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<Note: apparently I don't know how to spell, and don't know how to correct a misspellng in a headline.> A commenter on this site recently said that an article about GM trying to sue FCA over collusion with the UAW made it appear it would be more appropriate for the workers to sue. Apparently...

It seems like just yesterday that FCA leaned on the Mitsubishi L200, once sold as the Dodge Ram 50, to create its new midsize pickups, the Ram 1200 and Fiat Fullback. Almost as soon as production started, though, Nissan/Renault bought a chunk of Mitsubishi, and FCA had to make new plans. We no...

The Jeep Wrangler “JK” started production twelve years ago — in 2006 — and stayed in production, often around the clock, until the final JK was built just this afternoon — at 3:35 pm, Eastern time. While its replacement, the Wrangler JL, got up to speed at the other Toledo plant, the JK...

Allpar.com has gotten its hands on some juicy information about the 2019 Jeep Cherokee — the complete Customer Preferred Code Guide — so now we know the truth about the engines. It's all here — the build codes for the available engines, wheels, colours, options and other equipment on all four...

Around 22,000 2017-18 Jeep Cherokees are being recalled because the tire information stickers were missing tire and rim sizes; customers may install the wrong replacement wheels or tires as a result. The recall, which will consist of providing corrected labels, will start on October 20, and has...

Each year, cars.com makes a list of the “most American” vehicles. This year, the company stopped focusing so much on total sales, and looked more at content, assembly points, and the number of American jobs affected. The changes had a huge impact on the listings. In the 2016 American-Made...

The last Jeep Cherokee to be made in Toledo rolled off the line recently, according to an FCA photo. Nearly one million Cherokees were made in Toledo. The Jeep Cherokee will be produced in the Belvidere plant, former home to the Dodge Dart, Jeep Compass, and Jeep Patriot; Toledo will be...

What can we expect from the future Jeep Wrangler “JL” and its pickup spinoff, the “JT”? According to Sergio Marchionne, the new Wrangler will start production at the end of this year, in the Toledo plant currently making the Cherokee. He expects to be able to pump out around 300,000 Wranglers...

FCA US made a surprise announcement to confirm a billion-dollar investment in Michigan and Ohio, with 2,000 new jobs being added.  For those keeping count, that’s $9.6 billion invested in US manufacturing and 25,000 jobs added since 2009. The billion dollars is (as predicted numerous times by...