Ken Hardman has his hands full this weekend. As this video shows, he has a steady stream of eager students who want to know more about that long black and white rocket ship-like vehicle with his name on it. That vehicle is something Ken, an FCA engineer, and some friends built in hopes of breaking
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If you haven’t had a chance to listen to Wednesday’s FCA Group earnings call, you missed FCA CEO Sergio Marchionne address head on the CO2 emissions criticism that FCA US has taken in recent weeks. “We all know there is a desire to bring down CO2 emissions,” Marchionne said to analysts and media. “There appears to be some
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The 2017 Chrysler Pacifica minivan and its plug-in hybrid stablemate both carry an upgraded Pentastar 3.6-liter V-6 under the hood. But the similarities pretty much stop there. Creating the powertrain for the Pacifica Hybrid took more – much more. On paper you might get the impression that the Pacific Hybrid ranks below the Pacifica minivan:
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So far this week, you’ve heard a HEMI® Hellcat engine on a Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat, a 3.6-liter Pentastar V-6 on a Jeep® Wrangler, a 5.7-liter HEMI on a Chrysler 300S and, yesterday, a 1.4-liter MultiAir Turbo on a Fiat 500 Abarth. The guttural sound of the single turbocharger on the 1.4-liter MultiAir Turbo is
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Are you on track for a perfect score so far? Or, not quite? If you guessed that Wednesday’s engine was our iconic 5.7-liter HEMI V-8, you were correct. In Wednesday’s clip, the 5.7-liter HEMI V-8 powered a Chrysler 300S, paired with the TorqueFlite eight-speed automatic transmission, enabling it to deliver 363 horsepower, 394 lb.-ft. of torque,
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Was Tuesday’s 3.6-liter Pentastar V-6 engine – a mainstay in the Chrysler, Dodge, Jeep®, Ram Truck lineup – easier or harder than Monday’s HEMI® Hellcat? The one you heard powered a Jeep Wrangler. Since its Spring 2009 unveiling, more than 5 million Pentastar engines have powered our cars, SUVs and trucks on the roadways. Redesigned
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Did you guess correctly on Monday? That engine was definitely the roar of the 6.2-liter HEMI® Hellcat V-8 engine. That one happened to be powering a Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat. But whether it’s powering a Challenger or a Charger, the 707-horsepower  engine, with 650 lb.-ft of torque helps drivers achieve a 22 mpg in highway-cycle
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