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Did our amber turn signal campaign bring results at FCA?
Long ago, aCarPlace — this site — started a campaign to bring amber turn signals back to the United States.… Read More
Pacifica Hybrid: who’d have thought it could handle so well (or park itself)?
Yesterday, we started a series of articles on the Chrysler Pacifica — the world’s first hybrid-electric minivan, from the makers… Read More
Handy hybrid: the “84 mpg” Chrysler Pacifica minivan
It’s big enough to hold a dozen 4-by-8 slabs of plywood, or seven adults and their groceries, with strong acceleration… Read More
Deeper into the Renegade
Jeep released the European version of the 2019 Renegade recently, and we showed you (via Real Fast Fotography), a week… Read More
Behind Apple’s odd VW hookup
Apple recently announced that it was outfitting Volkswagen vans with autonomous driving gear, to shuttle employees around their campus, in… Read More
Hybrids and muscle go together
Most car guys I know loathe hybrid-electric cars. You can probably blame the Prius — a hyper-efficient car that’s a… Read More
Tesla doesn’t matter much — BYD does
Thanks to mis-steps on the part of Henrik Fisker, Elon Musk’s Tesla was the first major modern electric-car maker —… Read More
Inside the Karma Revero, née Fisker Karma
The Fisker Karma was in development quite a long time when the company could struggle on no longer; and Chinese parts… Read More
Ford, FCA attacking squeaks the easy way
Ford and Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA) are the first companies to use an innovative new substance, “Hushlloy™,” to virtually eliminate… Read More
Toyota’s quiet transmission changes
Toyota announced two new transmissions today, quietly, as part of an otherwise fairly dull release on the Toyota Corolla Hatchback… Read More