Jeep® created the perfect Easter Jeep Safari concept vehicle for the outdoor-lover who finds parking a recreational vehicle in a trailer park basically like placing a home on the outskirts of a suburb, and sleeping in a tent isn’t far enough outdoors. The Jeep Wayout concept is a fully capable overland concept that uses the
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Category Archives: Engineering
Word to the Wise
Advanced automotive engineering demands more than mastery of math, physics and chemistry. Moving the needle on safety, fuel economy and drivability often comes down to one engineer’s ability to defend new ideas that may contradict conventional wisdom. So FCA US gives aspiring engineers a taste of this process. In support of Formula SAE, a renowned
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Test & Tune: Formula for Engineering Success
There is no substitute for experience or passion when it comes to engineering. And, both are on display during FCA’s annual Test & Tune event. Every year since 2014, the Company has welcomed teams of engineering students to its legendary proving grounds in Chelsea, Michigan.* There, students refine the performance of vehicles they will enter
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FCA engineers its future with student talent
Ed. note: This marks the sixth consecutive year FCA US has hosted Test & Tune, an event that helps engineering students prepare for car-building competitions staged by the Society of Automotive Engineers. More than 250 students from more than 20 schools in the U.S. and Canada descended on our world-renowned proving grounds to test their
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Truck Tuesday: 2020 Ram 1500 America’s Half-Ton Diesel Torque Leader
The 2020 Ram 1500 will soon become America’s most powerful half-ton diesel pickup with the introduction of the third-generation turbocharged 3.0-liter EcoDiesel V-6. 480 lb.-ft.of torque and the highest available half-ton diesel towing capacity at 12,560 pounds really set the Ram 1500 apart from the competition. Coupled with the record 1,000 lb.-ft.of torque achieved by
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Truck Thursday: The Jeep® Gladiator is the only pickup to offer open-air freedom
The Jeep® Gladiator sets itself apart from the competition with best-in-class towing, best-in-class 4×4 payload and open-air freedom, which is something only a Jeep vehicle could offer. The Gladiator is the only true open-air 4×4 pickup truck and offers an easy-to-use premium soft top, two hardtops and dozens of different door, top and windshield combinations.
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To Africa and back in a Jeep® Wrangler
Dan Grec has spent the past three years driving the road trip of a lifetime in a Jeep® Wrangler. Starting in 2016, Grec, an overlander (which is described as someone who is a self-reliant traveler who ventures to remote destinations), drove his customized 2011 Jeep JK Wrangler Rubicon 4-door 53,500 miles through 35 countries in
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