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Spied: 2014 Jeep Compass/Patriot Test Mule

These days, it’s nearly impossible to travel across Southeastern Michigan without tripping over a Fiat-based Chrysler test mule. Sure enough, we managed to stumble across a very early test mule for what will ultimately replace the Jeep Compass and Patriot CUVs.

In late 2009, Chrysler disclosed that both the Compass and Patriot – presently built on the late Dodge Caliber’s PM/MK architecture – would be replaced by a single model in 2013, and adopt a new, Fiat-sourced platform. Although the time frame has since been delayed slightly (Chrysler now says both the Compass and Patriot will live on until August 2014), the company is already working on concocting a replacement based upon the C-US Wide (CUSW) platform. It won’t be the first Jeep to use that architecture; that honor goes to the forthcoming Jeep Liberty replacement.

That platform, which also underpins the 2013 Dodge Dart, is a longer, wider variant of Fiat’s C-EVO platform, which is used in the Alfa Romeo Giulietta. As such, it’s not surprising to see this early test mule use a Giulietta body that has obviously been both widened and lengthened to fit. As is always the case with engineering mules like this, expect the finished product to share no sheetmetal with the finished product.

We’ve seen similar bodies used on both Chrysler 100 and 2013 Jeep Liberty mules, but this particular tester does without the 100’s Chrysler-like grille insert, and the Liberty mule’s substantial ride height.

That change in ground clearance may indicate how Jeep plans on differentiating two models spawned from the same platform. Chrysler/Fiat CEO Sergio Marchionne has repeatedly pledged that the new 2013 Liberty will be “a trail-rated, full-blooded Jeep.” The Compass/Patriot replacement could then be more car-like, catering to shoppers more concerned with traveling to the mall than conquering Moab.

Both model lines could still share a number of powertrain options. Although we’ve heard rumors that the CUSW platform could support a downsized, 3.2-liter version of Chrysler’s Pentastar V-6, expect these compact utilities to instead make use of a wide array of four-cylinder options, including the revised Tigershark 2.4-liter I-4, along with Fiat’s turbocharged 1.4-liter Multiair I-4. A ZF-licensed nine-speed automatic has already been confirmed for the Liberty, and it’s a safe bet that it will also appear in the Compass/Patriot successor.

The two will not share either production timing or manufacturing facilities.  The Liberty will be built in Toledo, Ohio, starting in the third quarter of 2013. The 2014 Compass/Patriot, however, won’t enter full production until late 2014, and will be built alongside the Dodge Dart in Belvedere, Illinois.


Spied: 2014 Jeep Compass/Patriot Test Mule image

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Car Rentals Provide Valuable Peace of Mind over Fourth of Jul …


LOS ANGELES, Jun 25, 2012 /PRNewswire around COMTEX/ –
The American Automobile Association, ordinarily famous as AAA, recently expelled a news on pushing and tourism during a arriving Fourth of Jul holiday. They envision 42.3 million Americans will transport some-more than 50 miles from their home during a Independence Day holiday duration (which covers Jul 3rd to Jul 8th). This is not usually an roughly 5 percent boost from final year; it’ll also be a top series over a final decade, restraining with 2007. The AAA goes on to contend that 84 percent of these vacationers (35.5 million people) will drive.

One of a reasons for this arise in travelers is that normal Fourth of Jul holiday automobile let rates have decreased given final year (by 9 percent, according to a AAA). California Rent-A-Car, a Los Angeles oppulance automobile let association given 1991, is awaiting to have a bustling holiday period. There are a lot of variables for this year’s Independence Day; as a holiday falls on a Wednesday, some will take time off before, some after, some both. Because of this, Los Angeles business are branch to smaller bondage like California Rent-A-Car due to their modernized coherence and concentration on patron service. For example, a swift during California Rent-A-Car is impossibly opposite and means to accommodate opposite renter’s needs. Some travelers will wish a incomparable SUV let to enclose their whole family underneath one roof. Some will indeed downgrade, determining they don’t need to take their normal automobile on such a prolonged trip. More excitingly, others will lease a oppulance automobile only to live a little.

Many consumers consternation if a let could indeed finish adult saving them money. Issues over gas mileage, wear and tear, maintenance, depreciation, and tire health all come into play. It’s really probable that, by affordable automobile let Los Angeles companies like California Rent-A-Car, a patron can save income by renting a automobile (especially when hybrid vehicles are concerned). Nonetheless, renting a automobile provides something some-more profitable than saving money–calmness. It can be stressful to expostulate during such a undiluted time, quite when we might consider that your stream automobile is on a final legs. Perhaps your automobile is even out of elect (it could need excellent tuning or mangle down final notation before a break). Renting a automobile is a good proxy resolution for a time when we need to travel. California Rent-A-Car works with many physique shops and correct comforts to yield good use in situations like these. They’ll collect adult and dump off business and take caring of paltry word paperwork. Your automobile can be bound while you’re on vacation–everyone wins.

July 4th is deliberate a holiday where reduce spending activities (staying inside with family, sightseeing, etc.) power supreme. Travelers will hunt down a discount and that’s because they’re branch out in droves to go to California Rent-A-Car. Whether it’s a automobile let during LAX or a try before we buy scenario, California Rent-A-Car has a services for any Southern Californian.

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Navigate through Middle Tennessee in the 2012 Jeep Compass

PRLog (Press Release)Jun 25, 2012
Inspired by the 2012 Jeep Grand Cherokee, the 2012 Jeep Compass presents potential Middle Tennessee Jeep buyers with a rugged but yet sophisticated look featuring Jeeps signature style grille with chrome surroundings and 4×4 capabilities, all for less than $30,000.

INSPIRED BY GRAND CHEROKEE
The 2012 Compass features a rugged yet refined look, inspired by the Grand Cherokee.
Its exterior styling cues incorporate the classic Jeep seven-slot grille with Chrome surround.

SOPHISTICATED STYLING
The exterior builds upon the Jeep® brand’s iconic styling, attitude, and all-weather driving capability.

WHEELS AND TIRES
Compass boasts an adventurous and eye-catching array of standard and available wheels. Compass offers exceptional ride and handling performance in all-weather conditions with its steering and suspension system.

PREMIUM CRAFTSMANSHIP
Compass features soft-touch points for added comfort. There’s also a high-level of standard refinement including: air conditioning, Remote keyless and illuminated entry, LED illuminated cup holders, cruise control, bright trim, power windows, mirrors, and locks. As an added available convenience, the steering wheel includes fingertip control of audio and handsfree phone. Come visit Chrysler Jeep Dodge Ram of Franklin so you can see it for yourself.

GARMIN® NAVIGATION
On the technology front, Compass includes an available Media Center 430N radio with Navigation by Garmin® and available Uconnect® Voice Command. The available SiriusXM Travel Link™ features real-time gas prices, weather radar map, sports, traffic and movie schedules.

ADVENTURE LONGER
The 2012 Jeep Compass 4×2 offers up to 29 mpg. The 4×4 models offer up to 28 mpg. With an EPA estimated 28 highway miles per gallon – you can enjoy your adventure even longer. This fuel economy performance helps Compass attain up to 394 miles on a full tank of gasoline.

ALL-WEATHER WARRIOR
Being prepared can make all the difference. For the ability to handle rough weather, deep snow, sand and other low-traction surfaces, choose the available Freedom Drive I™ full-time, active 4WD system with lock mode. For advanced Go Anywhere, Do Anything® capability, choose to equip Compass with the Trail Rated® Freedom Drive II® Off-Road Group.
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Located at 1124 Murfreesboro Rd. Franklin, Tennessee 37064 or call us to make an appointment at 888-730-0032 or to make an appointment to test drive a new or used car, truck, van or SUV today! Chrysler Dodge Jeep Ram of Franklin has something for everyone from our luxurious Chrysler 300 or try burning rubber on our newly redesigned Charger or Challenger But if you are looking for power or leaving the pavement for some off-roading action our new line of Jeep or Ram will do the trick. But we cannot forget the state of the art all new Town and Country with room to fit the whole family and not give up the power, luxury and room bringing to the table a little for everyone, Because that is what Chrysler Dodge Jeep Ram of Franklin offers Quality, selection and Great service.
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The intersate is bumper-to-bumper from a area of a Golden Glades Interchange all a approach south to a city of Miami exits.

No vital crashes are reported on I-95 southbound.  The delays are believed to be compared with limited downtown Miami routes since of a march and jubilee for a NBA champions, a Heat.


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Safari includes school stop for Wyoming couple

Dale Leatham and his wife, Noreen, have recently returned from their first trip to Africa.

They were in South Africa, where Dale, a U.S. customs officer at the Casper/Natrona County International Airport, harvested eight animals.

But the trip was about more than the hunt.

“Any time a member leaves the country to hunt, the Central Wyoming Chapter of Safari Club International gives $500 if he’ll go to a school and donate it to them,” Dale said.

He and his wife decided to match that amount, and they presented $1,000 to the Laerskool Vaalwater in Vaalwater. The school was chosen because two of the children of the Dale’s professional guide attend it.

“The day before we visited, Noreen and I went to the grocery store and bought these big chocolate suckers. We bought every one they had, and we gave them to the kids.”

School staff members were so excited by the Americans’ visit that they had an assembly for them, where the children sang and Dale told them about Wyoming.

Noreen is an elementary school librarian in Casper and they raised six children in the Casper school system, so it was an especially meaningful part of the trip.

“The principal was so excited, she cried,” Dale said. “She said no one had ever given the school money before.”

In a thank you note, the principal wrote, “It means a lot to this small school. We are planning on buying a new fax machine for the school as ours broke a while ago.”

Dale said there are about 45,000 people in the town and surrounding area and about 800 of them are white. But at the school with 145 students, there are 60 percent white and 40 percent black.

“They have to wear uniforms, but shoes are optional. We thought that was interesting,” he said.

“After the assembly, we went and visited every classroom,” he said. “They are so friendly and so curious.”

The flight from Atlanta to Johannesburg is 17 hours. Although they were 9,000 miles away, Dale said in some ways, it felt very much like home.

In the Johannesburg airport, a man from Virginia was close to having his $110,000 gun confiscated because a customs paper was missing its signature.

“I saw what was going on, and went and talked to the worker, and asked if the number on the gun matched the number on the paperwork, and if everything was in order on the paperwork except the missing signature. She said that it was, and I identified myself and offered to sign it. She agreed, and the guy was very, very happy,” Dale said.

Also in the airport, he saw a man who works in Canada for an international oil company and clears customs at the Casper airport on a regular basis.

“He looked at me and asked, ‘What are you doing here?’ I told him I was hunting, and he said ‘Me too.’ It’s really a small world.”

Dale also visited with a retired outfitter in South Africa who came to Wyoming 25 years ago as the guest of a client.

“I took him ice fishing to Alcova with my family, and he’d never seen a frozen lake before and he was not too sure about it,” Dale recalled with a laugh.

Although it was his first hunt outside North America, Dale said the trip was “flawless,” because he “listened and talked” to everybody in the local chapter who has hunted internationally.

“They all have dos and don’ts, and I listened.”

Dale said the Central Wyoming Chapter of Safari Club International has about 70 members. The purposes of the organization are to protect hunters’ rights worldwide as well as support wildlife conservation worldwide.

Locally, the chapter sponsors 4-H shooting sports and kids who want to take hunter safety courses.

On Aug. 25, the chapter plans a “trophy room tour,” where paying guests actually visit the trophy-game rooms of hunters in their Casper homes.

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nullDETROIT (AP) - Government safety regulators have expanded an investigation into fires in older-model Jeep Grand Cherokees.
 
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration says on its website that it has added Jeep Liberty and Cherokee SUVs to the investigation. The probe now covers 5.1 million vehicles.  The agency says 15 people have died in 26 Grand Cherokee fires.
 
The government started investigating nearly two years ago. It’s looking at complaints that gas tanks can leak and cause fires after rear-end crashes.
 
The investigation affects 1993 to 2004 Grand Cherokees. Also covered are 1993-2001 Cherokees and 2002-2007 Libertys. All three have gas tanks under the rear bumpers.
 
The SUVs haven’t been recalled. Chrysler says the vehicles are safe and meet federal safety standards. It says fires after rear-end crashes involving Grand Cherokees are rare.

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GM recalling over 400000 Chevy Cruzes



NEW YORK (CNNMoney) –

General Motors is recalling 413,418 Chevrolet Cruze tiny cars to cgange an engine defense that could emanate a glow hazard.

The engine shield, a vast cosmetic square that is commissioned underneath a front of a automobile to strengthen a engine, could trap oil that is incidentally spilled or dripped during oil changes.

Also, in cars with primer transmissions, pushing with a ragged purchase can means blazing hydraulic liquid to eruption from a purchase housing. The fiery liquid can light a engine defense heading to an engine cell fire.

In a apart movement involving some of a same cars, GM dealers will also check welds in a back cell to safeguard they were scrupulously applied. As many of a 249 of a cars might have deficient welds.

The recalls engage all Cruzes built in a United States from Sep 2010, when a automobile initial went into prolongation in a U.S., by May, 2012.

The recalls follow a rough review by a National Highway Traffic Safety Administration into dual engine cell fires in 2011 Chevrolet Cruzes.

There are no famous crashes, injuries or fatalities associated to possibly recall, GM pronounced in a press recover Friday.

GM dealers will cgange a engine defense by slicing divided tools of it, formulating holes that will concede fluids to season through. The alteration routine that will take about 30 minutes. Owners should make an appointment with their dealers “at their commencement convenience,” GM pronounced in a statement.

Weld repairs, if necessary, will take about 3 hours, GM said.

Notification letters will be mailed to owners commencement Jul 11.

The Cruze compress automobile was GM’s deputy for a Chevrolet Cobalt. It was a company’s best-selling automobile indication final year.


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