This World War II era Willys was sent to support the US Army ini Sicily in 1943. Seven decades later, current owner Vittorio Argento, an Italian radio journalist, decided to bring the correctly restored Willys back to Toledo where it was born. Though the original Willys assembly plant is long gone, he was able to bring it to the Toledo Assembly Complex, where the current Jeep Wranglers is built. Video after the jump! Via Chrysler
That seems to be the gist of this recent article at Ward’s Auto. Trucks are now Ram. We know the Avenger is going away. The minivans may end up being exclusive to Chrysler. So that only leaves the Dart, Journey, Charger, Durango and Challenger with no new models planned. What do you think? Is Ward’s just trying to grab some headlines?
The limited edition Mopar ’13 Dart has officially been priced at $25,485, and will hit dealer lots this summer. The package includes Pitch Black paint with a blue racing stripe, a lowered stance, chin spoiler, deck-lid spoiler and rear diffuser, plus black 18-inch wheels. Power still comes from your standard Dart 160 hp 1.4 liter four banger. One more pic after the jump! Via Chrysler
The first win goes to Miles Watsko of Winnipeg, Manitoba for his awesome 1964 Plymouth Savoy, which was chosen from over 1,000 Mopars at the 29th Annual Midwest Mopars in the Park car show in Farmington, Minnesota this weekend. This definitely looks like a deserving win! Tons more pics after the jump! Via the Mopar Facebook page!
Check out the old school Mopar running with the Bimmers and European Fords at the famous Spa Circuit in Belgium! They scored two top-ten finishes! Full writeup and more pics at hemicuda-france.com!
This will be the seventh season of the Top Eliminator program, which honers the best Mopar restorers and modifiers. A total of four winners will be selected in 2013. Two winners will be chosen from competitions at Mopars in the Park and the Carlisle Chrysler Nationals. A third will will be picked from drag cars at the NHRA U.S. Nationals in Indianapolis. And this is super cool: a fourth will be chosen online. Builders can upload pics of their Mopars and people will vote to determine the winner. More details at Chyrsler.com
Below is the 2009 Dodge Challenger SRT8 owned by Tom Ledoux of Pearland, Texas which won last year.
It features a pearl white body and black vapor chrome wheels, and the colors of the Italian flag adorn the seats. Sergio already donated it to charity! Check out the video after the jump!
Allpar has some interesting stuff on the 2015 Dodge Charger. They are currently expecting a mild refresh for 2015 to carry over until the big RWD Chrysler cars are completely redesigned (somewhere in the 2017 to 2020 range). Right now they are expecting a 6.2 liter Hemi pushing around 580 horsepower, updated electronics such as UConnect 2, Via Mobile and parking aids, eight-speed trannies for all motors (not just the V6 cans) and perhaps some suspension tuning. The rendering below shows some influence by the Maserati Ghibli. You can read more at Allpar
This represents the best April sales since 2007 and the 37th-consecutive month of year-over-year sales gains. Ram Truck brand sales were up a whopping 49 percent. This is great news after the somewhat disappointing Q1 income report. Full press release at Chrysler
A woman in Atlanta was killed over the weekend when a wheel came off a Ram truck and hit her minivan. Video after the jump. Via Atlanta Journal-Constitution