US EV Grants Winners Begin "Battle for America's Future"
6 Aug 2009, 06:55 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The US has announced yesterday the winners of the $2.4Bn battery and EV development grants, a move aimed at meeting President Obama's goal of having some 1 million electric vehicles on the road...
Alfa Romeo Goes Back to the States with Giulia
4 Aug 2009, 12:59 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / We already knew this was going to happen, especially since Fiat announced a strategic alliance with Chrysler. So, Alfa Romeo will go back in the United States and the first model to be offered to Am...
Chrysler Excited with July 2009 Sales
4 Aug 2009, 10:57 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / How else could it be since together with General Motors and Ford it accounted for 47 percent of all CARS sales? Chrysler posted a 30 percent sales increase in July compared to the previous month, wi...
Ford Focus Is Cash for Clunkers' Best Seller
4 Aug 2009, 09:52 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / The Car Allowance Rebate System really helped the Detroit Three, as General Motors, Chrysler and Ford take 47 percent of all new car sales through the scrapping schemes. The figures have been provid...
No More Double Cash from Chrysler
3 Aug 2009, 12:05 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / As we told you in July, Chrysler had an interesting approach over the US Car Allowance Rebate System (CARS), offering up to $4,500 to consumers who agree to trade-in an old car and purchase a new Ch...
Chrysler Financial Will Not Renew Financing Conduit
3 Aug 2009, 08:36 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Chrysler Financial announced today it has sufficient funds to continue as an independent finance company on the auto retail market. Chrysler Financial says it is not going after the multibillion fun...
Chrysler PT Cruiser Saved from Death
2 Aug 2009, 08:56 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / If you’re one of those guys who don’t believe in miracles, you should change your mind because one has just happened. Chrysler announced it won’t kill the PT Cruiser after all so p...
Obama Expects GM, Chrysler to Repay Loans
30 Jul 2009, 09:18 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Contrary to what some analysts believe, US President Barack Obama expects both General Motors and Chrysler to repay the government loans they have received to stay in business and operate during ban...
Marchionne Expects Rational Pricing in the US by 2011
27 Jul 2009, 08:40 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Sergio Marchionne, both Fiat's and Chrysler's CEO, said today in Italy that he expects the race for volumes to end in the following 12 to 18 months and prices to return to values which mak...
Alfa Romeo MiTo, Too Small for the US
27 Jul 2009, 07:03 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The recent alliance between the Italians from Fiat and local giant Chrysler has opened the door to a new world of opportunities for both companies, but at the same time it has raised a lot of questi...
US Dealers Saga Continues
26 Jul 2009, 07:37 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / After both managed to exit bankruptcy, General Motors and Chrysler left behind a trail of discarded, or at least soon to be discarded dealerships. The decision to kill some 2,000 was taken, as both ...
Fiat Receives EU's Approval to Buy Chrysler
25 Jul 2009, 11:46 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Things are going in the right direction for Fiat and Chrysler, the two manufacturers who agreed to form a strategic partnership in early 2009. The European Commission yesterday approval the deal bet...
Chrysler Warns: Threat of Liquidation
24 Jul 2009, 10:00 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The recently reborn Chrysler has warned yesterday, through the voice of one of its executives, that it may face liquidation once again if the legislation aimed at reversing the termination of its 78...
Chrysler Doubles CARS Incentives
22 Jul 2009, 13:28 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / In an attempt to both boost sales and bring back customers it lost during its bankruptcy struggle, American manufacturer Chrysler announced the "Double Cash for Your Old Car" program, whic...
Nardelli Joins Cerberus
22 Jul 2009, 06:50 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / As we told you back on April 30, the day when American manufacturer Chrysler filed for bankruptcy, the company's CEO, Robert Nardelli announced his departure as soon as Chrysler emerges from ba...
Magna to Use Former Chrysler HQ for New Plant
21 Jul 2009, 08:58 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Magna International, who's currently struggling to take over General Motors' Opel, is now turning its eyes to Chrysler. The Canadian - Austrian parts manufacturer is aiming to use the site...
Buy a Truck, Get a Free AK-47
20 Jul 2009, 12:07 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The lengths some will go to for money... Unfortunately, there is no typo, nor a scam in the title you read above. A Missouri truck dealer has found a very unconventional, dangerous way to sell "...
Chrysler's New Dealer Network
17 Jul 2009, 10:07 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Chrysler Group has announced yesterday its new line-up of dealerships, as it was taken over from the former Chrysler. The American manufacturer now has a 2,385-strong dealer network, 1,364 of which ...
US House Approves Dealer Resurrection
17 Jul 2009, 09:03 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The battered US dealership network, severely damaged by the bankruptcy process through which two of the biggest carmakers in the US had to go through, received today a piece of good news, as the US ...
Chrysler Financial Toughness Terms
13 Jul 2009, 14:10 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Even with the two largest domestic manufacturers out of bankruptcy, the ordeal of the dealers of both GM and Chrysler is far from over. The latest blow comes from Chrysler Financial, who has asked d...