Image 1 — New Hurricane 2.0L Turbo in the 2026 Grand Cherokee engines are going out left and right. WTF?
Image 2 — New Hurricane 2.0L Turbo in the 2026 Grand Cherokee engines are going out left and right. WTF?
Image 3 — New Hurricane 2.0L Turbo in the 2026 Grand Cherokee engines are going out left and right. WTF?

New Hurricane 2.0L Turbo in the 2026 Grand Cherokee engines are going out left and right. WTF?

How did this pass R&D?? The turbulent jet ignition technology is all good stuff in theory. They spec 87 octane for a turbo that sees boost peaks close to 35 psi? The spark plug porcelain is cracking and sliding down the electrode, and if debris falls it damages the cylinder head and walls and can take the piston out too. Niterra/NGK is either giving shit quality, Stellantis spec’d a spark plug nowhere near cold enough or with improper gap/dimensions, or they didn’t do anywhere near enough abuse testing with 87 octane, which 99% of customers are gonna be using. It just baffles me how you put state of the art technology in the engine design, hype the whole thing up at a CTC display about the tech, and they’re misfiring right off the dealer lot with endless warranty claims getting executive level attention. Who dropped the ball on this?

u/BillyBurner59 — 4 days ago

Seeing a Stellantis product broken down on the Chrysler Drive I-75 exit is always a funny sight

u/BillyBurner59 — 14 days ago
▲ 326 r/cars

Stellantis privately showed journalists the upcoming SRT Hellcat Charger, all but confirming the supercharged V8’s rumored return to the 2024+ generation

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u/BillyBurner59 — 1 month ago

Stellantis morale feels great if you came from General Motors

I’ve been here 8 months and between my 5 regular contacts at CTC who came from GM in Warren and all of my connections who have either been laid off or are desperately trying to escape GM, Stellantis has been a breath of fresh air. We are not without issues, it’s been a chaotic clusterfuck for a long time now and there’s a lot of bullshit. But GM operates in the most cutthroat, every man for himself till the last one stands mentality. Trying to backstab fellow team members when forced stack ranking had already eliminated the 5% of under performers and there’s no slackers left to cut, but they still have to. They have been slashing jobs harder than any company I know in the industry. I was starting to consider dark thoughts when I was in Warren and it almost ruined my marriage.

I’m still very skeptical about the Filosa era but time will tell, there is so much damage to rebuild from here.. I know people in the Big 3 hop between companies often, please do your research before you consider leaving, it’s not much greener elsewhere in the auto industry right now.

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u/BillyBurner59 — 2 months ago

External employees, okay to put Stellantis on your LinkedIn?

Been here for 7 months and wanna update my LinkedIn. Nobody has ever heard of my third party agency who simply signs the paycheck. Most of the other external employees I’ve seen on LinkedIn use Stellantis as well. The only thing is I would make sure to add a note of Contract - External via *agency name* on my Resume for background checks but that sounds silly for LinkedIn.

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u/BillyBurner59 — 2 months ago

Not many details.

“General Motors Co.'s chief growth officer is leaving to "pursue a new endeavor" after about three years in marketing at the Detroit automaker. Norm de Greve announced his planned June departure in a Tuesday post on LinkedIn. "After an incredible run at GM, I will be moving on in June to pursue a new endeavor," de Greve wrote. "More on that when the time is right."

u/BillyBurner59 — 2 months ago

Met some people in the hallways today that were on their first day. Both of them were from GM who has been laying off nonstop since middle of 2025. Kind of pleasant to hear during otherwise endless negative auto industry news. They were in product development and engineering, anyone else notice an influx today?

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u/BillyBurner59 — 2 months ago