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#21

General Car Banter / Re: Stellantis cancels all of ...

Last post by Blueprint - Jan 13, 2026, 08:19 AM

The inline 6 is a jewel of an engine, had a Ram rental with one and came away impressed. I'm sure its been said 1000 times before, but that 6 is better in every performance metric compared to the Hemi. It should reside under the hood of the Wrangler/Grand Cherokee as well, at least as an option.

On the commute back home yesterday, saw a new RAM, not a base model - so good chance it was a Hurricane - on the side of the highway with the hood up.

#22

General Car Banter / Re: Stellantis cancels all of ...

Last post by Blueprint - Jan 13, 2026, 08:18 AM

Grand Cherokee is already available with the 4XE (?) hybrid 4-cylinder and it's absolutely terrible.  Driven lots of Wagoneers with the I6 Hurricane as work rentals, and can confirm that the engine feels smooth and has really nice torque curve that makes it feel pretty peppy, runs out of steam in the high RPM range, but w/e, it's a truck/suv. Shame the rest of the vehicle is a POS. I miss the old 5.7L Hemi sound though.

The 4xe is dead, but the JGC I drove with this drivetrain was great. The Hurricane is fun to drive, but sucks gas like a 6 litre V8 in real life, so I don't really see the point of it.

#23

General Car Banter / Re: Stellantis cancels all of ...

Last post by Firm - Jan 12, 2026, 09:21 PM

Grand Cherokee is already available with the 4XE (?) hybrid 4-cylinder and it's absolutely terrible.  Driven lots of Wagoneers with the I6 Hurricane as work rentals, and can confirm that the engine feels smooth and has really nice torque curve that makes it feel pretty peppy, runs out of steam in the high RPM range, but w/e, it's a truck/suv. Shame the rest of the vehicle is a POS. I miss the old 5.7L Hemi sound though.

#24

Show and Shine / Re: After a 2.5 year restorati...

Last post by Bridgecity - Jan 12, 2026, 09:16 PM

Amazing. I remember you giving us the story on this back in the autos.ca days. Too bad we can't reference that again.

#25

Show and Shine / Re: After a 2.5 year restorati...

Last post by Firm - Jan 12, 2026, 09:07 PM

Incredible car, huge congrats on finally getting it done. Might be worth coming back to Toronto to go for a rip

#26

General Car Banter / Re: Stellantis cancels all of ...

Last post by RRocket - Jan 12, 2026, 08:34 PM

The inline 6 is a jewel of an engine, had a Ram rental with one and came away impressed. I'm sure its been said 1000 times before, but that 6 is better in every performance metric compared to the Hemi. It should reside under the hood of the Wrangler/Grand Cherokee as well, at least as an option.

They were supposed to put the I6 in the Grand Cherokee, but they pivoted & are putting an all new turbo 4 that according to Jeep delivers 324 horsepower and 332 lb-ft of torque, not sure if they're gonna put that one in the Wrangler eventually.

Yuck. What could go wrong with a Stellantis 4 banger in a heavy Jeep?

#27

Show and Shine / Re: After a 2.5 year restorati...

Last post by TheHire - Jan 12, 2026, 08:27 PM

Sweet.  Is there a story in DC Mag about the restoration process?

There is not. I've documented everything obviously and it's going to be part of the car's file/records, but I'm keeping the car fairly private and as out of the spotlight as I can. It's just been too taxing mentally for me at this point.

I did get one salt-free day to do a ~5km drive around the dealership. I allegedly hit insane speeds in it, and I can vouch that these are not crap to drive. Lol.

#28

Show and Shine / Re: After a 2.5 year restorati...

Last post by Johnnymac - Jan 12, 2026, 06:19 PM

All done and it's...January, FFS, like getting a bicycle for Christmas as a kid.

I'm sure you are relieved and excited at the same time.  Look forward to hearing about your adventures with this beast.

#29

Show and Shine / Re: After a 2.5 year restorati...

Last post by GreatBigAbyss - Jan 12, 2026, 03:40 PM

Sweet.  Is there a story in DC Mag about the restoration process?

#30

Show and Shine / After a 2.5 year restoration, ...

Last post by TheHire - Jan 12, 2026, 01:01 PM

I'm six figures into this resto, but she's finally done... the Mario Andretti '91 Diablo is ready for me to enjoy