A phenomenon created when major road networks were formulated across North America in the 1950s, the summer family automobile trip was inaugurated. Originally identified as a time when a large station wagon was loaded up with belongings, the trip in route to a landmark or camping ground for some family memories. In the 1980s, minivans all but destroyed [...]
Produced as a joint project with the United States Department of Energy, a 140-vehicle fleet of Ram 1500 Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle (PHEV) will be evaluated through true truck activities. Set for deployment across United States government branches as well as to power utilities, the crew cab pickup trucks are another step in the study [...]
Creating a major stir with an emotion-filled advertisement spot during the 2011 Super Bowl, the besieged Chrysler Group found inspiration from a city that has received its own share of negative publicity. In the centerpiece television advertisement since becoming the new image campaign for Chrysler, the Detroit-based automaker slanted the ongoing misperception of United States [...]
Founded in 2009 as an attempt by Chrysler to better target the truck market, the Dodge Ram and Dodge Dakota pickups moved into their own separate division. While the newly minted Ram brand continues to exist only as a showcase for Chrysler’s medium and large pickup trucks, plans to expand the product array with several [...]
The Dodge Durango launched for 2011 as a thoroughly redesigned version of Dodge’s three-row body-on-frame SUV. The Durango, like the Grand Cherokee, moved to a unibody platform that better serves the needs of what the marketplace is demanding. Dodge’s debuts at the Chicago Auto Show have been mostly about performance – the Charger SRT8 made [...]
Is it safe to say that the Chrysler Group is regaining its mojo back? We think so. The company’s Detroit-focued spot featuring Eminem got everyone talking and new models like the 300 and Charger haven’t failed to impress. For enthusiasts, the rear-wheel drive LX cars are where the action is at, and particularly at Dodge. [...]
It is hard to believe car buyers during the mid-1990s were still buying vehicles with only 3-speed automatic transmissions. Believing that it took around 25 years before most vehicles upgraded to 4-speed automatics, the added gear would be the next step for what would become a rapid ascension in automobile technology. Unlike the slower progression [...]
Fast Times at 2011 Georgian College Auto Show
Through the early months of 2011, the latest and best visions of the second century of the automobile were displayed inside stadiums or convention centers in North America. Within the climate-control environments where the only threatening element is the oil through human contact on vehicle surfaces, cars and trucks have little trouble looking presentable through [...]