The Smith family’s public thank you to the Jeep community and Jeep Jamboree USA (JJUSA) family for their support of Mark A. Smith’s efforts to promote recreational off-roading took place on Sunday, August 31st at Henningsen-Lotus Park, Lotus, California. The Jeep Girls drove their 2015 Firecracker Jeep Wrangler to say good-bye to an old friend and
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A battery on wheels that can power your home
How would you like to power your home at the price you want? Chrysler Group and NextEnergy of Detroit are looking at technology that uses the Fiat 500e to create a mini power plant on wheels. I attended the demonstration in Detroit and wanted to share the details in the video above.
2015 Ram EcoDiesel pumps up passion for fuel economy
Can you really have your cake and eat it, too? In a red-hot truck market, with fuel prices in a constant ‘up one day and down the next’ cycle, 2015 Ram 1500 EcoDiesel buyers know they can count on at least two things: best-in-class 28 mpg and much less time and money parked at the
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(Update) Ram ProMaster vans adapted for limited-mobility customers
UPDATE from the initial Aug. 1, 2014 post: We talked with Ram Commercial’s Mike Pultorak and Neil Mendel to learn more and see a demonstration of the mobility options in the 2015 Ram ProMaster and ProMaster City commercial vans. While the new Ram ProMaster vans provide our hard-working commercial customers with numerous best-in-class features, some
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Attend class and maybe win a car, says California dealer
Going through an entire school year without a single absence is no easy feat. So students who achieve perfect attendance deserve recognition for their accomplishment. Victorville Motors, a Chrysler, Jeep, Dodge and Ram Truck dealership in the High Desert region of Southern California, thinks so too. The Victorville, Calif., dealership came up with a special
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Makse attacks the Pirelli World Challenge
What happens when you take a championship-winning club racer, who just happens to be an accomplished automotive journalist and savvy social media guy, and you put him behind the wheel of the No. 00 FIAT USA/Pirelli Tire/SRT Motorsports Fiat 500? Buckle up people, because we are about to find out. Brian Makse is a two-time
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The capability, durability and power of numbers
There’s a lot riding on numbers. It goes without saying that birthdays and anniversaries, for example, are a ‘must’ to remember, or suffer the consequences. For Ram Truck pickup customers, numbers have always told a story of capability, power and durability. The Ram 2500 and 3500 Heavy Duty truck models offer customers with a big
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