Dealers' Armageddon: Block the Sale
20 May 2009, 07:30 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The dealers affected by Chrysler's decision to end 789 franchises will not go as smooth as expected, at least from the dealers' point of view. Some of them, united under the Committee of C...
Ford Expects to Benefit From GM's, Chrysler's Dealers Cuts
19 May 2009, 14:36 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Ford, the only member of the Detroit 3 who's not seeking financial support from the United States government, said it doesn't plan to apply dealer cuts similar to those of its competitors ...
Dealers' Armageddon: 789 Legal Complaints against Chrysler
19 May 2009, 12:32 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / As we told you last week, Chrysler announced that no more than 789 dealers will be rejected in the United States, which means that, according to a statement by NADA, 40,000 employees will be affecte...
Chrysler Applauds Obama's National Fuel Standard
19 May 2009, 08:42 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Following Obama's Administration's announcement of a single national standard for fuel economy and CO2 emissions, most car manufacturer across the United States stepped in front of the med...
Chrysler to Expand Separation Programs
18 May 2009, 15:57 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The closure of six of Chrysler's plants (apart for the two who have already been closed) has raised concerns about the future of the company's employees. As a result of the talks with the ...
789 Cadillac Men
18 May 2009, 09:32 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The closing of the 789 dealers Chrysler has already announced may spawn a salesman/woman offensive, as there are around 40,000 vehicles to be sold, as soon as possible. If they don't, within a ...
Chrysler Assumes Supplier Agreements
15 May 2009, 12:20 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / After earlier announcing its decision of closing 789 of its dealers, Chrysler also decided what to do with its suppliers. According to a release issued today, the American manufacturer will begin as...
Chrysler to Offer $1,000 Voucher to Existing Customers
15 May 2009, 09:11 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / In an effort to bring back customers into their dealerships (which by the way will shrink by 789 locations), Chrysler has come up with a somewhat strange plan. According to a detnews.com report, mil...
Chrysler Bankruptcy, a Potential Threat to SiriusXM
15 May 2009, 08:22 UTC · By: Tudor Raiciu / Apart from dealerships and parts suppliers, the Chrysler bankruptcy could claim another victim in the industry, quite an expected one we might add. We're talking about the SiriusXM satellite ra...
Chrysler-Fiat Alliance Gets the Green Light From US FTC
15 May 2009, 07:27 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Although some people said that a potential alliance between Chrysler and Fiat would result in one of the biggest automakers in the US that could rule the roost in the country, the US Federal Trade C...
US Treasury: We're Not Involved in Chrysler's Dealership Cut!
15 May 2009, 07:26 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Following Chrysler's announcement that it will reject 789 dealers in the United States, the US Treasury officials stepped in the front of the media representatives and insisted they haven'...
Confirmed: Chrysler Kills 789 Dealers!
15 May 2009, 06:24 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Chrysler today announced that it has filed a motion with the US Bankruptcy Court to reject almost a quarter of its US dealerships as part of the reorganization process it started on May 1. The Ameri...
NADA on Chrysler Dealership Cut: A Very Sad Day!
15 May 2009, 06:38 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Chrysler's announcement that it will close the doors of 789 dealerships across the United States didn't shock anybody, especially because the whole industry is fairly familiar with the cur...
Chrysler's Dealers, Minus 1,000
14 May 2009, 08:45 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / After we already told you the plans GM has with a large part of its dealers, here comes the unpleasant task to do the same for Chrysler. According to some reports surfaced yesterday, the bankrupt Am...
Chrysler Bankruptcy Could Take Two Years
13 May 2009, 09:43 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / That would be something... Instead of the 60 days period announced by President Barack Obama, Chrysler's bankruptcy could take up to two years, Bloomberg reported today citing an administration...
Obama Cuts Chrysler's Ad Budget
12 May 2009, 12:32 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / As we have seen in our previous reports, Chrysler has put its main advertising partner, BBDO Detroit to work for the creation of the company's new image. Even if such a move under bankruptcy mi...
GM, Knockin' on Bankruptcy's Door
12 May 2009, 07:10 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The future of GM seems to no longer be so unforeseeable as it was one month ago. In fact, the only thing which can surprise is GM not filing for protection. This is even obvious for the company'...
Nardelli Says "My Bad' for Trenton/Kenosha Mistake
11 May 2009, 12:15 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / As the old latin saying goes, "erare humanum est" which means not even CEOs are excepted. The only difference is that when one of them gets it wrong, as Chrysler's CEO did, the conseq...
GM Will Get a Hand to Go into Bankruptcy
10 May 2009, 15:23 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / As was the case with Chrysler, GM seems to have no other way out of its predicament than filing for protection. All of those involved are aware of this and, as was to be expected, the US government ...
GM Drives Passenger Car Production Overseas
10 May 2009, 08:45 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / There's no wonder that automakers around the world are seeking ways to reduce costs in every single area but, in GM's case, things are evolving in desperate way. As if the so-many cost-cut...