JoJo Bartosh has been a “truck girl” since her father taught her to drive using his 1972 Dodge three-quarter ton plow truck in rural Wisconsin. “I begged him to drive it,” she says. “He taught me how to plow snow and it made me fall in love with trucks.” Bartosh, who is 40, has owned
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Our annual What’s New event is Thursday at the FCA US Chelsea (Michigan) Proving Grounds. It’s a day where invited media see, sit in, learn about and drive many of our 2017 models. Of course, the information on many of these vehicles is embargoed – that is, the media can’t talk about them – until
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As any college student and their parents already know, preparing for a career is not cheap. If you’re training to become an automotive service tech, tuition costs are just the start. Here’s a little-known fact: Auto techs buy their own tools. It’s not uncommon for a long-time technician to have more than $25,000 invested in
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It’s crunch time for getting a Mother’s Day gift. There are the standards: flowers are pretty, jewelry is sparkly. Those of us lucky to have Mopar moms can wrap up the best of both worlds and give a gift that will rev the love tachometer. Check out www.wearmopar.com for some ideas. Even if it’s a
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As the all-new 2017 Chrysler Pacifica arrives in showrooms, it will have nearly 40 minivan firsts. If these new features and options are not enough for some customers, Mopar will have more than 100 accessories available for the Pacifica. Floor mats, running boards and a first aid kit are just some of the Mopar items Pacifica
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Many performance cars get measured on the run from 0 to 60 mph. The Mopar Dodge Challenger Drag Pak has notched a sales performance metric – 60 to 0. All 60 planned copies of Mopar’s factory-built drag race car for NHRA competition have been ordered by dealers. The total covers 35 Drag Paks equipped with
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Is it too early to start thinking Spring? Not for Mopar and Jeep. They’re already on it with ‘phase two’ for the Jeep Wrangler Red Rock Concept, unveiled at the Specialty Equipment Market Association (SEMA) show earlier this month in Las Vegas. Next stop for the new Wrangler concept is the annual FCA US Moab
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