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Next Jeep Liberty to get shrunken Pentastar V6

The replacement for the aging Jeep Liberty is expected to debut at next January's Detroit Auto Show, and when it does, a brand-new Pentastar powertrain will reportedly be spinning underhood. According to Automotive News, Chrysler will offer a downsized 3.2-liter V6 in the Liberty mated to a nine-speed automatic transmission sourced from ZF. The current Pentastar V6 displaces 3.6 liters and has been well-received by both critics and buyers in everything from the refreshed Dodge Journey to new Chrysler 300. Chrysler Group CEO Sergio Marchionne reiterated to AN that efficient transmissions ... Read More

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    Report: Next Jeep Liberty to get shrunken Pentastar V6
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    The replacement for the aging Jeep Liberty is expected to debut at next January's Detroit Auto Show, and when it does, a brand-new Pentastar powertrain will reportedly be spinning underhood. According to Automotive News, Chrysler will offer a downsized 3.2-liter V6 in the Liberty mated to a nine-speed automatic transmission sourced from ZF. The current ...

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    Detroit 2011: Jeep celebrates 70th Anniversary with special edition models
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    Jeep has proclaimed itself as "one of the world's few, true icons." Normally, we'd take issue with such a brazen statement, but in the case of Jeep, we don't really disagree. In fact, in a good portion of the developed world, the word 'Jeep" is synonymous with sport utility vehicles in general... like Kleenex or Coke. With that in mind, Chrysler think ...

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    Giving the appropriate sex to a car (and why it's still dumb)
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    According to Kevin Wilson of Auto Week, there was apparently some emphasis by Jeep at the Chicago Auto show that the Dodge Nitro is aimed at male buyers, while the Jeep Liberty is geared more towards women (the latter remarks, of course, were implied as not to receive a scorching glance, lawsuit, or the front tire of a Porsche Cayenne). The same division ...

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