Saturday, January 15, 2011

New Chrysler 300 Video with Head of Design

Chrysler 200 Convertible Pictures

The new Chrysler 200 Convertible!








Friday, January 14, 2011

Chrysler Considers New Pickups, `Mini-Minivan' to Win Buyers

Chrysler Group LLC is considering two new pickups, a seven-passenger Jeep and a smaller minivan, showing the automaker is willing to spend money to widen its product lines and draw in new customers....More

Sergio Marchionne has raised industrial and political tension

Sergio Marchionne is demanding labor in Italy must adopt the UAW style contracts in return for a 20billion dollar investment.


Quote:"---If they refuse, Mr Marchionne has said he will pull all or part of Italy’s biggest private employer out of the country and move industrial jobs to lower-cost sites in Poland, Serbia or North America....More

Tuesday, January 11, 2011

2011 Jeep Compass

For Jeep brand CEO Mike Manley, unveiling the freshened Compass today was the final installment on a 2009 pledge to rework the brand's entire lineup.more

Chrysler will likely kill one of its two traditional minivans

Chrysler will likely kill one of its two traditional minivans for the next generation, due to arrive in 2014. Whichever brand does not get a minivan would get some kind of “people mover,” Marchionne said, perhaps without sliding doors. .. more

Jeep to dust off Grand Wagoneer name for 7-seat SUV

It's time we gave the market an upper-scale Grand Wagoneer,” Chrysler CEO Sergio Marchionne said today. “You'll see it in January 2013.”

The Grand Wagoneer would be a seven-seat SUV built on the same platform as the Grand Cherokee and the Dodge Durango. Those two vehicles were part of Chrysler's 16-vehicle 2011 product offensive spearheaded by the hard-driving Marchionne....More

Monday, January 10, 2011

Detroit Auto Show: Ford and Chrysler Unveilings

Fiat News|Fiat raises Chrysler stake, readies for IPO

Fiat lifted its stake in Chrysler to 25 percent today as CEO Sergio Marchionne prepares for an upcoming round of meetings with bankers to refinance Chrysler's debt and to ...Read more: 

Chrysler News|Chrysler to boost new 300's mileage with eight- speed automatic transmission

DETROIT - Chrysler plans to put an eight-speed automatic transmission in its all-new 300 luxury sedan in a move to boost fuel economy.
Chrysler brand CEO Olivier Francois says the transmission will give the luxury car class-leading fuel economy equivalent to 7.8 litres per 100 kilometres..More

Jeep News|Chrysler Considers Jeep Wrangler-Based Pickup, Brand Chief Says

Jan. 10 (Bloomberg) -- Chrysler Group LLC, the U.S. automaker operated by Fiat SpA, is “very seriously” considering creating a pickup based on the Jeep Wrangler sport-utility vehicle, an executive said today...More

Saturday, January 8, 2011

Chrysler to invest in Brampton plant


Brampton, Ontario — Chrysler Group LLC will invest in a new paint shop and likely add a third shift to its assembly plant here as early as next year, CEO Sergio Marchionne said Friday.more

Friday, January 7, 2011

Price tag for Chrysler 300: $27,995

Chrysler announced today that its all-new 2011 Chrysler 300 full-size sedan will start at $27,995, including $825 in destination charges...More

How Chrysler 300 was given new life

The redesigned 300 faced the additional difficulty of being developed during some of Chrysler's darkest hours...more

Monday, January 3, 2011

Fiat may increase Chrysler stake to 51% before IPO

Fiat SpA, the Italian carmaker that owns 20 percent of Chrysler Group LLC, may boost the holding to more than 50 percent before a planned initial public offering by the U.S. carmaker this year....More