Chrysler Group LLC, the U.S. automaker operated by Fiat SpA, is introducing six redesigned Dodge models as it backs the brand to help the company raise domestic sales by as much as 45 percent in 2011. The improved vehicles, which include the Charger sedan and Durango SUV, are “critical” to meeting those sales targets, Ralph [...]
Posted by uspostAutosWednesday, September 22nd, 2010
Appropriately, with its new-generation 2011 Grand Cherokee, Jeep is the trailblazer for the new Chrysler Group LLC, which has a fresh way of thinking and operating. It’s been charged with carrying the company’s banner: “The things we make, make us.” About two decades ago, Grand Cherokee led the way in creating the premium sport-utility vehicle segment. While Grand [...]
Chrysler Group LLC released images today of the new 2011 Jeep Wrangler and Wrangler Unlimited. Jeep continues to refine the successful Wrangler formula by combining its legendary, benchmark capability with an all-new interior that delivers rich styling with significantly upgraded touch surfaces, occupant comfort and versatility, and a premium appearance courtesy of an all-new body-color [...]
Chrysler has sought nothing if not stability after enduring two years of chaos: a freefall in vehicle sales, near liquidation and a change in ownership, as the U.S. government and Italian automaker Fiat took big stakes in the company. On Monday, Chrysler chief executive Sergio Marchionne — also head of Fiat, which owns 20% of [...]
DETROIT–Chrysler Group LLC will invest $300 million in two Indiana plants to build a new eight-speed automatic transmission aimed at boosting the auto maker’s overall fuel efficiency while protecting 1,200 manufacturing jobs. Production at the Kokomo casting and transmission plants will start in 2013, the auto maker said in a statement Wednesday. The $300 million [...]