FCA Announces Big Commitment to EVs | Mississauga Brampton

FCA has announced its biggest commitment yet to the electric vehicle. It’s investing $4.5 billion in a new Detroit assembly plant, dedicated to Jeep and Ram.  CEO Mike Manley said the carmaker will be pursuing new opportunities, “including at least four plug-in hybrid vehicles and the flexibility to produce fully battery-electric vehicles.” That’s not entirely […]

Want to deepen your relationship with your vehicle? Take a road trip. A very long one. You might think you know her well after all those hours together driving around Brampton, Mississauga and Hamilton, but it’s not the same as a legitimate snowbird voyage south. Way south. My family was a little shocked when I […]

A quick glance at any parking lot in Mississauga, Brampton or Oakville says it all: trucks aren’t just for country folk. Urban drivers have been in love with trucks for quite a few years now, and the pickup segment is on fire. Ram 1500s are a top seller here at Team Chrysler. Never dreamt I’d […]

Winter driving gets a lot of attention here in Ontario, and for good reason. Ever watched the news when it suddenly snows in a place where snow isn’t all that common? Chaos. We Ontarians like to pride ourselves on having mad skills in the winter driving department. But it isn’t just winter road conditions that […]

If you’ve ever checked out used car ads in Mississauga, Brampton, Oakville or Toronto, you may have seen the quaint phrase “lady driven” and wondered what it meant. Was it a good thing, or ? Back a few decades, when women were less likely to drive their own vehicles on a regular basis, it was […]

Back in the day, my grandpa called his vehicles—all of them—Bessie, while my dad’s junkers all went by the name Betsy. Those are, as it happens, the two most popular names to give your car if you live in North America. No idea what my mother called her sleek green Buick, or if she did […]

If you’ve been scoping out Jeeps in Toronto, Mississauga or Brampton, you’ve likely seen the term Trail Rated bandied about. Jeeps are known for their trail toughness and off-road capability, but what does it really take to earn the Trail Rated badge? If your dream is to hit the trails and riverbeds of Ontario, make […]

When Jeep first announced a redesign of the beloved Cherokee, way back in 2014, there were some grumbles from the purists in the Jeep fold, even here in Mississauga and Brampton. Once behind the wheel, people were more convinced: the Cherokee still drove with the heart of a truck, handling everything a good 4x4 should. […]

Safety conscious drivers in Toronto, Mississauga, Brampton and Oakville take note: For the second year in a row, the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety awarded the Jeep Compass the Top Safety Pick in the SUV category. Redesigned in the middle of the model year in 2017, the Compass snagged the first award and has gone […]

  Ahh, summer. It’s been a little elusive this year in Mississauga and Brampton, but we’d like to cheer you up with the 2019 Jeep Cherokee. The new model crossover has retained what works and focused on some popular changes to the previous generation’s design and interior roominess. As an added bonus, they’ve offered drivers […]