Aug11
If you've been sitting on the sidelines waiting to pick up a new Chrysler product, now may be the time to stand up and bring your wallet down to the nearest dealership. Chrysler has fired up a new incentive program that will leave a bit of money in your bank account for the first three months of your new-car ownership period. It's called (imaginatively enough) No Payments for 90 Days,
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Aug02
Chrysler Brand and Eight Mile Style LLC Release Gospel Version of 'Lose Yourself' from 'Selected of God' Choir
'Lose Yourself,' performed by 'Selected of God' choir, available for download on iTunes; Eight Mile Style to donate 100 percent of publishing proceeds to three local Detroit charities
Chrysler and Eight Mile Style launch the 'Imported from Detroit Project'
August 2, 2011 , Auburn Hills, Mich. - Chrysler Brand and Eight Mile Style LLC, a Detroit-based publisher of...
Jul14
If this story sounds familiar to you, it's because something very similar happened just ten months ago. Chrysler employees at the Jefferson North Plant in Detroit were busted for drinking beer during their lunch breaks, and the automaker subsequently fired 13 of the workers involved.
Now, the same behavior has been observed at Chrysler's Trenton Engine Plant. The news crew at FOX 2 Detroit investigated many tips sent in from workers at the Trenton, MI plant, citing that...
Jul13
Chrysler Group will recall more than 243,000 Dodge Ram pickup trucks because of potential problems with tie rod assemblies that may increase the risk of a crash, the automaker and U.S. safety regulators said.
To be recalled are 2008-2011 Ram 2500 and 3500 4x4 models, 2008-2011 Ram 3500 Cab Chassis 4x2 models, 2008 Ram 1500 Mega Cab 4x4 models, and 2003-2008 Ram 2500 and 3500 models, according to a filing with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.
About 243,000 of...
Jun29
U.S. District Judge Arthur Tarnow ruled that Chrysler's request didn't show that it would suffer irreparable harm or that it had a strong likelihood of winning its case. That means Pure Detroit's owner, Detroit retailer Moda Group LLC, can continue selling its "Imported from Detroit" products.
Tarnow also noted that Chrysler doesn't have a trademark on "Imported from Detroit" and rejected the automaker's argument that trademark law isn't applicable to the case.
Jun03
Fiat Auto has officially agreed to buy the U.S. Treasury's remaining 6% interest in Chrysler, boosting Fiat's ownership stake to 52%. That deal has been in the wind, but was finalized only late Thursday, the Associated Press reports.
AP says Fiat will pay $500 million for all of Treasury's Chrysler holdings. The deal must pass muster with U.S. regulators, which could take as long as three months, though an OK is expected sooner, according to the AP report.
The government is...
Apr12
The second five percent comes after met a condition stipulating that Fiat sell a Chrysler product in 90 percent of dealerships in Brazil while also achieving $1.5 billion in revenue outside of North America. The automaker reportedly struggled to reach an agreement with dealers in Brazil to sell Chrysler-badged vehicles, so a second stipulation was rewritten to account for Chrysler vehicles re-badged as a Fiat. That vehicle is the Fiat Freemont shown above, which is essentially a...
Jan04
Looks like Fiat may be looking to increase its stake in Chrysler from 20 percent to 51 percent before the Pentastar goes public. If true, that would mean that Fiat intends to repay Chrysler's federal loans before their 2013 due date. Doing so would allow the Italian automaker to sink its teeth into its American property by an additional 16 percent.
Jun09
Remember Chrysler? You know, the number three in the “Big Three”? Many of Chrysler’s few remaining dealers have grown weary over the last several months frustrated with Chrysler’s slow attempt to jump back into the marketing game. These dealers have watched General Motors (GM) come back from the same brink of bankruptcy by watching advertisement after advertisement on television. Chrysler’s dealers are left to ask what’s going on with their company’s strategy?
May06
Today Chrysler has voluntarily recalled over 186,000 diesel powered Dodge Ram 2500 and 3500 Heavy Duty pickup trucks. Model Year 2007 through 2009 This recall includes all trucks equipped with 6.7-liter Cummins diesel engines that falsely illuminate the check engine warning under certain conditions, causing the engine to produce large amount of soot that could possibly damage the turbocharger, exhaust gas recirculation valve and diesel particulate filter and result in increased...
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