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Road Test: 2024 Dodge Hornet R/T Plus Plug-In Hybrid

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Italian Under the Skin Scratch the surface of the 2024 Dodge Hornet R/T and you will find the Alfa Romeo Tonale, with Dodge and Alfa Romeo two of 16 Stellantis automobile brands sold throughout the world. Dodge was most recently the performance division of the old Chrysler Corporation. Is the Dodge Hornet R/T a sports CUV?

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2023 Lexus LX 600 Review - The Chauffeured Land Crusher

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Fake it until you make it, and dodge the calls from the collection agency. Here we see Lexus’ signature Nori Green Pearl paint, which really looks much better in person than I can manage to convey in photos. It gave drivers a taste of luxury without flaunting it. Times have changed.

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Stellantis has cut 400 salaried engineering, tech, and software positions

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Dodge and Chrysler’s parent company, Stellantis, has announced plans to lay off around 400 salaried workers from various positions across engineering, technology, and software. “This isn’t going to be the last,” said a person who was briefed on the situation to Automotive News on Friday.

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2024 Alfa Romeo Tonale Review — Bada Bing

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Unlike its domestic sibling, the Dodge Hornet , Alfa’s Tonale only comes as a plug-in hybrid (PHEV) and it will try to lean on the electric motor whenever possible if left to its own devices. While I had heard some negative rumblings about rear-occupant comfort in the Dodge Hornet, I failed to notice this on the Alfa Romeo Tonale.

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The NTSB Wants More Speed-Limiting Tech in New Vehicles

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New cars have all sorts of driver monitoring tech on board that can tell when a person is paying attention or has their hands on the wheel, but the National Transportation Safety Board feels there’s a need for more. The crash was caused by a driver traveling 103 mph in a 2018 Dodge Challenger.

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Stuff We Use: What’s the Best Dash Cam?

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We had no desire to nudge the Challenger with another car, making me pine for the old days when I usually had at least one demolition derby car parked in my backyard, instead choosing to nudge the Dodge as if an inattentive passerby walked into the car while filming a TikTok video. Options exist to hardwire the thing, as well. &

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Road Test: 2022 Maserati Levante Trofeo

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Maserati is part of the family that also makes Dodge, Chrysler, Ram and Jeep, so there are some shared bits and pieces in the cabin, specifically the infotainment system. I personally have always like this system’s controls, look and ease-of-use. It resides in the 8.4-inch It seems none of us can get enough of those.