been on sale since the 2018 model year, so for its seventh year of production, Jeep decided to switch some things up. Mainly, the only way you’ll be able to get a Pentastar V6 in the Wrangler is if you pair it with a six-speed manual transmission, and power locks … Read more