While the mere forecast of rain is enough to keep some classic cars tucked safely in the garage, about 40 hardy enthusiasts drove to the FCA US campus in Auburn Hills in spite of the soon-to-arrive rain on June 3 for the FCA Design Cars + Coffee. All makes and models were welcome. Vintage cars
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Truck Thursday: 2019 Ram 1500 Uconnect technology is your new on-road ‘BFF’
Over the past several weeks our Truck Thursday series has been bringing you up to speed on many of the innovative features that help the 2019 Ram 1500 ‘up the game’ over the competition. We’ve taken you under the hood; down to the longest, lightest and most efficient frame in the half-ton segment; behind a
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Wrangler Wednesday: All-new 2018 Jeep® Wrangler features backup camera
The all-new 2018 Jeep® Wrangler takes drivers forward into new and unchartered trails, and for the first time, the iconic vehicle comes with a standard ParkView rear backup camera to give drivers a view of what is behind them. But how did FCA designers add a backup camera without radically altering the look of the
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Partnering to Build Up Local Pollinator Populations
When rival automakers come together it’s usually to brag about their latest engineering accomplishment or to re-imagine the future of mobility, but sometimes they garden. Yes, garden. As part of the Suppliers Partnership for the Environment quarterly meeting, environmental reps from Daimler, Ford, General Motors, Honda, Toyota and various auto suppliers got their hands dirty
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2019 Jeep® Cherokee offers off-road capability and improved on-road performance
When work began on the mid-cycle enhancement of the Cherokee, the Jeep® team not only worked on the exterior styling of the vehicle but also improving its capability on and off-road. “What we’ve done in the mid-cycle action has maintained (the Jeep Cherokee’s) off-road capability while tuning for a better on-road performance,” said Mike Downey,
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Brampton Assembly builds the last 2018 Dodge Challenger SRT Demon
For the past nine months, the record-breaking 2018 Dodge Challenger SRT Demon has come to life on the line at the Brampton Assembly Plant in Brampton, Ontario. So there wasn’t anything obviously different about the black Challenger SRT Demon, mixed among the Dodge Challengers, Chargers and Chrysler 300s on the line, that made its way
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Truck Thursday: It’s a truck. It’s a car. It’s a 2019 Ram 1500
A powerfully built pickup truck, capable of towing 12,750 pounds, competed for the title of ‘Best Family Car’ … and won! Nope, it was no mistake. The 2019 Ram 1500 was recently chosen overall ‘Best Family Car’ by the Greater Atlanta Automotive Media Association (GAAMA) at its Family Car Challenge. So, how does a pickup
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