Gearing Up: Subsequent-Gen Jeep Wrangler To Get Eight-Speed Automatic

Amongst the rumors and speculation that surrounds the subsequent-generation Jeep Wrangler, one particular point is specific: Its fuel economy need to enhance from the current model’s less than stellar 17-mpg city and 21-mpg highway numbers. A recent report in Automotive News points to a major modify that will assist in that mission.

AN reports that a current Fiat-Chrysler filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission shows that the corporate 8-speed automatic, built by Chrysler under license from ZF, will uncover a home in the brand’s redesigned rugged off-roader: “The 8-speed transmission is at present paired with gasoline and diesel engines in the 2014 Ram 1500 and Jeep Grand Cherokee and is also featured in the new 2014 Dodge Durango. We plan to use this transmission in all of our rear-wheel-drive autos, except for heavy-duty versions of the Ram pick-up truck and the SRT Viper.” The filing also noted that the 8-speed ’box “reduces fuel consumption by a lot more than 9 % more than the 5-speed and 6-speed transmissions” that it has currently supplanted in many FCA cars.

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If this appears like an obvious and reasonably straightforward way to squeeze a few extra mpg from the existing Wrangler, AN asserts that “Chrysler would have utilized the 8-speed in the Wrangler ahead of the upcoming redesign, but the transmission does not fit in the current model.”

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Gearing Up: Subsequent-Gen Jeep Wrangler To Get Eight-Speed Automatic

What a Jolt: Subsequent-Gen Base Chevy Volt Could Be Named “Bolt”

Could a more affordable, entry-level Chevrolet Volt be called “Bolt” when the new plug-in hybrid debuts next year? According to a current trademark filing found by GM Authority, yes, it’s in the cards.

Common Motors applied with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Workplace last week for “Chevrolet Bolt,” and while there’s absolutely nothing more to it, “Bolt” plays along with GM’s other electrically themed names, Volt and Spark. Offered the timing of the 2016 Volt’s split into 2 models, which includes one particular that will supposedly be sold for $ 30,000, “Bolt” could be a playful rhyme next to the company’s flagship plug-in. Or it may just be cover in case a Chinese organization decides to steal GM’s thunder. At worst, it could make people believe of the loose metal bolts coming off of GM vehicles in the company’s most current spate of recalls. But we digress.

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In the same week, GM also submitted applications for “Sierra Elevation”—which sounds like GMC’s take on the Silverado Higher Country—and requested to revive the Hummer name for the “portable electric energy generators” category. If a Hummer generator wasn’t weird adequate, how about a GMC barbecue grill, which GM also applied for final week? Here’s hoping the ignition switch works on that 1.

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What a Jolt: Subsequent-Gen Base Chevy Volt Could Be Named “Bolt”

Mini Thinking about Optional Diesel Power for Subsequent-Gen U.S.-Spec Countryman Crossover

If there is a Mini that would benefit from a torquey, fuel-sipping diesel, it is the biggish and relatively heavy Countryman crossover. Fortunately, that is precisely what Mini appears to be considering, as properly, because it is designing the next-generation U.S.-spec Countryman to at least be capable of supplying an oil-burner.

The current Countryman can be ordered with a diesel in other markets, naturally, but its platform is not made to hold the urea tank and SCR filter essential to meet U.S.-market place emissions requirements. That hurdle will be cleared with the next-gen model, we lately learned from a Mini executive.

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Of course, Mini hasn’t confirmed a diesel Countryman for our market, only that it will be feasible to sell 1 here when the subsequent-gen model arrives in 2017. The next Countryman will be built atop BMW’s new front-wheel-drive platform, which is shared with the 2014 Mini Hardtop and the upcoming BMW 2-series Active Tourer.

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Mini Thinking about Optional Diesel Power for Subsequent-Gen U.S.-Spec Countryman Crossover

Mini Considering Optional Diesel Power for Subsequent-Gen U.S.-Spec Countryman Crossover

If there is a Mini that would advantage from a torquey, fuel-sipping diesel, it is the biggish and reasonably heavy Countryman crossover. Luckily, that is precisely what Mini seems to be pondering, as nicely, simply because it is designing the subsequent-generation U.S.-spec Countryman to at least be capable of offering an oil-burner.

The current Countryman can be ordered with a diesel in other markets, naturally, but its platform is not made to hold the urea tank and SCR filter required to meet U.S.-industry emissions requirements. That hurdle will be cleared with the subsequent-gen model, we lately discovered from a Mini executive.

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Of course, Mini hasn’t confirmed a diesel Countryman for our market, only that it will be achievable to sell a single right here when the subsequent-gen model arrives in 2017. The next Countryman will be built atop BMW’s new front-wheel-drive platform, which is shared with the 2014 Mini Hardtop and the upcoming BMW 2-series Active Tourer.

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Mini Considering Optional Diesel Power for Subsequent-Gen U.S.-Spec Countryman Crossover