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AutoBird Podcast – Esp 32: “In Your Dreams Episode”

Episode 32 starts with introducing this weeks guest Tony Pimpo from GM Inside News.  Moving into the garage we talk about the 2011 Chevrolet Cruze press launch I attended last week. We then move along to the major news of the week segment.  This week included-

  • New Ford Explorer Debut (Link)
  • Leaked Jeep Wrangler Interior (Link)
  • 200C drawings out and 900 new workers and second shift at Chrysler plant (Link) (Link)
  • 2011 Porsche Hybrid (Link)
  • Chevrolet Captiva Photos with no cammo (Link)

This week we continue with the new segment called car spotting.  Justin spotted a 1980 Corvette Indy Pace Car, Detomasso Pantera, 1960s jaguar e type convertible, Ferrari 612 Scaglietti, possibally a Pagoni Zonda.  Tony & I lead boring lives the last few weeks in comparison to Justin, thus we spotted nothing exciting.

Next came our main topic which was discussing features we would like to see in all cars. (Link)
Last we plug our respective blogs, Cheers and Gears,  AutoBird Blog and Accelerate Mpls.

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Video – Overview of the 2010 Jeep Wrangler Rubicon Unlimited

Leaked Chrysler/Jeep/Dodge/Ram Production Start Dates

2011 Chrysler 300C Interior

2011 Chrysler 300 Interior

Dates have been leaked out onto Allpar, a site devoted to all things Chrysler past and present, with the production start dates for many of the new or refreshed Chrysler/Dodge/Ram/Jeep models.

Things to note:

  • The LX based cars now have the same date as each other
  • It was originally stated that production of the new Charger and 300C would be staggered and now they are pegged to enter production simultaneously
  • The Wrangler date has also been moved up slightly
  • Rumors now peg the 200C name plate to be replacing the Sebring name
  • The Avenger name may soldier on for the Dodge counterpart

Production Start Dates:

2010 Viper – March 29

2011 Ram Chassis Cab – April 5

2011 Grand Cherokee – May 10

2011 Ram 1500/2500 – July 5 (one plant; second plant for Ram 1500 starts July 26)

2011 Caliber, Dakota, Liberty, Nitro – July 26

2011 Wrangler – August 16

2011 Jeep Patriot – October 4

2011 Dodge CUV (Durango replacement, possibly Magnum) – November 8

2011 Journey, Ram 1500 Hybrid – November 16

2011 Avenger  (Sebring?) – November 18

2011 Minivans – November 22

2011 Charger, Challenger, 300 – November 30

2011 Jeep Compass, 2012 Fiat 500 – December 13

2011 Dodge Charger Gauge Cluster

Source- AllPar