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24th Fall Willys Jeep Reunion
& Swap Meet
September 13-14, 2019
Auto World Museum
Fulton, Missouri
willysreunion.comAuto Graphs
- The ’20 Ram 1500 gained the third-
generation EcoDiesel V-6, which makes
480 lb-ft of torque and has a towing capac-
ity of 12,560 pounds. That’s 14 percent
more torque than the previous diesel.
Horsepower is up 8 percent to 260 ponies. - Keep your eyes peeled—later this year,
Netflix will add Fast & Furious: Spy
Racers, or what Netflix calls, “The Fast
and the Furious Animated Show.” Yes,
based on the movie franchise of the
same name. The streamer describes the
show as, “Adventures abound as a group
of teenagers infiltrates an elite racing
league controlled by a nefarious organi-
zation bent on world domination.” - Hot Wheels fans: You might want to
download Hot W heels id from apple.c om
or the App Store. It scans Hot Wheels id
cars digitally into the app and can connect
with the Hot Wheels track to count laps
and boost cars for speed. Race Portal and
Smart Track are a few of the benefits. Go
to hotwheels.com/id for all the details. - Are V-8s on their way out? As in, will Toyota
dump the engine from the Land Cruiser
and will Ford scale back V-8 production? - Will British Columbia ban many gas and
diesel vehicles come 2040? - New redesign for mopar.com. Now you
c an do almos t any thing Mopar-related
without ever having to speak to or deal
with a human. Scheduling ser vic e, ge t ting
answers to questions, finding warranty
info, watching how-to videos, and buying
product all got more user-friendly.- Even superc ar builder s need a side
hustle, apparently. McLaren Automotive
is debuting sunglasses and glasses as
part of the McLaren Vision Collection.
Pricing will vary, but if you go for the
bespoke collection, it starts at $2,000. - We told you about Uconnect’s in-vehicle
commerce, but Chevy drivers can also
get stuff like Domino’s pizza by way of
their vehicles' touchscreens. - More food: Uber intends to have drones
deliver Mc Donald ’s to Ub er Eat s cus tom-
ers in San Diego, California, later this year. - AutoNation is on the hunt for more
than 500 service technicians. This is
in response to a predicted shortage of
trained techs. Apply at bit.ly/2Jk9HGr. - AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety did a
survey and learned that almost 70 percent
of Americans don’t think a driver will get
c aught by polic e while high on marijuana.
- Even superc ar builder s need a side
Also important to note: “An estimated
14.8 million drivers report getting behind
the wheel within 1 hour after using
marijuana in the pas t 3 0 days .” Read the
survey here: bit.ly/2ZzxMzu.- IIHS found that the names manufacturers
are using for vehicle safety systems are
confusing consumers with regard to how
attentive they should be while driving,
for example, Autopilot from Tesla and
ProPilot from Nis san. Autopilot, ac c ord-
ing to IIHS, “had substantially greater
proportions of people who thought it
would b e safe to look at sc ener y, read
a book, talk on a cellphone, or text. Six
percent thought it would be OK to take
a nap while using Autopilot, compared
with three percent for the other
systems.” Click here to further roll your
eyes: bit.ly/2Lc3XkB. - I s a n a ll - e l e c t r i c H u m m e r c o m in g f r o m G M?