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– If you’ve found yourself in a family way, there are few vehicles as ingeniously helpful to parents as a minivan. Sure, they’ve lost some luster since buyers started rebelling and escaping to crossovers, but the stylish Chrysler Pacifica goes a long way toward dispelling the van’s stodgy image. Innovative disappearing seats, class-leading infotainment, and […]
U.S. regulators told Fiat Chrysler Automobiles in November 2015 that they suspected some of the automaker’s vehicles were equipped with secret software allowing them to violate emission control standards, according to emails disclosed on Friday. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and California Air Resources Board accused Fiat Chrysler in January of using the software, known […]
A U.S. Justice Department lawyer said at a court hearing on Wednesday it could take “weeks or months” before regulators decide whether to approve a software fix for Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV diesel vehicles. In May, the Justice Department sued Fiat Chrysler, accusing the Italian-American automaker of illegally using software to bypass emission controls in […]
West Virginia University researchers found Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV vehicles with diesel engines produced significant emissions discrepancies between the road and the lab, resembling earlier conclusions they reached with Volkswagen AG cars that helped expose a long-running deception. WSJ.com: What’s News US
Enlarge (credit: Steve Snodgrass) Two auto manufacturers are in legal crosshairs this week because of emissions from their diesel vehicles. The US Department of Justice sued Fiat Chrysler of America (FCA) on Tuesday over 103,828 diesel Ram 1500s and Jeep Grand Cherokees. The DOJ claims that the cars contain “at least eight software-based features” to […]
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– Only America’s most ardent pragmatists choose minivan function over crossover fashion. The country’s refusal to acknowledge the family van’s myriad virtues—unparalleled people-carrying comfort, unmatched interior volume, and unequaled interior flexibility—might be its greatest automotive sin. Stigma, then, is strong with the guardian of the sliding door. Yet Chrysler defiantly marches the minivan forward with […]
Published time: 18 May, 2017 09:52 The US Justice Department is expected to file a lawsuit against automaker Fiat Chrysler over excess diesel emissions if an agreement is not reached this week, Reuters reports, quoting two sources familiar with the matter. Read more In January, the US Environmental Protection Agency accused the automaker of using […]
Fiat Chrysler is currently in the midst of notifying over a million people that they need to turn in the trucks they bought from the company due to a potentially dangerous software error. The automaker has announced a massive recall affecting 1.02 million 2013 to 2016 Ram 1500 and 2500, as well as 2014 to […]
– WHAT WE LIKE: This latest Chrysler minivan’s overall design and execution. Of course, we appreciate its practical attributes, too: the commanding forward visibility, the various cubby-storage locations, the fold-in-the-floor second-row Stow ’n Go bucket seats, that each of its seven seats can comfortably accommodate adults, and that the large cargo area behind the third […]
