Test Drives

Escaping From LA: Off-Roading In The 2020 Jeep ...

Few automakers have the kind of brand cache that Jeep has amassed since its foundation in 1943. When the original civilian CJ-2A models started rolling out of Willys’ factory in 1945, it soon found a ...

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Hitting The Streets & Attacking The Track In ...

Standing next to a collection of new Charger Widebody models in a paddock at Sonoma Raceway, Mark Trostle, head of exterior design for FCA North America, explained how his team’s mission differs from that of ...

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Hitting The Trails With Jeep’s Latest Off-Road Machines ...

Keen to bring more business into their small desert town and put Moab on the proverbial map, officials at the Moab Chamber of Commerce put their heads together and created first annual Easter Jeep Safari. ...

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Gallery: Mopar Takes To The Street And Strip ...

“A lot of car companies keep trying to reinvent their vehicles, do the latest thing, in an effort to figure out how they can make their car look cooler,” said Mark Trostle, head of design ...

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At Speed With The ’19 Dodge Challenger SRT ...

“These are probably my favorite cars that I get to work on,” explained Mark Trostle, head of FCA North America’s exterior design department for performance vehicles. “Timelessness is something that every automotive designer strives for, ...

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Gallery: Behind The Wheel Of The All-New 2019 ...

Things are looking pretty rosy for FCA’s truck brand right now – the outgoing 1500 is coming off a best-ever February for the company, and annual sales are at an all-time high. But with Ford’s ...

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Gallery: At Speed With The 2018 Jeep Grand ...

“You might be asking yourself the question, “Why make this vehicle?’” suggested Jeep brand director Scott Tallon at the Jeep Grand Cherokee Trackhawk technical presentation. With a 707 horsepower motor under the hood of this ...

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Demons, Hellcats, and Durangos: SRT Brings Hemi Power ...

Over the past few years, Dodge has been on a crusade to bring horsepower to the masses, and nowhere was that message clearer than at SRT’s recent invasion of Indianapolis Motor Speedway with the Durango ...

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Then And Now: A Look At How The ...

In an era before tube chassis race cars, production-based motorsport was big business. For the OEMs, these race-prepped vehicles still looked similar enough to the road-going vehicles they were based on that success on track ...

Brakes & Suspension

Modernizing Your A-Body’s Rear Suspension With QA1

While originality certainly has its charms, when it comes to automotive design, there’s no denying that the past four or five decades have seen massive improvements in nearly every aspect of vehicle development. Suspension systems, ...