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
Photo: Ram For the 2025 model year, Ram dropped the V8s from its full-size pickup truck lineup and replaced them with a twin-turbocharged 3.0-liter inline-six that’s available at two output levels. The regular version makes 420 horsepower and 469 pound-feet of torque, but if you upgrade to the high-output engine, you get 540 hp and … Read more
The Jeep Wagoneer and Grand Wagoneer are the largest and some of the most expensive vehicles Jeep has ever produced. These big and luxurious vehicles came with equally big and luxurious promises in both the sales and customer service departments — but the sub-brand experiment looks like it’s over. Jeep is bringing the Wagoneer name … Read more
It’s no secret that “Twister” is one of my favorite movies (and car commercials) of all time, so you can imagine how excited I was when the new trailer for “Twisters” blasted across my TV during the Super Bowl on Sunday night. As excited as I am for the movie as a whole – especially Glen … Read more
Florida seems a lawless land, where (nearly) anything goes and vehicular mischief is just appreciated as entertainment. As it turns out, though, there are rules — rules put in place to stop good, hardworking Americans from taking their pickup trucks surfing. What Car Should You Buy: Everything is Bigger In Texas A Florida man discovered … Read more
The Ram TRX was a ridiculous vehicle. Who actually needs a 702-horsepower, 6,000+ pound performance off-road pickup that gets just under 11 mpg? No one, of course, but we loved it all the same for its ridiculous and ostentatious power. You might think the TRX name was invented just for just that vehicle — but … Read more
