♪ Yay, I'm wakin'
up, it's a good day ♪
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goodDay Stateline,
it is our auto showcase,
we're at Anderson Chrysler Dodge
Jeep Ram with Bob Williams.
Hello, Bob.
- How are you?
- Good, I'm in the middle
of all these awesome cars.
- I know, it's awesome.
Isn't that $94,000, right
in front of you there?
- I'm staying away
from that one,
(laughs)
Tell us What's
going on over here?
- You know, we've got
some really cool stuff
coming out this year for
2021 in Jeep, particularly
we've got a brand new Grand
Cherokee coming with third row.
First time they've ever
done the third row.
- Oh, wow.
- Yeah, in the Grand Cherokee.
- That's huge.
- Yeah, it is.
that they haven't built since
'91, the Grand Wagoneer.
And they built that
for like 30 years
and it was like the
first luxury SUV.
- [Michelle] Okay.
that back for '21 as well.
- That's something very
exciting to look forward to.
- Yeah, it's good stuff.
It's really good stuff.
For the third year in a row,
Motor Trend Truck of the Year
for the all new TRX
engine in a Ram truck.
So we're excited
about that too--
- That sounds like it is perfect
for someone who
needs a new truck.
- You gotta come back
whenever we get us.
- Okay.
- So we can take it out
and see how fast we can
- That sounds like a lot of fun.
So we are inside the
Dodge Durango with Blake.
I'm gonna put my seatbelt on.
It smells new in
here, I love it.
Tell me what's cool
about this car.
about the Durango this year
is they came out with a
new Uconnect five system.
It's a 10.1 inch screen.
Before in a lot of our models,
you had to plug in
- Yes.
- In order to get
Apple Google CarPlay or
anything like that to work.
Now, everything is all wireless
and it's five times
faster than it was before.
So we're really excited
It's out in the Durango
now, the Pacifica
and coming later in the year
in other models as well.
- That's amazing.
And then it looks like
there's a lot of things
- Yeah, and everything
is touchscreen,
it makes everything
really super simple.
adjust your heated seats,
heated steering wheel, dual
temperature climate control.
If you wanna check light
anything on your vehicle
from your rear view camera,
or anything like that,
you can do all of that as well.
So one really cool thing
about the Durango this year
is they came out with
a new Hellcat Durango.
For the first time
- Okay.
- You can get a 710 horsepower,
third row SUV that
does zero to 60
in three and a half seconds.
So if you wanna talk
about having a fun car
and still being able to
take your family anywhere
is the way to go.
- All right, Chad.
So first tell us
what car we are in?
- We are in the 2021 Jeep
Wrangler Rubicon edition.
- It's a pretty cool car.
- It is, nothing is cooler
That's why everyone buys them.
That's why they have
such a cool following
which is why we're in it today.
So this one of the
coolest things.
If you could drive anything,
this is one of those
anythings you would drive.
- Isn't there a fancy way
for people who drive a Jeep?
- Yeah, definitely.
Jeep
- All right.
So you were born into
this family here?
- Yeah, absolutely.
- So tell me a little bit about
the Anderson history here.
So last year we celebrated
our 50th anniversary.
My grandfather, Jean Anderson,
started a service station,
a gas business in
Lovers park Illinois
and Harlem and North
Second Streets.
- Okay.
- Still is very well
known to this day.
I still get a lot of
compliments and stories
about that service station
and people meeting him
and working with him
and do business with
him over the years.
And then he took a chance
and a new business venture
to add a young upstack new,
to the United States import
company called Datsun
to his service station business.
Looking for an
opportunity to grow.
Most people today will know
that Dutson became
what we know as Nissan.
- So if you ever remember
really our first dealership
that carline outside
of Lovers Park
just down the road
from service station.
Do you know where we came from?
- Okay, so--
- Well, you can move the seat.
- Okay.
You got a good command
to the steering wheel, the
pedals, all kind of stuff.
- All right, it's really,
it's not that complex.
- Okay.
- Drive just like
your car except it's--
- Better?
- Just bigger and better.
- Okay.
- You got the shifter obviously,
you gonna put this
thing on the drive
and then you're going
to start creeping
up this ramp a little bit.
- Okay.
- And then when feel you're
just give her a little
bit of gas and let her go.
It's got big tires on it.
The grippy it's gonna
crawl right up the side.
- Okay, so I just
start and drive?
- Yes.
- That was easy one, two, three.
- Yes, there you go.
- Oh, gosh, did we did it?
- Yes, you got it.
- You can go over the
whole thing if you want.
(Laughs)
- Okay, comfortable.
- Thanks for Bergen.
- How are we going to get out?
- That's easy, you just
got to fall out of it.
- Oh great.
That way?
- [Chad] Yes.
- Okay.
Guys, we're done.
Next time you drive
down East state street,
check out my cute
red Jeep for me.
It's still up there in the snow.
We'll be right back with
your goodDay Stateline.
A calendar tasks of
the day and an awesome
and GDS auto showcase
giveaway in just a second.
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