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Car Companies are Spending Big Bucks on Super Bowl Ads
2011 Super Bowl XLV (45) , the biggest television event of the year is coming up this Sunday, February 6, and the auto companies are spending big bucks ($3 million for 30 seconds) on advertising that will rival beer companies’ air time. Car makers such as Audi, BMW, Chevrolet, Chrysler, Hyundai, Kia, Mercedes-Benz, Suzuki, Volkswagen, […]
Read More »Rebadged Dodge Journey Lives On as 2012 Fiat Freemont for the European Market
The partnership between Chrysler Group and Fiat will unveil the new 2012 seven-seat crossover Fiat Freemont at the Geneva Motor Show in March. The Fiat Freemont features the body of a Dodge Journey but is rebranded with a Fiat logo, new bumpers and grille, and includes different engine choices that have been developed by Fiat […]
Read More »Fiat-Chrysler Announces Electric Car and Plug-In Hybrid Truck
An electric Fiat 500 and plug-in hybrid Ram are in development Fiat-Chrysler announced that the company will build an all-electric car based off the Fiat 500 by 2012 and a plug-in hybrid Ram by 2011. The Fiat 500EV was revealed earlier this year at the North American International Auto Show, but details are still scarce […]
Read More »Honda Jumps to #4 in US Auto Sales
Honda laps a broken down Chrysler to become No. 4 in US auto sales Honda, the company that got its start selling mopeds, has replaced Fiat-Chrysler as the No. 4 automaker in the US. If you think Honda gained the No. 4 spot by selling a few extra Civics from the cash for clunkers program, […]
Read More »Fewer Dealer Cuts For GM and Chrysler
Look, it’s even more good news out of Detroit. What with Ford actually making a profit, it looks like all the doom and gloom about the number of dealers set to be shuttered might have been estimated on the high side. At least that’s the case if you believe David Cole, who is Chairman of […]
Read More »Dodge Ram Hybrid Coming In 2010
You can call this a good news/bad news sort of thing. The bad news is that Chrysler’s two-mode hybrid joint development program has been disbanded, and the good news is that the hybrid Ram pickup is coming in 2010. The joint development program, which was a very big deal for a while, was created several […]
Read More »Chrysler Sweetens Cash for Clunkers Offer
Chrysler Group LLC said Wednesday it is offering up to $4,500 in cash toward the purchase of a new vehicle as it seeks to match a government incentive for people to trade in their old gas guzzlers. The automaker said it will offer cash or zero percent financing for six years on most of its […]
Read More »Obama Defends Auto Bailout
President Barack Obama defended his bailout of General Motors Co. and Chrysler Group LLC, citing their speedy exit from bankruptcy and saying the consequences of doing nothing would have been catastrophic.
Read More »Fiat May Have Technology to Save Chrysler
Rinaldo Rinolfi may just have something up his sleeve to make Fiat SpA’s partnership with Chrysler Group LLC work.
The 62-year-old engineer, who designed the Fiat diesel engine in the 1990s that became an industry standard and powers some of Europe’s most energy-efficient cars,
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