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Following compact SUVs last fall, midsize SUVs were recently submitted to the U.S. Insurance Institute for Highway Safety’s new side crash test, which aims to address higher-speed collisions that continue to cause fatalities on North American roads. While the former failed miserably, how did their bigger counterparts perform? A lot …

Every year, The Car Guide unveils a list of Best Buys covering all the different vehicle categories in the industry. Small and midsize pickups are hot commodities right now after being neglected for much of the past decade. They appeal to many customers who don’t need full-size trucks. Winner Once …

While Dodge’s (and Ram’s) supercharged 6.2-litre “Hellcat” V8 will be eliminated at the end of 2023 in a move to comply with tougher emissions regulations, the famous HEMI V8 is here to stay even with the new twin-turbocharged inline six-cylinder engine recently unveiled by Stellantis. According to a report by …

As it turns out, all those rumours we heard in the past several months were true. Stellantis is expanding its engine portfolio with a brand new twin-turbocharged 3.0-litre inline six-cylinder engine called “Hurricane” and offered in Standard Output (SO) and High Output (HO) variations. In a virtual presentation with the …

It’s now official: the first large-scale electric-vehicle battery manufacturing facility in Canada will be built in Windsor, Ontario thanks to a partnership between Stellantis and LG Energy Solution. The two companies will commit over $5 billion, representing the largest private sector investment in the history of the province, local officials …

Jeep will launch its first fully electric SUV early in 2023, Stellantis CEO Carlos Tavares announced today during the automaker’s Dare Forward 2030 strategic plan presentation. While there are no specs available at this point, we have two official pictures showing a concept that looks almost production-ready. It appears to …

Remember the Ram 1500 TRX turned into a Warload 6x6 by Florida-based tuner Apocalypse and sold at a Barrett-Jackson auction in late January? Well, we’d like to talk to you about another monstrous creature from the company. Apocalypse is used to transforming Jeep Gladiators for doomsday scenarios. In fact, some …

Jeep’s plan to launch the all-new, three-row Grand Cherokee L as a 2021 model is now forcing the company to do some catching up. You see, the regular, two-row Grand Cherokee waited until the 2022 model year to get a complete overhaul, but it received a number of features and …

Just like Hyundai and Kia did a few weeks ago, two other automakers are investing in Massachussetts-based startup Factorial Energy, which happens to have former Panasonic, Daimler and Ford bosses on its advisory board. The goal is to accelerate the development of solid-state batteries for electric vehicles. We’re talking about …