Chrysler

Chrysler To Refinance Debt, Repay Government Loans

By Chris Haak Probably due to its much larger size, GM's bailout and repayment of some government loans has drawn far more attention than the assistance provided to Chrysler...

How to Lose Money Without Really Trying

By Chris Haak The business case for EVs and hybrids has been on less-than-solid footing for years, both from the consumer's point of view and the manufacturer's vantage point. ...

Fiat Considers Moving HQ to Detroit, Annoys Italians

By Chris Haak Italian automaker Fiat, which of course has a large ownership stake in Chrysler Group, and which is in the process of planting its Fiat flag on US soil again in...

Check Your Mirrors

  On the eve of the North American International Auto Show in Detroit, there are a few news items that may not necessarily warrant a full article.  However, they're...

2010 US Auto Sales May Indicate Brighter 2011

By Chris Haak The December 2010 US auto sales are in the books, and it was a pretty solid month overall, unless you work for Toyota.  Overall, industry light-vehicle sales were...

Fiat May Increase Chrysler Stake Above 50%, But Won’t Merge Operations

By Chris Haak Fiat and Chrysler CEO (though not Fiat/Chrysler CEO) Sergio Marchionne told reporters in Milan, on the sidelines of an event to celebrate the split of Fiat into two...

Toronto-Dominion Bank To Buy Chrysler Financial

By Chris Haak Toronto-Dominion, the second-largest bank in Canada based on deposits, announced today that it has acquired Chrysler Financial.  Chrysler Financial has had a...

GM, Chrysler Each Set to Add 1,000 Engineering Jobs

GM and Chrysler - yes, the same two companies that shed tens of thousands of white-collar and production employees over the past few years as both firms stumbled into bankruptcy...

2011 Chrysler 200, AKA Sebring, Breaks Cover

Few new cars have been as unloved by retail consumers as has Chrysler's Sebring.  Showcasing the very worst of what Daimler felt Chrysler stood for:  tacky hood strakes,...

2011 Dodge Durango Revealed

By Chris Haak We've previously seen line drawings from the patent application for the upcoming Dodge Durango's design, and we've seen a few spy photos of Dodge's resurrected SUV...