AUBURN HILLS — The new Fiat Topolino from Stellantis is the first entry by a major automaker into the growing U.S. low-speed vehicle (LSV) market. With a suggested retail price of $13,995, the Topolino will compete directly with new golf carts and other neighborhood electric vehicles. The lineup includes twoMORE HERE
Could the Corinthian leather be a thing again? Probably not, but in a series of social media posts celebrating the centennial of the Chrysler brand released in the last few days, their parent company Stellantis is going full Mopar with the nostalgia. Chrysler has been a walking zombie of aMORE HERE
LAKEVILLE, CONN. – Chrysler will be the honored car brand at this year’s Lime Rock racetrack and the Lime Rock Park Historic Festival, set for Aug. 31 to Sept. 4 in northeast Connecticut. The marque, which has suffered from a paucity of models, will produce its last 300, the 2023MORE HERE
ADDISON, Ill. – Fade to black. That’s the cue for a new design trend for some packaged consumer goods. A recent example is the new Turtle Wax Streak-Free Mist line, which uses the company’s familiar turtle logo, but puts the product in a spray bottle, with a black, ergonomic atomizerMORE HERE
LEEDS, ALABAMA – Curtiss Motorcycles has announced a limited edition collection to celebrate the 120th anniversary of the American v-twin motorcycle. “Today, 120 years later, we are proud to introduce The 120 Year Anniversary Collection in honor of [founder] Glenn’s [Hammond Curtiss] historic achievement,” said Curtiss Motorcycles CEO and co-founderMORE HERE
To see how China operates in the world, take a look at the return of the once-English MG automobile to Europe. The MG brand, now under Chinese ownership, dates from 1924. The initials are said to stand for Morris Garages. Entrepreneur William Morris was the Henry Ford of England; TheMORE HERE
If you haven’t been paying attention to the used car market, now is the time to start. Why? Forty-one million used cars trade hands every year in the United States, and online marketplaces, like Craigslist and Facebook Marketplace, only account for about half of transactions. The largest used car companies,MORE HERE
AUBURN HILLS, Mich. – Stop, Drop and Roll. Wonder Bread and Old Spice are at it again for an another Dodge ad parody from “Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby,” which marks its official 15th anniversary this week from Sony. Dodge, a unit global automaker Stellantis (NYSE: STLA), isMORE HERE
Navistar has its beginning with the McCormick Harvesting Machine Company, founded by Cyrus McCormick. Cyrus McCormick’s father Robert McCormick began work on a reaper in 1809 at his Virginia farm, Walnut Grove. MORE HERE
FRANKLIN, Tenn. — In the wake of the introduction of a newly updated 2022 Outlander, Mitsubishi Motors North America Inc. reported second quarter sales of 25,146, a 106% increase compared with the second quarter of 2020. The company, which in recent decades has not had good press from the auto media, isMORE HERE