Almost 800,000 Jeep Wrangler And Gladiator Trucks Probed Over Engine Fires

Almost 800,000 Jeep Wrangler And Gladiator Trucks Probed Over Engine Fires

Good morning! It’s Thursday, September 12, 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 Jeep Wrangler First Drive Review 1st Gear: Engine Fires Reported In Wrangler And Gladiator Trucks After Stellantis … Read more

Trump, Harris Spar Over Auto Industry At First Presidential Debate

Trump, Harris Spar Over Auto Industry At First Presidential Debate

Good morning! It’s Wednesday, September 11, 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. Karen Fukuhara Is A Very Happy Jeep Owner 1st Gear: Harris, Trump Battle Over Auto Industry On September … Read more

Dodge Wants More Than $113,000 For Another Durango SRT Hellcat Special Edition

Dodge Wants More Than 3,000 For Another Durango SRT Hellcat Special Edition

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

Tesla Workers Trained Autopilot To Ignore Road Signs So It Didn’t Drive Like ‘Robot That’s Just Following Rules’

Tesla Workers Trained Autopilot To Ignore Road Signs So It Didn’t Drive Like ‘Robot That’s Just Following Rules’

Good morning! It’s Monday, September 9, 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 Had A Very Interesting Week 1st Gear: Tesla’s Autopilot Labeling Site Sound Like Hell In order for … Read more

Volkswagen Has ‘One, Maybe Two’ Years To Turn Itself Around

Volkswagen Has ‘One, Maybe Two’ Years To Turn Itself Around

Good morning! It’s Wednesday, September 4, 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. 1st Gear: Volkswagen Could Soon Be In Deep Trouble Volkswagen is in deep shit. Now, its finance chief … Read more

Chrysler Not For Sale, Stellantis Won’t Kill Or Sell Any Brand

Chrysler Not For Sale, Stellantis Won’t Kill Or Sell Any Brand

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

Stellantis Sued By Shareholders Over Godawful Earnings

Stellantis Sued By Shareholders Over Godawful Earnings

Good morning! It’s Friday, August 16, 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 Shareholders Sue Over Sucky Earnings Stellantis … Read more

JD Vance Blames Kamala Harris For The Death Of The Ram 1500 Classic

JD Vance Blames Kamala Harris For The Death Of The Ram 1500 Classic

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

Elon Musk May Want Trump, But Tesla Doesn’t Want His Policies

Elon Musk May Want Trump, But Tesla Doesn’t Want His Policies

Happy Monday! It’s August 12, 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 Had A Very Interesting Week 1st Gear: Musk Backs Trump, But Tesla Lobbies Against His Policies Elon Musk … Read more

The Ram 1500 Classic Will Finally Die After 17 Years In Production

The Ram 1500 Classic Will Finally Die After 17 Years In Production

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