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Worse than that. As the Bloomberg article pointed out, Fiat's attempts to bring down the mpg so far, like the 9-speed transmissions, have contributed to Fiat's worst-in-the-industry quality problems. And "FCA doesn’t have the resources to fulfill the emissions requirements" since they're over...

It says a lot that they used to try to stress the Renegade's offroad capability, and now instead of having the Jeep crawl over all that rubble in the ad, the highlight is that it makes turns on pavement like a semi-sporty car.

Not only does FCA have an emissions problem, driven largely by their "light truck" heavy lineup, but the problem is going to be expensive to fix and FCA doesn't have a lot of ready cash. Another European Automaker Has U.S. Emissions Problem of Its Own - Bloomberg Business To comply, FCA must...

I've been a Jeep guy pretty much my whole life. I watched Mork & Mindy growing up just to see her CJ5 every week (Pam Dawber was hot, too, but I didn't realize it when I was 9). My first Jeep was an 85 CJ7, and I have owned two Wranglers. But hearing some of the rumors about the next gen...