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Tuesday, Nov 17
BMW, Toyota Don't Make IIHS 2010 Top Safety List
Small Cars Honda Civic 4-door models (except Si) with optional electronic stability control Kia Soul Nissan Cube Subaru Impreza except WRX Volkswagen Golf 4-door Small SUVs Honda Element Jeep Patriot with optional side torso airbags Subaru Forester Volkswagen Tiguan
Wednesday, Nov 11
The Ten Best Cheap, Oddball Daily Drivers
What: Chrysler Newport When: 1971 When: 1970–1990 How Jalopnik Is It? Even the world's lamest Spider is a 150-point car. Thank you, Italy. What: BMW 2002 When: 1972–1976 Can't Find One? Try This Instead: Volkswagen Golf (Mark I). Same basic idea, but front-wheel drive and cheaper parts.
Wednesday, Nov 4
Jeep Mojave: The Future Savior Of Chrysler?
Just a few minutes after we learned of Fiat's plans to off-road Chrysler out of financial distress with new Fiat-based Jeep models, we think we learned the name of one of them is "Mojave." We guess we'll find out in a couple hours here at Chrysler, but for the moment we've got the USPTO info we'...
Tuesday, Oct 27
REPORT: The Not-So-All-New Chrysler, Dodge, Jeep And Alfa Lineup!
One week before Chrysler's planned media unveil of Fiat's future plans for Chrysler, The Wall Street Journal's reporting nine current vehicles will be axed from the lineup and one Chrysler plus three Alfa Romeos will be added. Full list below. Chrysler Jeep
Friday, Oct 16
Jeep Backflips At Portland Skate Park
A moron in a Jeep Grand Cherokee at Portland's Burnside Skatepark misinterpreted the concept of "off-roading" when he flipped his rig trying to chase down a rollerblader. Afterward, he apparently crawled out unscathed and cracked open a cold one. Thanks for the tip Dave)
Saturday, Sep 26
Automotive Survivors Part II: More Cars Made For At Least 20 Years
20 years? The (separate) frame, main body structure (more steel alone than most complete cars) is the same from the first to the last. Panel for panel all are the same until '93, when the got out the hasp and rounded out the edges. But nothing else built by Detroit comes even close, so I think we h...
Our Favorite Vintage Porsche, Mercedes-Benz, and BMW Commercials
When you're done here, you might enjoy our favorite Datsun ads, then continue with our top Toyota, Renault, General Motors, British Leyland, Ford/Lincoln/Mercury, Honda, Citroën, AMC/Jeep, and Chevrolet ads.
Sunday, Sep 20
Ten Most Confusing Google Street View Accidents
Where: Central Shasta, California What: Jeep Grand Cherokee Why It's So Confusing: We've looked at this a few different ways and have no idea what this truck hit or why the Google team blurred out some of the ground next to the driver... unless he tossed up his lunch.
Jalopnik's 14 Favorite Vintage AMC and Jeep Commercials
1979 Jeep Cherokee 1983 Jeep CJ-7 1987 Jeep Comanche 1976 Jeep CJ-5 Levis 1975 AMC Pacer 1969 AMC Rambler Rebel 1967 AMC Rebel 1967 AMC Ambassador Wagon 1981 AMC Eagle 1969 AMC Javelin 1969 AMC Ambassador 1969 AMC AMX 1973 AMC Gremlin 1979 AMC Spirit
Tuesday, May 12
AEV J8 MILSPEC: Offroading Jeep's Forbidden Fruit
Having said that, it's hard to justify the approximate $50,000 you'd need to put together a complete model, more if you want a fancier engine. The AEV Hemi Wrangler would make a better toy, while AEV's own Brute Conversion adds just $8,995 to the price of a previous-generation TJ Wrangler,...
Monday, May 4
Chrysler To Kill Jeep Wrangler?
Yes all that money mumbo-jumbo makes sense, but at the same time it doesn't. Wrangler is the Jeep brand. Without the Wrangler as its core product, the brand has no credibility and no purpose and is just another builder of bloated SUVs. We can understand the Viper getting the axe as it's a halo ca...
Sunday, Apr 12
2012 Jeep Grand Cherokee SRT8: Exclusive First Look!
If the rest of the world's like us, then HELL YEAH! We're entering into big-time rumor territory here, but there is a glimmer of hope for both Jeep and SRT fans alike. We've heard from a source deep within Chrysler that things have been humming along quietly in the SRT garage as engineers work...
Wednesday, Apr 8
2011 Jeep Grand Cherokee: Mercedes Chassis Meets Hemi Power
The all-new Jeep Grand Cherokee delivers premium on-road performance while maintaining the Jeep brand's legendary four-wheel-drive, torque-on-demand two-speed transfer case and unsurpassed towing capability. It also offers improved fuel economy (up to 11 percent) and a world-c...
2011 Jeep Grand Cherokee: Good Looking, But Is It Enough?
The problem is still the fuel economy. In addition to the base model flex-fuel 3.6-liter V6 with an estimated 280 HP, the new Grand Cherokee gets the available 5.7-liter HEMI V8 generating 360 HP and 390 lb-ft of torque at 4,250 rpm – features VVT and despite features like VVT and fuel-saving M...
Tuesday, Apr 7
AEV J8 MILSPEC: A Jeep J8, Built For Civilians
When the Jeep Wrangler J8 was unveiled at Jeep Camp 2008 in Germany, there were howls of protest from Jeep aficionados the world over. Here were a pair of paired-down, utilitarian Wranglers with augmented build quality to stand up to foreign military durability requirements, a diesel an...
Friday, Oct 24
AEV HEMI-Powered Jeep Wrangler: First Drive
Before we even talk about how the thing drives, it's worth noting the almost ridiculous level of build quality on this conversion. If you didn't know better, you'd think the HEMI was original equipment; in fact, thanks to AEV's connections to Chrysler, it's built using a lot of the same sup...
Monday, Sep 22
Chrysler EV Range-Extended Electric Minivan Gets Real Non-CNBC Reveal
At its World Headquarters here today, Chrysler revealed its electric-drive prototypes – Dodge EV, Jeep EV and Chrysler EV – and demonstrated the driving performance and capability of each. The knowledge and experience gained from the Chrysler EV will be applied to other front-wheel-d...
Wednesday, Aug 27
The Ten Worst Non-Automotive Product Tie-Ins With Automotive Brands
Though parents haven't been buying Chrysler vehicles as quickly as the company may like, they love those Jeep-branded strollers. With a reputation for toughness, the baby-moving business isn't a huge stretch for the brand. If they could get as many families into Jeep Commanders as they c...
Wednesday, Aug 20
Jeep Grand Cherokee SRT8 May Get Towing Package
Based on spy photos the Detroit News appears to have received from a reader, Jeep's hot-rod mid-size SUV may soon be able to pull your boat. According to their report, the 2009 Jeep Grand Cherokee SRT8 has been spotted with the dual center-mounted exhaust outlets moved to one-per-side, an...
Monday, Aug 4
Jeep Compass, Patriot To Get Upgraded Interior For 2009
The Jeep Compass (the Jeep MK platform for the ladies) and Patriot (the Jeep MK platform for the boys) will be getting revised interiors with softer lines for 2009, according to a first look at some Mopar dealer catalogs scanned by the Chrysler forum fan-boys at Allpar. Gone are most of the h...
Friday, Aug 1
Chrysler Sales Drop 29% In July
Chrysler LLC, headquartered in Auburn Hills, Mich., produces Chrysler, Jeep, Dodge and Mopar® brand vehicles and products. Total sales worldwide in 2007 were 2.68 million vehicles. Sales outside of North America were the highest in a decade with an increase of 15 percent from 2006. The Comp...
Monday, Jul 21
How GM Killed The Crossover: The Brief Life Of The Chevy XT-2 Concept Truck
Fortunately for Chrysler, Jeep had developed a more-refined version of the four-door SUV that we know as the Jeep Grand Cherokee all the way back in 1985, when the division was owned by AMC. Unfortunately for Chrysler, when they purchased AMC and Jeep, they put the development of the Grand...
Wednesday, Jun 4
Chrysler Productivity Ties Toyota; Sales...Not So Much
Chrysler's Toledo Supplier Park was named North America's most productive assembly plant, slapping Jeep Wranglers together using just 13.57 labor-hours. But who's actually doing the work? The Toledo Supplier Park uses Kuka Group (Augsburg, Germany) to manage the body shop, Magna Ste...
Wednesday, Mar 12
Dodge Nitro SRT8?!
directed toward improving the current product range to improve and enhance the vehicles currently in showrooms—which could apply to this addition to the Nitro brand. Given Cerberus' cautious reassessment of the Chrysler, Jeep, and Dodge model lineups, however, we're not sure
Tuesday, Dec 18
The 2009 Corvette ZR1 is Coming! So Sayeth Hennessey, Reveals 678 HP Venom 650R
For more than 17 years Hennessey Performance Engineering (HPE) has specialized in designing, testing, manufacturing and selling high-performance parts and services for Dodge/Chrysler vehicles including the Viper [fill in original Viper model name here] and SRT10, Chrysler 300C...
Thursday, Nov 29
The Muscle Car Wars Are On! Dodge Reveals Commercial, Challenger SRT8 Pricing To Start At $37,995
The all-new 2008 Dodge Challenger SRT8 will be built at the Chrysler Canada Assembly Plant in Brampton, Ontario, on the same assembly line with the Dodge Charger, Charger SRT8, Magnum, Magnum SRT8, Chrysler 300 and Chrysler 300 SRT8 vehicles.
Thursday, Oct 25
SEMA 2007: AEV Hemi-fies Wrangler Unlimited JK For SEMA! [Sema]
Missoula, MT (PRWEB) October 25, 2007 -- Jeep aftermarket supplier American Expedition Vehicles(AEV), in conjunction with the Chrysler Corporation, will debut a monster 6.4L 392 HEMI engine in a Jeep Four Door show vehicle for the 2007 Specialty Equipment Market Association (SEMA) s...
Wednesday, Oct 17
Toyota Drops In Consumer Reports Annual Car Reliability Survey, Ford Improves
Chrysler 300 (V8) Dodge Charger Ford Explorer (V6) Ford F-150 Ford Mustang Jaguar S-Type Jeep Commander Kia Sportage Mazda RX-8 Porsche 911 Saab 9-3 BMW 6 Series Chevrolet Tahoe Chrysler 300 (V6) Dodge Ram 1500 GMC Yukon GMC Yukon XL Hyundai Entourage Kia Amanti Kia Sedona
Tuesday, Oct 9
100 Cars Down On Alameda's Street!
1945 Ford GPW Jeep 1954 Ford Mainline 1956 Willys Jeep Station Wagon 1957 Chrysler New Yorker 1962 Chrysler New Yorker 1963 Ford Falcon Futura 1968 Ford Fairlane 500 1968 Ford Ranchero 1969 Ford Econoline 1970 Ford LTD 1971 Chrysler Newport 1974 Ford Torino 1979 Ford Ranchero
Tuesday, Oct 2
Opinion: Jaguar E-type [Jalopnik Fantasy Garage]
The car that made the 60s swing... Once in a great while, a car comes along that redefines everything. Think Benz three-wheeler, Ford Model T, Willys MB Army Jeep, Volkswagen Beetle, Jeep Cherokee and even the Dodge Caravan. After these vehicles were unleashed upon the unsuspecting masses, t...
Thursday, Sep 27
Former Toyota USA President Jim Press Never Owned A Toyota Or Lexus
He's been on the job for less than a week, but brings a wealth of automotive experience to Chrysler. So what does Jim Press, the new Vice Chairman and President, think needs to change at Chrysler? When asked why he is so sure that Chrysler will gain market share in the future, he said that Chrys...
Thursday, Aug 16
Scrambling Again? Possible Jeep Wrangler Pickup Mule Spotted
Spies say this isn't just a run-of-the-mill Jeep Wrangler Unlimited painted in Michigan Militia Primer. They say it's a new Jeep pickup, a long-considered option to expand the Wrangler line. As the Road most specifically straightless points out, the success of the four-door makes more l...
Thursday, Jul 19
Jalopnik Reviews: 2007 Jeep Grand Cherokee SRT8, Part 2 [Jalopnik Reviews]
Is this thing really an SUV? Bilstein dampers along with fat front and rear sway bars help the Jeep defy perceptions of what an SUV is supposed to do. Full time all wheel drive puts corners quickly into the past with ease. Gearbox ***** Audio/Video **** Value *** Toys *** Trunk ****
Chrysler Group Drops Price On Jeep Liberty To Make It More Of A Square Deal At $20,990 [The Price Of Freedom]
At the start of 2004, the brand's trio of tough, capable, rugged SUVs included the venerable Jeep Grand Cherokee, Jeep Liberty (Cherokee outside North America) and the icon of the brand, the Jeep Wrangler. In 2005, the Jeep Commander was introduced. In 2006, the redesigned Jeep Wrangler w...
Wednesday, Jul 18
Jalopnik Reviews: 2007 Jeep Grand Cherokee SRT8, Part 1 [Jalopnik Reviews]
SRT stands for Street and Racing Technology. The team puts their collective brain trust into otherwise ordinary rides and makes them extraordinary, and this is the kind of thing we just have to encourage. Behind the wheel of the Jeep Grand Cherokee SRT8 one ponders that perhaps the SRT crew...
Wednesday, Jul 4
Chrysler Recalls 80,000 Wranglers, Nitros
The woes keep on coming. CerebusChrysler DaimlerChrysler is recalling 2007 Jeep Wranglers and Dodge Nitros because an electrical glitch could cause the vehicle to stall. True, both of these vehicles share the family 3.7-liter V6, but the Liberty remains unaffected because it uses an old...
Thursday, Jun 14
Startech Tunes the Jeep Wrangler
Legends are immortal and in the automotive world that is especially true for the Jeep. Wrangler, the 'mother' of all off-road vehicles. To customize the latest version of the American 4x4 and to make it even more exclusive STARTECH is developing an innovative and exclusive accessories pr...
Tuesday, Mar 6
C/D Drinks Up All the Hennessey John's Got On His Shelf: Grand Cherokee SRT600
The Grand Cherokee SRT8 is already somewhat of a sleeper. Certainly, those in the know recognize its prodigious performance. But what happens when one sends one's Jeep off to Hennessey for a 27k tune-up? Epic soccer-mom-look hoonage available at a stab of the loud pedal to the tune of 620hp...
Sunday, Feb 4
Jalopnik Reviews: 2007 Dodge Nitro R/T 2WD, Part 1
I don't know how many more ways I can say this, nor can I imagine how many more times I will have to, but if an SUV isn't able to go off road it has no reason to exist. High seating position? No. Sit on a phone book. Dodge's new funny-faced entry is built off the same platform as the dufus-looking (sorr...
Thursday, Dec 28
Jalopnik Reviews: 2007 Jeep Wrangler Rubicon, Part 3 [Jalopnik Reviews]
· Manufacturer: Jeep · Model tested: Wrangler Rubicon · Model year: 2007 · Price as Tested: $31,110 · Engine type: 3.8L OHV V6 · Horsepower: 202 hp @ 5200 rpm · Torque: 237 lb-ft @ 4000 rpm · Redline: 6000 rpm · Drive type: four-wheel drive w/ low transfer case
Wednesday, Sep 6
Jalopnik Reviews: 2007 Dodge Caliber R/T, Part 1 [Jalopnik Reviews]
You've already read the review of the Jeep Compass (or at least you looked at the pictures). Well, the Dodge Caliber is a Jeep Compass with a Dodge grille grafted on. Actually it's the other way around. I'll just say the Dodge is the car DCX was supposed to build, while the Jeep is the botched-nos...
Monday, Aug 28
Jalopnik Reviews: 2007 Jeep Compass, Part 2
The Jeep Compass takes all the good hot-hatch looks of the Dodge Caliber and chops them off. The sweet-looking crossbar front-end is gone, replaced by what looks to be leftover front ends from the first-generation Liberty. The rest of it appears far too low to the ground to be of Jeep lineage.
Monday, Aug 14
Jalopnik Reviews: 2007 Jeep Compass, Part 1
Before we answer that question, let's take a look at what the Compass is. In structure and styling, the Compass is a badge-engineered clone of the Dodge Caliber — except with a big 'ol Jeep grille on the front. And it's right at the grille that the similarity between a Jeep and this ... vehicle ... ends.
Friday, Aug 11
Rental Car Reacharound: 2007 Dodge Caliber [News: Test Drives]
On a recent trip to Reno, I was "upgraded" to a 2007 Dodge Caliber by the good folks at Enterprise. (Having reserved an economy-class car, I was surprised that they would call the Caliber something other than that.) Approaching the car, my wife actually said it was "cute." I was expecting her t...
Wednesday, Jul 12
Jalopnik Reviews: 2007 Mercury Mountaineer, Part 3
Why you should buy this car: You're an SUV-driving parent who wants to buy American, but still wants to be different from the 10 other Ford drivers in your subdivision. Or, you're a man who drives a Jeep Liberty, but looking for something slightly less feminine.
Startech Tunes the Jeep Commander
If there's a European Chrysler to mess with, you know Brabus's Startech geeks will show up with slide-rule in hand. This time, they've set upon the Jeep Commander CRD, creating an add-on performance processor, the SD6, which — along with a stainless-steel sport exhaust — boosts horsepow...
Thursday, Mar 23
No Money or Mo' Money?: Most, Least Expensive Cars to Insure
Top 10 Least Expensive Vehicles to Insure 1. Chrysler Town & Country 2. Chevrolet Cobalt 3. Dodge Caravan 4. Chevrolet Impala 5. Ford Taurus 6. Ford Econoline 7. Jeep Grand Cherokee 8. Chevrolet Malibu 9. GMC Sierra Pickup 10. Toyota Corolla
Saturday, Nov 19
Jalopnik Reviews: 2006 Jeep Commander, Part 3
Why you should buy this car: It s a Jeep. It s a well-built Jeep. It s a well-built Jeep that looks like a Cherokee Limited from the late-80 s. If you re a nostalgic outdoorsy-type who doesn t mind torturing that spare set of sprogs, you re good to snow.
Thursday, Nov 17
Jalopnik Reviews: 2006 Jeep Commander, Part 2
Toys ***** We consider any vehicle that can go off-road a wonderful toy. We advise all owners of four-wheel-drive vehicles to drive them as nature intended, and bring a sat phone. Overall ** by Robert Farago] Related: Reviews: 2006 Jeep Commander, Part 1, Part 3 [internal]
Wednesday, Nov 16
Jalopnik Reviews: 2006 Jeep Commander, Part 1
Come to think of it, why would Jeep design the Commander s exterior with all the unrelenting angularity of an 89 Cherokee Limited when they spent the last three model cycles smoothing out the edges? Was it some secret stoner s attempt to bring Toyota FJ retro-style to Jeep s burgeoning off-...
Wednesday, Aug 10
Jeep Rolls Out 2006 Commander SUV, Officially
One slab-sided seven seater, hold the bacon. Jeep's new Commander, officially unveiled at the New York Auto Show in March, is ready for slime time — of the off-road mud or smeared kid-food variety. Built on the same platform as the Grand Cherokee, Jeep's room-for-a-million SUV comes with a...
Thursday, Jul 28
Jeep Begins Commander SUV Production
Chrysler has launched production of its new, three-row top-hat on P245/65R17s, the Commander SUV. Jeep's latest model is being assembled at the company's Jefferson North Assembly Plant in Detroit, where the Jeep Grand Cherokee has been built since 1992 — and where the Cherokee's SRT-8...
