Good morning! It’s Thursday, August 21, 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. Tesla’s Cybertruck Has Finally Arrived 1st Gear: Jeep Worker Dies At Toledo Assembly Complex In the midst of … Read more
Some proposed are killed at the concept stage, and some go deep into development before ultimately being scrapped. That’s what happened at Jeep in the 1990s when the brand was developing an entry level model that would have brought a basic, cheap off-roader to the masses. 2024 Jeep Wrangler First Drive Review Found by way … Read more
I just watched “Twisters” in 4DX – something you all should be doing right now – and I wholeheartedly loved the movie. Everything about it screamed summer blockbuster fun, but something I really appreciated was the references to the 1996 original (one of my favorite films of all time). It had just the right amount … Read more
Photo: Jeep The state of Florida is a strange place full of swamps, gators, and climate change deniers, so the irony of Jeep’s latest Florida-only special edition Gladiator called the High Tide Edition will be lost on any Floridian who buys one. Jeep has released Wrangler High Tide Editions in 2022 and 2023, but this … Read more
Photo: Logan K. Carter Three words: Made in America. We Americans carry quite a bit of national pride when it comes to our homegrown car manufacturers, be they Fords, Chevys, or Mopar. On this, the fourth day of the month of July, we celebrate American independence. Given the current political climate, however, I know why … Read more
It’s been a long time since American cars were built in the U.S. by American automakers, and foreign cars were all true imports. These days, your BMW SUV is probably built in South Carolina, and your Ram 1500 could have been built in Mexico. If you want the most American-made car that you can possibly … Read more
Photo: Jeep If there’s one thing we can all agree about when it comes to Stellantis’ American brands — specifically Dodge and Jeep — it’s that Mopar’s design teams really know how to come up with a good color. It’s been common practice for style-forward cars like the Challenger, Charger and Wrangler to get one-year-only … Read more
Baltimore officials are in a frenzy as the Francis Scott Key Bridge has collapsed after being hit by a cargo ship. Search and rescue efforts are underway to locate people who might have fallen into the water during the collapse, and a key thoroughfare to the second busiest port on the eastern seaboard has been … Read more
Are these the best colored Jeeps around right now? Photo: Jeep It’s that time of year again people, it’s Easter. And sure, that might mean it’s the season for eating too much chocolate or celebrating the anniversary of someone’s resurrection (weirdly on a different day each year) but for us here in the world of … Read more
Photo: Andy Kalmowitz / Jalopnik I’ve owned four cars in my lifetime. Every single one of them had six naturally aspirated cylinders, and three were V6s. I suppose you can I’ve got a pretty strong affinity for that type of engine layout, and that’s why I’m so worried right now. You see, I recently came … Read more
