Chrysler to Kill Dodge Viper, Jeep Wrangler
6 May 2009, 07:16 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Just as we told you yesterday, Chrysler's Chapter 11 filing might delay the company's 2010 and 2011 models, with several vehicles likely to go on sale later than initially expected. But a ...
Court Approves Chrysler Bidding Procedures
6 May 2009, 06:56 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Despite the opposition of some of Chrysler's lenders, the Manhattan bankruptcy court approved the company's bidding procedures. This will allow the American manufacturer to step up the sal...
Fiat Needs Up to 7 Billion Euros to Form Europe's Biggest Automaker
5 May 2009, 15:20 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Fiat is slowly but surely becoming one of the world's biggest automakers and, even if it finally formed the over-discussed strategic alliance with Chrysler, it is now aiming to purchase the Ger...
Fiat-Opel-Saab, a Threesome Made in Heaven...
5 May 2009, 13:47 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Sergio Marchionne, Fiat's CEO supposedly called the Opel deal on Monday as being a "marriage made in Heaven", according to AFP. We would call it a threesome, given that recent rumors...
The New Chrysler Ad
5 May 2009, 12:40 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / As we told you yesterday, Chrysler's bankruptcy has spawned a new advertising campaign for the American manufacturer. Handled by BBDO Detroit, the campaign is centered around the "We'...
Chrysler's 2010 and 2011 Models in Doubt Due to Chapter 11
5 May 2009, 12:36 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Chrysler's recently-confirmed filing for Chapter 11 might also influence the company's short-term plans as 2010 and 2011 models might be delayed, Chrysler manufacturing chief Frank Ewasysh...
Chrysler Dealers' Armageddon
5 May 2009, 10:15 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Even if Chrysler seems to live in a soap bubble and tries, with the aid of advertising agency BBDO Detroit to convince us that "it's business as usual", the reality of their bankruptc...
Fiat: We'll Keep Opel Plants, But Cut Staff
5 May 2009, 07:14 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Fiat is getting closer and closer to their second objective in this spring offensive. After the Chrysler deal came through, we will find out sometimes in the following days whether Opel will become ...
Chrysler Gets Loan Approval, Lenders Get Death Threats
5 May 2009, 07:13 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Chrysler has made an important step under bankruptcy protection as it received the court's approval to access a $4.5 billion loan to help it ease up the pressure. The good news followed yesterd...
Fiat after Chrysler Deal: Now We Want Opel
4 May 2009, 14:39 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Only a rumor, huh? At least this what Luca di Montezemolo said some time ago when asked by the media whether Fiat is indeed interested in buying the German ailing brand Opel. Well, it appears that t...
GM Supports Obama in Chrysler Bankruptcy Saga
4 May 2009, 10:16 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / General Motors is fully confident that President Obama's decision to send Chrysler into Chapter 11 will help the American auto industry, the company said in a statement for the press, emphasizi...
Chrysler's Denial Stage, Powered by BBDO
4 May 2009, 09:55 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Who says that when under bankruptcy, you should not advertise your business? So what if it failed miserably and it required a foreign hand to step in and pull it from the abyss (apart from the billi...
Ford: Chrysler's Bankruptcy Does Not Affect Us
4 May 2009, 08:45 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Following the official announcement that Chrysler is filing for bankruptcy in the United States, Ford quickly came out to calm down its employees and clearly state that such an important move does n...
The New Fiat: Sky Is No Limit
4 May 2009, 07:18 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Italian manufacturer Fiat is now living in what may be very well considered its best years. The company is engaged in an all out offensive of purchase, alliances and reorganizing, processes which wi...
After Nardelli, LaSorda Leaves Chrysler Too
3 May 2009, 16:03 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Chrysler is surely experiencing the largest restructuring plan it could get and, after the company’s CEO Robert Nardelli announced he will leave the company, another key official confirms his ...
Chrysler to Sell Assets to Fiat, Close Plants
3 May 2009, 16:42 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / As a result of Thursday’s bankruptcy filling, the American manufacturer is said to plan the sale of most of its assets to their new partner, Fiat. In addition, the Michigan-based company unvei...
Fiat: We Want Opel
3 May 2009, 16:35 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / As you already know by now, the Italian manufacturer has already signed for the takeover of a 20 percent stake in bankrupt American manufacturer Chrysler, and even is supposed to take over the compa...
Confirmed: Chrysler Files for Bankruptcy, Nardelli Will Leave
30 Apr 2009, 18:34 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / This news no longer comes as a surprise, as reports claiming that the US manufacturer will enter Chapter 11 have been with us throughout the day. Finally, they have been concluded with the confirmat...
Opinions: Chrysler Bankruptcy
30 Apr 2009, 15:21 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The approaching announcement of the first Detroit Three giant to file for bankruptcy has already placed additional pressure on the international markets. Whereas the effects will be more visible tom...
Update: Chrysler to Go Into Bankruptcy
30 Apr 2009, 14:45 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Contradictory news about the future of Chrysler have surfaced throughout the day, yet, as we reported one hour ago, one thing seems to be certain. Chrysler will seek Chapter 11 protection, after fai...