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Chrysler’s First Hemi: Aircraft V16, Creation and Restoration
Inside the XIV-2220 Hemi V-16 and the people who created it

Dodge, Jeep, Ram, and Chrysler at the 2025 New York Auto Show
Putting on a show for Chrysler’s centennial-plus-one

Leak tests, freeze plugs, and plant markings
Why freeze plugs stayed around so long, how leaky blocks are fixed, and other factory tales

Other Car, Truck, and Company Stories

Chrysler’s flexible manufacturing (updated report)
Making different cars on the same line, without pausing to change tools: the wonders of Mopar's flex system
from 11/19/24

1983 Dodge Diplomat in Canada
Digging into the brochure and the car
from 10/21/22

New Dodge Dart (2013-16)
Bugs and oversharing killed a contender
from 11/2/21

Car Spotter: 1964 Jeep Gladiator Pickup
Slow sales in 1964, highly collectible today
from 5/10/22

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