Hello, my name is Daniel Susco, and this is In the Rearview, where I herd the week's
car news into a nice little pen for you to look at.
First up, Nissan patted itself on the back this week as it built two EV fast-chargers
on interstate 96 in Michigan, smugly proclaiming that unlike those other carmakers, it's
totally dedicated to building car charging infrastructure in the US.
Before Nissan bends too far over to kiss its own behind, though, I have to point out that
two chargers in one spot in Michigan does not a convenient charging infrastructure make.
I think of it like getting a painting as a gift where all the paint is just a mound in
the center—it's nice of you, but wouldn't it be better if it were spread out a bit more?
Now then, since I first started writing about cars, I was struck with one overarching impression:
Fiat Chrysler makes some shabby cars.
This week has not reversed that impression.
To begin, in the ongoing investigation into the company's diesels, the same independent
testers who cracked the VW diesel cheating scandal have been looking at FCA's diesels
like the Ram 1500, and they found they made up to 20 times the legal limit of Nitrogen
Oxide.
Then, the NHTSA is investigating over 100,000 Jeep Libertys because they have received so
many complaints that the car's occupant restraint controller wasn't working right,
so the car's injury-mitigating headrest wouldn't work.
It seems it's fixable, but the cost of the fix is somewhere up to $500.
Of course, FCA doesn't want a recall, because it is already conducting two recalls.
The first is that it is pulling back every Pacifica Hybrid sold so far because faulty
diodes could cause "propulsion loss," or in other words, it suddenly decides it
doesn't want to go anymore.
On top of that, the fix isn't coming for a few months, still.
The second recall is pulling back 209,000 Dodge Grand Caravans currently on the road,
because faulty wiring in the steering wheel could cause anything from the wipers accidentally
turning on to the driver's side airbag just going off randomly in your face, like when
you're headed to visit your mother, who you really should visit more, and you never
call as much, and maybe you should have her up for lunch this weekend and WHUMPH.
Finally, it seems that FCA's key database is somewhat less than secure, as a biker gang
from Mexico broke into it (possibly using a Jeep dealership employee in Cabo San Lucas)
and used the data to steal 150 Jeep Wranglers from San Diego over the course of three years.
In total, that adds up to about $4.5 million dollars in stolen Jeeps.
"But Danny" some protest while acting entirely too familiar with me, "that might
have happened to any carmaker."
But on the contrary—it only worked because the Wrangler's hood can be opened by whoever
happens to walk by so they could cut the horn and light wires.
Speaking of rough-around-the-edges automakers, some news came from Mitsubishi this week that
raised the hopes of enthusiasts as the brand said it would be bringing back the "Evo"
badge.
Then it immediately crushed those hopes by saying that it wouldn't be coming for several
years, and probably slapped on an SUV.
So, womp womp, I guess.
Finally, enthusiasts do have some consolation, though, as the Honda Civic Type R has gone
on sale now, with a starting price of just $33,900, for a swoopy sedan with a turbocharged
2-liter making 306 horsepower and 295 lb-ft of torque, all controlled with a six-speed
manual transmission.
I have to say, it definitely would not suck to practice my manual shifter driving on that,
rather than my mom's Nissan Cube.
Thanks for watching!
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