Chrysler News

Could an electric Fiat 500 be creeping closer to production? Recent spy shots point to that being the case as an eerily quiet 500 test mule was seen gallivanting around U.S. streets. This has been a long time coming, as Chrysler promised an EV even before bankruptcy took a hold ...    Read more

Chrysler's Mack Avenue facility in Detroit may live to see the light of another day. In a recent move to sell more vehicles Italian auto maker Maserati will be relocating the installation of interior, engine, and trim of its new SUV to the facility. One of the Mack Avenue facilities ...    Read more

Jeep left Texas this weekend with a title that carries some sizeable weight considering how big everything in the Lone Star state is. The Texas Auto Writers Association named the Grand Cherokee "SUV of Texas" for the second consecutive year. The 2012 Wrangler Unlimited was also named "Mid-size SUV of ...    Read more

Remember the Dodge Magnum? If not, don't feel bad. A lot of other people don't either. Produced from 2005-2008, the Magnum—essentially a wagon version of the popular Dodge Charger—never caught on like Dodge thought it would. On the contrary, the 300C wagon—the European version of the Magnum—was popular, but that's ...    Read more

It's getting cold in hell. Despite prior reluctance and an explicit aversion to the idea, Chrysler will move forward with hybrid technology in its attempt to meet stringent CAFE standards by 2016 and 2025, probably first with the Chrysler 300. Speaking to Automotive News, Chrysler CEO Sergio Marchionne said the Detroit Import ...    Read more

The timing of Alfa Romeo's return to the United States has been unclear ever since the Italian automaker left this market in 1995. Even with the most recent claim of a mid-2013 debut, many remain skeptical. That's not stopping Fiat CEO Sergio Marchionne from finding a boss for the North ...    Read more

A U.S. consumer group known as the "Made in the USA" Foundation is calling Chrysler's recent ad campaign, "Imported from Detroit," into question. The organization has also filed a complaint against Ford's Fusion. This accusation isn't a new one in the automotive world as auto manufacturers have outsourced the assembly ...    Read more

The United Auto Workers union has reached a tentative agreement with Chrysler. The deal is expected to cover wages and benefits for 23,000 Chrysler hourly workers and will create another 2100 jobs. Chrysl ...    Read more

Fiat has released the second video ad featuring Jennifer Lopez driving the new 500 convertible. While the campaign is just beginning, Fiat's relationship with the brand's ad agency in the U.S., Impatto Custom Marketing, has already ended. In the latest J Lo commercial, she drives a Fiat 500 convertible around ...    Read more

Chrysler Group boss Sergio Marchionne has decided to only offer one minivan in the future and the Chrysler Town & Country will be it. The Dodge Grand Caravan, along with the mid-size Avenger, will be getting the axe and replaced by a single crossover in 2013. However, this move has some ...    Read more

When college campuses across the nation are being bombarded by leggy short-shorts-wearing girls in Uggs, you know summer is officially over. That's true even here in Los Angeles, where we just got the season's first rain, and where temperatures have temporarily dropped into the low sixties (we'll be back to ...    Read more

Ford Motor Co. has become the second Detroit auto maker to arrive at a deal with the United Auto Workers union. While still pending ratification by UAW union members, the deal will stretch over four years and cover 41,000 Ford employees in the U.S.  The UAW and General Motors arrived ...    Read more

Strong sales among crossovers, pickup trucks, and SUVs continue to bolster Ford, General Motors, and Chrysler sales with newer vehicles especially catching the car buyer's eye (and greenbacks) as witnessed with sales of the revamped Jeep Compass. Such sales also continue to support Americans love for large vehicles despite continued ...    Read more

Chrysler’s lauded Pentastar engine is coming under fire for, well, not firing: Due to a manufacturing mishap, the engines can lose power and fail. The 3.6-liter V-6 engine can be found in a diverse array of Chrysler, Dodge, and Jeep models: the 200 and Town & Country, Journey, Durango, Grand Caravan ...    Read more

When Chrysler's Ram brand split off from Dodge back in 2009 the goal was to target "real truck customers," and not just to those who buy strictly on style and image. Today at the State Fair of Texas, the Ram brand crept closer to that goal announcing expanded availability of ...    Read more

To raise awareness about breast cancer, and hopefully $250,000 in the process for research, Chrysler is releasing a special edition of the Fiat 500 called the “Pink Ribbon” edition. Priced from $22,500, including $500 for destination and handling, the Fiat 500 “Pink Ribbon” edition comes with the top-range Lounge package, ...    Read more

Before DaimlerChrysler disbanded it hit a homerun with the introduction of the Chrysler 300 back in 2005. Since then the 300 has been redesigned and, for the 2012 model year, offers an eight-speed automatic transmission with the 3.6-liter Pentastar V-6 engine. While there weren't many changes on the 2012 Chrysler 300 ...    Read more

Chrysler is hoping the new 2012 300 sedan will make as great an impression as the original model did years ago. While some believe the Chrysler 300 borrows a few styling cues from the Rolls-Royce Phantom, the full-size luxury sedan continues to refine the formula that made it so popular ...    Read more

While General Motors and the United Auto Workers iron out final details on a new contract agreement, word is that Chrysler and Ford aren't privy to a similarly patterned pact. Though not all of GM’s contract details have been released, the leaked information included concessions such as $2- to $3- ...    Read more

Detroit’s three automakers — Chrysler, Ford, and General Motors — weren’t able to come to an agreement with the United Auto Workers union by their self-imposed contract deadlines, raising tension between the automakers and its pool of labor. As the Sept. 14 deadline passed, all three carmakers and the union reluctantly ...    Read more

Chrysler and Dodge minivans are under investigation by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration for a potential fault in their headlight mechanism. Vans built from 2005 onward may have their headlights spontaneously shut off, with the driver unable to turn them back on. Customers have filed 1541 complaints about the headlights ...    Read more

According to a report published yesterday by the Los Angeles Times, Iraq is experiencing an economic boom. Strangely enough, with their newfound purchasing freedom, Iraqis are falling in love with big American cars. As a two-time combat veteran, I'm familiar with the traffic scene in Iraq. The preferred insurgent vehicles before ...    Read more

It would appear Chrysler Group is on the right path with the redesign of many of its models, its new Pentastar 3.6-liter V-6 engine, and recently announced eight-speed transmission. Along with the redesign, base prices on a number of models have been dropped.  Popular models such as the Dodge ...    Read more

Like last month, Chrysler and its Jeep brand took the lead among the Detroit automakers as far as percentage gains go. While GM and Ford both sold more vehicles, Chrysler LLC saw overall sales up a whopping 31 percent versus the same period last year. Ford: The Blue Oval continues ...    Read more

Chrysler one-upped its domestic rivals today by being the first of the Detroit Three to introduce an eight-speed automatic transmission. The new transmission promises better fuel economy and improved efficiency. There is an asterisk behind the claim though, since Chrysler's newest gearbox wasn't actually developed in-house. Like many of the world's ...    Read more