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Mopar to Trick Out New 2013 SRT Viper and Wrangler Hemi V8 4x4 for SEMA

The performance crew over at Mopar may have revealed a selection of customized cars such as the V10-powered Dodge Charger Juiced, the Fiat 500 Beach Cruiser and the Urban Ram concepts in the flesh and in advance of the SEMA Show on October 30, but the Chrysler Group's tuning arm is keeping several more projects under wraps.

Among the dozen or so SEMA show-bound Chrysler cars that have no yet been unveiled in the flesh are the "Moparized" 2013 SRT Viper and the Jeep Wrangler Sand Trooper, both of which were teased through renderings.

Perhaps in another parallel universe, some strange beings could call this woman's actions courageous and admirable, but here on earth, we would like to believe that most people would describe her as senseless and completely irresponsible.

What did she do? Well, how about standing right in front of a big foot Jeep Wrangler during a rock climbing competition and falling down multiple times, yet continuing to hold on to her camera instead of trying to get out of harm's way?

In a developing story, authorities say a Chrysler employee fatally stabbed a male co-worker at the Detroit company's Jefferson North assembly plant at around8 a.m. Thursday.

Detroit police Sgt. Alan Quinn told reporters that the suspect fled the factory and then committed suicide at the Belle Isle Park. The unnamed man is said to have died from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound.

Chrysler confirmed the incident in a short press statement:"Two employees were involved in an altercation inside the plant. One employee was stabbed and unfortunately pronounced dead at the scene. The Detroit Police Department is currently investigating."

In view of the lack of any new production or concept models, Jeep's stand at this year's Paris Motor Show will be occupied by the European premieres of three special edition versions, all of which have already been presented in North America.

The most impressive of the three is no doubt the Grand Cherokee SRT Limited Edition available exclusively in a Bright White finish with blacked-out exterior details and Gloss-Black and chromed 20-inch alloy wheels.

We guess you could say justice was served in the case of 32-year-old Shena Hardin, of Cleveland, who reportedly had the bad habit of using the sidewalk whenever she saw a school bus to avoid waiting for the children to exit or enter the vehicle.

After seeing the same thing happening over and over again, a Cleveland Metropolitan School District (CMSD) bus driver decided to take matters in his own hands by calling the police to capture the woman red handed.

Sure enough, Hardin appeared with her silver-colored Jeep Compass and jumped on the sidewalk to go around the bus. Only this time, a patrol car was waiting for her just around the corner…

A pair of new special edition models equipped with accessories for off-road enthusiasts, the Grand Cherokee Trailhawk and Wrangler Moab, have been added to the Jeep brand's lineup.

The first model is the production version of the Grand Cherokee Trailhawk Concept shown last Spring. Offered with both a V6 or V8, the Trailhawk comes equipped with several capability-enhancing features.

Customer satisfaction is something all carmakers strive to achieve. The way each one chooses to improve and thus gain customer loyalty as well as a good reputation, differs among them.

In 2009, when the US automotive industry was in turmoil, the Chrysler Group initiated the Dealer Standards program.

It was Chrysler's way to make dealers improve their facilities and their customer satisfaction index. Large dealerships could be awarded as much as US$200,000 per quarter if they met the Pentastar’s standards, and receive penalties for failing to do so.

In 2005, Jeep unveiled the Wrangler based Gladiator pickup (pictured here) at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit.

Unfortunately, the Chrysler brand was in financial turmoil at the time and unable to ready the concept for production. Now, though, Jeep's top bosses are mulling over the possibility of reinventing the Gladiator for the future lineup.

It's the end of the line for the current generation of the Jeep Liberty, also known as the Cherokee in overseas markets, as according to a report from Reuters, the Chrysler Group will stop manufacturing the SUV at its Toledo North Assembly Plant next Thursday, August 16.

However, as the current Liberty comes to an end, Jeep will give birth to another model with the Chrysler Group to begin preparing the Toledo facility for its production.

Speaking to an audience at the 2012 Management Briefing Seminars in Michigan on Wednesday, Chrysler Group's head of interior design Klaus Busse said that the company's bankruptcy played a positive role in improving the brand's interiors, which for the most part, were universally panned during the Daimler era.

According to Autonews, Busse, a German ex-pat who remained with Chrysler when Mercedes-Benz's parent company Daimler jumped boat in 2007, said that after the company re-emerged from bankruptcy in 2009, the remaining employees had sense of shared purpose, as well as a bigger budget and an artistic freedom.

We still have a long way to go before the 2012 edition of the SEMA Motor Show, which runs from October 30 to November 2, but OMIX-ADA, an independent manufacturer and wholesaler of Jeep parts and accessories, is trying to grab our attention with a new concept model scheduled to debut at the Las Vegas show. Read more »

Jeep Enhances 2013 Grand Cherokee Lineup with SRT8 Alpine and Vapor Special Editions [w/Video]

With less than a year on the market, there was really no reason for Chrysler LLC to make any substantial changes to the Jeep Grand Cherokee SRT8 for the 2013MY so instead, the Detroit carmaker added two new special edition models to the range called 'Vapor' and 'Alpine'.

The two new models are one and the same with the difference being that the Alpine is dressed in a "bright white" finish for the body while the Vapor in a "brilliant black" color.

Jeep's UK market Chelsea Truck CJ300 Expedition Vehicle, which is a special edition version of the five-door Wrangler Unlimited, is the latest model to fall into the tuning hands of Kahn Design.

Finished in military green paintwork, the Wrangler is updated with color-coded side rear panels and mirrors, LED daytime running lights mounted between the front fenders and the bumper, smoked Xenon headlamps, side repeaters and tail lights, side wing blades in carbon and a black fuel filler cap.

In the latest episode of the Jeep Grand Cherokee saga, the Swedes at Teknikens Värld have released new video footage of the subsequent tests that were performed after the SUV failed the infamous moose test.

Following a second test with a different Grand Cherokee that produced similar results, the Swedish magazine summoned a group of Chrysler engineers who insisted that the car be loaded with 470kg (1,037 lbs) or 132kg (291 lbs) less than Jeep/Chrysler's own registered maximum payload of 602kg (1,327 lbs).

The magazine pointed out that with a driver and four adult passengers, there's "hardly any margin for luggage" if they adhered to Jeep's 470kg payload demand but agreed to do the test nevertheless.

The battle of press releases and statements that erupted between the Chrysler Group and Swedish car magazine Teknikens Värld after the latter published a video showing the Jeep Grand Cherokee almost tipping over in the infamous "moose test" continues to rage on.

In its first response, the Detroit carmaker said its engineers tried to "reproduce the wheel-lift in a properly loaded vehicle" without success.

Chrysler pointed out that neither Teknikens Värld was able to recreate the original event in a subsequent evaluation of three vehicles performing 11 runs, which were conducted by the magazine on July 8 in Sweden and witnessed by the automaker's engineers.

According to Chrysler, "The uncharacteristic result was obtained using a vehicle loaded beyond its weight specifications."

Today, Teknikens Värld notified us about its latest posting that rebukes Chrysler's claims saying that the aforementioned moose test with the Jeep Grand Cherokee was conducted according to strict parameters that were followed "to the smallest detail".

Some fifteen years after Swedish car magazine Teknikens Värld forced Mercedes-Benz to hastily upgrade its newly introduced at the time A-Class, when in 1997, its journalists flipped over the tall hatchback during the now-infamous "moose" or "elk" test, the same publication is claiming that the latest generation of the Jeep Grand Cherokee is prone to rolling over.

As it does with most new cars launched in Sweden, Teknikens Värld subjected the latest Grand Cherokee (launched in the country last year) to the moose test, which is a high-speed steering maneuver designed to simulate the driver's efforts to evade an obstacle that suddenly appears on the road - such as a moose, hence the name of the test.

The magazine found that in its base configuration for the Swedish market, and despite being fitted with an anti-rollover system, the new Jeep Grand Cherokee "shows potentially fatal rollover tendencies at low speed in our avoidance maneuver test".

"Such behavior is totally unacceptable in 2012," said Teknikens Värld's Linus Pröjtz.

The tallest snorkel and toughest wheels in the world won't do anything to help if you underestimate the depth of a body of water and what lies underneath, as was the case with these explorers that tried to cross a mud pond near the village of Siennica in Poland with their trail-rated, ~~Jeep Grand Cherokee~~ second generation

Cherokee.

The video shows the Jeep model filled with water right up to the door handles and stuck in the mud.

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Mopar to Trick Out New 2013 SRT Viper and Wrangler Hemi V8 4x4 for SEMA

Real-Life SouthPark: Woman Stumbles in Front of a Big Foot Jeep But Still Won't Let Go of the Camera

Chrysler Employee Kills Co-Worker then Commits Suicide, Automaker Idles Down Jefferson North Plant

Jeep to Display Special Edition Versions of Grand Cherokee, Wrangler and Compass in Paris

Jeep Driver Uses Sidewalk to Bypass School Bus Only to Find a Cop on the Other Side…

Jeep Introduces New Grand Cherokee Trailhawk and Wrangler Moab Special Editions

Chrysler Cuts Incentives and Penalties Strategy, Dealers Will Have to Rely On Sales and Service

Jeep CEO Says Pickup Model a Possibility for 2015

Jeep to Stop Building Liberty / Cherokee at Toledo Next Week to Prepare for New Fiat-Based SUV

Chrysler Group Exec Feels Proud About the Brand's New Interiors

Color Me Orange: Dave Doetsch's Jeep Wrangler Unlimited "Crush Recovery"

Jeep Enhances 2013 Grand Cherokee Lineup with SRT8 Alpine and Vapor Special Editions [w/Video]

Kahn Reimagines Jeep Wrangler Unlimited in a Military Green Hue

New Video Shows Jeep Grand Cherokee's Tires Pop Multiple Times in Moose Test

Teknikens Värld Defends Moose Test Findings, Chrysler Says the Magazine Cheated

Swedish Magazine Claims that New Jeep Grand Cherokee is "Lethal" in Moose Test

Watch Polish Drivers Try to get a Jeep Cherokee Out of Waist Deep Mud Water

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