Soon Jeep will present its new model pick up

According to the head of Fiat / Chrysler, Sergio Marchionne, it will be a versatile vehicle that will have a pickup truck body. It appears that the vehicle will be created based on the concept Gladiator.

According to Marchionne, he liked the car as soon as he saw it and decided that they will reach mass production. Although it is possible to obtain some internal competition with models like the Ram, the likelihood new Jeep to reach mass production is great.

Marchionne explained that he has already agreed to be "set up multi-purpose vehicle from Jeep, with something that looks like a pickup truck body. According to him, generally not dangerous to make a Jeep pickup, because the Ram is a popular brand in North America and less in the rest of the world.

The Detroit Ballout is Not Over

All of Detroit is safe until after the auto show in January, sorta. The government approved $13.4 billion in loans for General Motors and Chrysler for immediate consumption (Ford said “no thanks” for now.) This will take them until February when another $4 billion may be available, but they will also have to show that their operations are able to show "positive net present value" – a tough goal I’ll get to in a moment.

This means at least when the North American International Auto Show hits Detroit in January, at least the Big Three won’t have to ring the Salvation Army bell, and instead they will be able to somewhat focus on products. But this isn’t the end of the fight, the big picture has four elements still to come:

There will be more layoffs

There will be more money needed pumped into the industry

It’s the end of fun new cars

The winner will be the one who returns to big cars first

So for this week, after the just I present a little accounting, a healthy dose of skepticism, and just enough optimism to keep fans of American cars from jumping out the window.