THE NUMBER 1 RESOURCE FOR VOCATIONAL TRUCK FLEETS
Lee Iacocca, who led Chrysler out of near bankruptcy by introducing the K-car platform, has died. The automotive icon, 94, died of natural causes.
The diesel-powered 2020 Ram 1500 will reenter the pickup wars with a third-generation 3.0L V-6 that now produces 480 lb.-ft. of torque. The Ram 1500 Classic will also offer a diesel variant.
Fiat Chrysler Automobiles is recalling an estimated 295,981 2019 to 2020 Ram 1500 vehicles because the flash memory of the occupant restraint controller may become corrupted, disabling the vehicle's air bags and seat belt pretensioners.
Fiat Chrysler Automobiles has retracted its offer to merge with Renault a week after submitting the offer because Nissan declined to support it, according to reports.
Fiat Chrysler Automobiles' Ram division is working on developing a midsize pickup that would seek a broader range of buyers than the company's 2020 Jeep Gladiator, which is being sold to lifestyle buyers.
The 2020 Jeep Gladiator midsize pickup began shipping to U.S. dealers from its home at the Toledo Assembly Complex on April 12, FCA US has announced. The company invested $273 million to retool and modernize the Ohio plant for Gladiator production and added 329 full-time positions to support the build.
Several automakers have released sales reports, including FCA US, LLC, General Motors, and Nissan. Most automakers are seeing falling sales, which is on par for sales predictions for the 2019 calendar-year.
Ram will continue to offer a Tradesman trim of its 2019 Heavy Duty pickups announced earlier this year that's geared toward vocational customers, the FCA unit announced at NTEA's The Work Truck Show in Indianapolis.
Fiat Chrysler Automobiles will invest $4.5 billion in five Michigan assembly plants so it can build more Jeeps, including electrified models, and continue production of the Ram 1500 Classic pickup that has been offered mostly to fleet purchasers, the company announced.
FCA introduced a muscular Ram HD that can generate 1,000 lb.-ft. of torque from the all-new 6.7L Cummins Turbo Diesel. In addition, the Ram HD has a maximum payload of 7,680 pounds and towing capability of 35,100 pounds.