| Chrysler Reveals Major Revisions to Pentastar V-6 |
Sep 1st, 2015 |
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To hear Chrysler tell it, the automaker’s 3.6-liter Pentastar V-6 essentially will be a new engine when it makes its debut in the 2016 Jeep Grand Cherokee, its first application in the FCA lineup. Basic dimensional elements—bore, stroke, bore-center spacing—carry over, but the engineering team claims greater efficiency, improved torque characteristics, a small horsepower uptick, and […]
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| Won’t Back Down: Sergio Marchionne Still Pushing for Fiat-Chrysler/GM Merger |
Sep 1st, 2015 |
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Fiat-Chrysler CEO Sergio Marchionne is still pushing for what he sees as an inevitable merger with General Motors, despite months of rejected meetings and ignored phone calls. The man in the black sweater hit hard in a recent must-read interview with Automotive News, claiming that combining with the world’s second-largest automaker could generate $30 billion […]
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| Mazda Announces All-New Retail Evolution Dealership Design |
Sep 1st, 2015 |
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The open concept floorplan offers business transparency and upscale décor featuring natural materials. The first Retail Evolution dealership built from the ground up to this exacting standard will be Mazda of Everett in Seattle, Wash., which opened late last month.
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| Porsche Cayman S Long-Term Update: 30K in and It Still Cuts Like a Knife |
Sep 1st, 2015 |
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WHAT WE LIKE: What we like best is not its rousing engine note or its eagerness to turn or its excellent steering system or its near-perfect shifter. No, what we like best about our long-term Cayman S—now 75 percent of the way through its stay with us—is that a drive in it is an automotive […]
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| Fiat-Chrysler Recalling 158,671 Jeep Cherokees for Potential Wiper Fault |
Aug 31st, 2015 |
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Fiat-Chrysler’s recall woes for the latest Jeep Cherokee just keep coming. The latest in a line of recalls for the crossover addresses static electricity buildup on the windshield wipers when they’re operated in dry conditions. An internal FCA investigation revealed the issue, which affects 158,671 2014 Cherokees in the U.S., as well as 47,997 abroad. Jeep May […]
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| 2015 Mercedes-Benz E400 4MATIC Coupe Tested: Sometimes Big Power Isn’t Everything |
Aug 31st, 2015 |
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Well, this is refreshing, a Mercedes coupe that’s actually a coupe—with two doors. It’s one of four available E-class body styles, joining a traditional four-door sedan, a station wagon, and a convertible. It’s an extensive lineup with a number of engine options that brings the total available models to 14, including a thrifty 2.1-liter turbo-diesel […]
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| 2015 Mercedes-Benz E400 4MATIC Coupe – Instrumented Test |
Aug 31st, 2015 |
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| FCA Codifies Buyback, Incentive Programs for Recalled Dodge, Jeep, and Ram Trucks and SUVs |
Aug 31st, 2015 |
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Fiat-Chrysler has now codified its incentive offerings to owners of some 200,000 Dodge, Ram, Jeep, and Chrysler trucks and SUVs in order to either get the affected vehicles in for fixes or have them traded in toward new purchases. Jeep Grand Cherokee and Liberty Owners of 1993–1998 Jeep Grand Cherokee and 2002–2007 Jeep Liberty SUVs, which were […]
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| S660 Roadster a No-Go for U.S., But There’s More to Honda’s Sports-Car Story |
Aug 31st, 2015 |
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While a new Automotive News report indicates that the fantastic, super-mega-tiny S660 roadster isn’t coming to the U.S. as was expected—we understood that a 1.0-liter S1000 was on the table—we thanked our lucky VTECs that we will at least be sold the Civic Type R. According to American Honda executive vice president John Mendel, the S660 is likely too small to cut it […]
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| Cell Mate: 2016 Toyota Mirai Fuel-Cell Sedan Tested |
Aug 31st, 2015 |
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Mirai is Japanese for “the future.” This is Toyota’s way of saying that its sedan most resembling SpongeBob SquarePants on a skateboard runs on hydrogen and produces no emissions. The Mirai is the first fuel-cell car offered for sale, not just lease. (The conceptually similar Honda FCX Clarity and Hyundai Tucson FCEV remain corporate property […]
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