Chrysler Group LLC announced March 6 that it has begun the delivery of 242 new 2013 Ram 2500 Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) pickup trucks to the state of Oklahoma. The state of Oklahoma’s order is the Company’s largest customer order since production of the CNG trucks began in October. Peter Grady, Vice President of Network
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Chrysler is reviving the Cherokee name within the Jeep U.S. lineup. The name is instantly recognizable as a very capable and versatile mid-size SUV. Powered by an old in-line six cylinder engine, the Cherokee was typical of the ‘80s and ‘90s SUV, with fuel economy ranking low in the list of priorities. For 2014, Jeep
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Ram’s 1500 light duty pickup truck will be available with a VM Motori diesel engine in North America. To begin sales in the third-quarter of 2013, this vehicle will become the only half-ton pickup truck to offer a small-displacement diesel engine. The 2014 Ram 1500 will offer a 3.0-liter EcoDiesel engine, mated with a eight-speed
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Fiat-Chrysler’s CEO Sergio Marchionne says he’s still not positively disposed toward hybrids, but the company will be forced to begin producing them to meet 2025 emission mandates. “I have no other way of getting to 2025 [CAFE] numbers than by going to hybrids,” he told Automotive News of sales to the North American market. What’s
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Chrysler will add a hybrid gas-electric minivan to its lineup as early as 2013, Chief Executive Sergio Marchionne said Tuesday. This follows news from the 2011 Detroit auto show that Chrysler will produce a gas-electric hybrid version of the Chrysler 300 by 2013. Marchionne made the announcement while addressing workers at Chrysler’s assembly plant in
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Chrysler is working on a hybrid version of the Chrysler 300 sedan, according to a report in Automotive News. “We will offer a hybrid variant of the 300 equipped with an eight-speed automatic in 2013,” CEO Sergio Marchionne said last week at the Detroit auto show. 2011 Chrysler 300 The most fuel efficient of the
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The sale of Chrysler to FIAT is turning into a battle royale—with diverse and overlapping conflicts between the two auto companies, the Obama Administration, the US Supreme Court and Justice Department, secured and unsecured creditors, consumer groups and three Indiana pensions funds. The Indiana pension funds last week asked the Supreme Court to stop the
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If the proposed alliance between Chrysler and FIAT goes through, the company could produce a total of six new models—ranging in size from small to smaller. The terms of the deal would give the European carmaker a 35 percent stake in Chrysler. In exchange, FIAT’s small car experience could give Chrysler the opportunity to reduce
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What a new world we live in these days: a black president (hurray!), the worst economy since the Depression (oh, dear), and now…even Detroit is changing its wanton ways. Here are five pieces of ironclad evidence that Hell has now well and truly frozen over in southeastern Michigan. 1. Detroit car critic actually LIKES a
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Cerberus, the private company behind Chrysler, is investing $2 million in lobbying efforts to send big name players, like former VP Dan Quayle, to Congress. With a temporary bailout deal just over the horizon for the Big Three, one of the companies is not like the others. In 2007, Cerberus Capital Management, a private equity
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