Of the three Chrysler brands, Jeep is soldiering on as one of America’s strongest automotive nameplates. Heck, Jeep is one of the strongest brands of any kind in the world come to think of it. With Chrysler LLC getting hammered so badly this year, some automotive analysts are calling for the company to sell Jeep. [...]
Ford doesn’t have a hybrid version of its popular F-Series pick up truck, but that isn’t stopping one Illinois technology company from developing an aftermarket system for it. HVET or Hybrid Electric Vehicle Technologies, Inc. of Chicago claims that they have developed a prototype plug-in hybrid system for the F-150 that will help the truck [...]
Korean automaker Kia is getting some soul. Not the boogie woogie kind, rather a measure of Soul in the form of a small crossover vehicle. The automaker announced last week that the Kia Soul would make its worldwide debut at this October’s Paris Auto Show and hit the global marketplace beginning in February 2009. The [...]