Car and truck sales in the United States were quite good last month, with new models and heavy discounting bringing an industry-wide 5.2% gain in volume — bringing the year’s gains, over six months, to 2%. One of the big winners was Fiat Chrysler, with an 8% overall gain and […]
Chevrolet, America’s #2 pickup brand, and Ram, the #3 brand, are attacking the same problem in different ways — how to get more cash from luxury-truck buyers without giving up on cash-strapped entry-level buyers. At GM, the 2019 Chevrolet Silverado will cost the same as the 2018, and will likely […]
Long ago, aCarPlace — this site — started a campaign to bring amber turn signals back to the United States. Lighting expert Daniel Stern has pointed out that amber turn signals save lives, by making it clear and obvious that a brake light is a brake light, not a turn […]
Our test car, through the last three articles, was a 2018 Chrysler Pacifica Hybrid Limited. The base Pacifica Hybrid Touring Plus costs $41,340. That includes the 8.4 inch screen, CarPlay and Android support, satellite radio, 7-inch trip computer, SafetyTec, and power sliding side doors. The Touring L adds $2,000 and […]
Yesterday, Dodge launched the 2019 Challenger Hellcat Redeye, boasting the most powerful production V8 engine — 797 horsepower and 707 pound-feet of torque — and the quickest muscle-car speed, with 0-60 in 3.4 seconds and a 203 mph top speed. But you know that already; what of the other Challengers? […]
The Dodge Challenger Demon, 808 horsepower on pump gas and 840 on race gas, came and went — with just 3,300 cars built and sold. What’s next for Dodge? Nearly the same power, it turns out, will be coming out of the Challenger Hellcat Redeye, with a stunning 797 horsepower, […]
In earlier parts of this series, I pointed out that the EPA city/highway combined mileage for the Pacifica Hybrid is 32 mpg, assuming you never plug it in. In case you’ve never owned one, that’s amazing economy for a big freakin’ vehicle. Minivans are about the biggest vehicles you can get […]
Yesterday, we started a series of articles on the Chrysler Pacifica — the world’s first hybrid-electric minivan, from the makers of the world’s first all-electric minivan. You may wonder how having enough batteries to push a minivan for 34 miles, or to accelerate from 0-70 without using any gasoline, would […]
It’s big enough to hold a dozen 4-by-8 slabs of plywood, or seven adults and their groceries, with strong acceleration from any gear or speed. Oh, and it’s rated at 84 mpg(e). This wonder machine is the Pacifica Hybrid, a marvel that Chrysler set loose on the world as its […]
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