Many people find love on New Year’s Eve. In the waning hours of 2008, Florida Keys resident Theresa Newbauer found her love – the Dodge Challenger SRT. “I had a friend who bought a brand new Challenger SRT,” Newbauer recalls. “It was black. I saw it on New Year’s Eve and I’ve been in love
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Food, dirt, pet hair – you name it, it will likely find its way into the all-new 2017 Chrysler Pacifica minivan. Before implementing the Stow ‘n Vac (powered by RIDGID) in the Pacifica, engineers gathered minivan and SUV owners from various demographics to pinpoint the “dirtiest” spot in their vehicles. Gagan Mann, senior manager of electromechanical
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A steady stream of classic, and new, Fiats streamed into the parking lot of the Walter P. Chrysler Museum Friday for the Fiat Club America’s welcome reception for their annual convention, the Fiat FreakOut. While there was a number of historical displays to see on the inside of the museum, more than 100 classic Fiats
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It started with a laptop, a desk, parking instructions and “good luck.” That’s how it started 11 years ago when I was hired to start this company’s first blog, The Firehouse. We took on “Big Oil” with that blog and won when our strongly worded post caused the oil industry to pull its newspaper ads
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Sometimes the road to a new car model is through the airport. That is the case for program manager Leia Horton, responsible for the 2017 Fiat 124 Spider. The 20-year employee has crisscrossed the globe for the past few years to bring a modern-day version of the classic convertible roadster to market. During that time,
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Think of it as a high tech posse of bounty hunters on the lookout for potential vehicle cybersecurity vulnerabilities — bugs in a vehicle’s system that could open it up to security breaches from nefarious individuals or groups. FCA US is now the first full-line automaker to offer bounties to researchers who discover possible bugs
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