Good morning! It’s Friday, September 13, 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 Property Brothers First Car Literally Spoke To Them 1st Gear: Dealers Call Out ‘Rapid Degradation’ Of Stellantis … Read more
Dodge just can’t let go of the Hellcat V8. Despite the LX-platformed Charger and Challenger having driven off into the great dealership in the sky, and the Ram 1500 switching to inline-6 power, the supercharged V8 is sticking around in the Durango SUV for now. For 2025, the Durango Hellcat returns once again with a … Read more
Good morning! It’s September 2, 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 Property Brothers First Car Literally Spoke To Them 1st Gear: Stellantis Commits To All 14 Brands… For Now … Read more
Republican Vice Presidential nominee JD Vance has said a lot of strange stuff since he hit the campaign trail, but now he’s blaming Vice President Kamala Harris for Stellantis’ decision to drop the Ram 1500 Classic after being on sale for 16 years. The move is also going to kill a few thousand jobs in … Read more
Photo: Ram Ram redesigned its pickup truck for the 2019 model year, which means it’s relatively old at this point. And yet, it’s not the oldest Ram you can still buy new. For whatever reason, Ram just kept selling the old 1500 alongside the new one. The Ram 1500 Classic as it is now known … Read more
Image: Stellantis Trucks have replaced sedans and wagons as the everyday driver from thirty years ago, that’s just a fact. Remember when your friend’s mom in high school had a wagon with seats in “the way back” that folded out of the floor? What’s old is new again. Ram filed a patent for a third … Read more
Now that we’re halfway through the year, automakers are slowly trickling out Q2 2024 sales results, which always results in goodies and interesting tidbits to be found. EV sales are up at multiple brands like BMW, Hyundai and GM, for instance. But it’s not all good news — just look at Stellantis. Every one of the … Read more
Ram added yet another sport truck to its off-road line up, but the 2025 Ram 1500 RHO, nicknamed “rhino,” is definitely more than just an eight-inch-wider Ram Rebel with a more powerful inline-6 engine. It’s a truck that’s been developed specifically for the serious off-road wanderer, and it serves as a replacement for the now-dead … Read more
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
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
