Category Archives: Engineering

Design,Engineering,Jeep | November 21 2018

Wrangler Wednesday: All-new 2018 Jeep® Wrangler ready for the holidays

This holiday season the all-new 2018 Jeep® Wrangler offers a number of features to help drivers and their passengers head over the river and through the woods to grandmother’s house with ease, venture with confidence to find the family “Tannenbaum” and transport the perfect gifts home safely. Powering the Wrangler to these holiday destinations are
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Design,Engineering,Jeep | November 14 2018

Wrangler Wednesday: The all-new 2018 Jeep® Wrangler features brighter headlamps, “Star Wars” inspiration

The all-new 2018 Jeep® Wrangler offers brighter headlamps to illuminate the road and trails as the calendar moves deeper into autumn and the amount of daylight diminishes. While the traditional round Wrangler headlamps remain, and are set on the edges of the iconic Jeep seven-slot grille, the Jeep brand has made the headlamps brighter in
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Design,Engineering,Safety,Technology | November 13 2018

FCA US Safety Feature Helps to Reduce Repair Costs, Enhances Vehicle Performance, Saves Face

FCA US has put the feature that helps keep you out of harm’s way, out of harm’s way. A typical Automatic Emergency Braking (AEB) system comprises a forward-facing radar mounted in the lower grille and a camera positioned behind the rearview mirror. These components combine to warn of certain frontal collisions that may be imminent
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Engineering,Jeep,Mopar | November 07 2018

Wrangler Wednesday: Mopar unveils performance axles for the all-new Jeep® Wrangler at SEMA

Mopar and Dana have teamed up to introduce new Jeep® Performance Parts axles for the all-new 2018 Jeep Wrangler. The OEM-quality performance “JPP Ultimate Dana 44™ AdvanTEK®” axles were revealed at the SEMA show in Las Vegas and feature high-strength AdvanTEK® gear technology, increased clearance, expanded range of gear ratios and direct bolt-in axle assembly.
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Community,Engineering,Our People | October 08 2018

FCA engineers help students create a “Future City”

Students at St. John Lutheran School in Rochester, Michigan, are utilizing a variety of sources to research and prepare for this year’s Future City competition, a project-based learning program where students imagine, research, design and build cities of the future. This includes tapping into the knowledge and life experience of FCA engineer Pedro Santiago. Santiago, a
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Design,Engineering,Jeep | September 26 2018

Wrangler Wednesday: All-new 2018 Jeep® Wrangler offers exceptional on-road ride and handling characteristics to match legendary off-road ability

When engineers and designers began work on the all-new 2018 Jeep® Wrangler, they not only focused on further enhancing the off-road capabilities of the iconic vehicle, but also improving the Wrangler’s ride and handling characteristics on the roads leading to those trails. The Wrangler’s predecessor, the Willys MA/MB, was initially designed as a 4×4 vehicle
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