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Marchionne’s speech at Belvidere
Good morning to you all. I am delighted that you could join us today for this significant celebration, and I’d like to begin by thanking a number of people who have played a big part in making this day possible. First of all I want to thank Governor Quinn for his efforts to make this [...]
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SRT Viper Cup series returns in 2012
Chrysler Group’s Street and Racing Technology (SRT) brand has announced the 10-race 2012 season schedule for the newly named SRT Viper Cup Series Presented by Pennzoil Ultra – formerly the Dodge Viper Cup series. Entering its third year of competition in 2012, the series will visit five of the country’s most famous and challenging road [...]
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Fiat puts small Jeep on hold to replace Sedici
Automotive News is reporting that the small Jeep slated for production in Fiat’s Mirafiori plant in Turin has been bumped back a year to allow Fiat to get its own version of the “B-SUV,” as it’s known inside the company, into production earlier. Fiat needs the new vehicle to replace its Sedici. The Sedici was [...]
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Meet Ellezero
Fiat today released the first official images of the upcoming 500L, the larger, 5-passenger, please-don’t-call-it-a-station-wagon, multi-purpose vehicle (MPV) that will join the 500 and upcoming 500 Abarth in Fiat’s U.S. lineup next year. As Fiat describes it: “With MPV passenger space combined with the feel of a small SUV on the road and the restrained [...]
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1800 jobs for Belvidere
Chrysler Group LLC announced today that it will add about 1,800 jobs at its Belvidere Assembly Plant. The hiring includes workers for a third crew and hundreds of jobs the company needs to fill by the third quarter of 2012 for production of the Dodge Dart. With these new jobs, the Company will have added [...]
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January from a Chrysler perspective
Chrysler’s January numbers were good; they blew past even the most optimistic forecast. But when looking at the rankings, it’s easy to get lost in the numbers and wonder why more Chrysler products aren’t in the top ten or top 20. Here’s some perspective on the numbers: • Chrysler brand’s 81.4 percent increase was the [...]
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WPC’s 2012 Collector’s Curb Series has Imperial Aspiration
The 2012 Collector’s Curb enters its second year at the Walter P. Chrysler Museum with “Imperial Aspirations,” an exhibition of 1967 and 1981 Imperial models that is now open on the Museum’s second floor along with specification labels and an array of personal memorabilia. Chrysler upped the ante in the luxury car department back in [...]
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Chrysler #1 in Canada
Chrysler Canada announced a 22% hike in January sales (16,584 versus 13,587), the 26th consecutive month of higher year-over-year sales. It was enough to push Chrysler to the #1 sales position in Canada. January 2012 marked Chrysler Canada’s highest retail January sales since 2002. “We have been the fastest growing automaker in Canada for the [...]
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Chrysler de Mexico starts the year with sales up 4 percent
Chrysler de Mexico today reported January 2012 sales of 7,516 units, a 4 percent increase compared with sales in January 2011. “This new year marks a good beginning and continues improving our sales levels. We are on the right path, and we will bring new and exciting products to our customers, with state-of-the-art technology and [...]
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Chrysler sales up 44% in January
Chrysler reported U.S. sales of 101,149, a 44% increase over sales in January 2011 (70,118 units), blowing past analyst predictions of a 32 percent improvement. It was the 22nd consecutive month of gains and eighth consecutive month of sales increases of at least 20%. All four brands posted sales gains, led by the Chrysler brand’s [...]
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Chrysler posts $2 billion operating profit for 2011
Chrysler Group full year 2011 net income was $183 million, after 2010′s net loss of $652 million in 2010. The net income came despite a $551 million loss on elimination of debt in Q2 2011. Fourth quarter net income was $225 million, the highest quarterly net income since the Company began operations in 2009. Net [...]
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Mopar is new global parts and service brand
Chrysler has confirmed an Automotive News Europe report that Fiat and Chrysler will merge their parts and service operations under the Mopar brand. The brand, which is celebrating its 75th anniversary today, will unveil a new package design that incorporates the Mopar logo with the logos of ten of the vehicle brands produced by Chrysler [...]
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Mopar launches: updated
Update: Allpar now has exclusive interior and exterior photography of these launches. See the pages below. In a ceremony webcast on many sites (including Allpar), Mopar revealed four custom vehicles from its Center Line headquarters. The only one to be sold as a full Mopar-branded car is the Mopar ’12 300; the others are essentially [...]
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Viper teaser drawing
SRT has posted the official teaser drawing of the upcoming SRT Viper, née Dodge Viper. It appears to be drawing on the original Viper form, though not much is visible. The drawing above was modified somewhat by suzq044 to show both sides — the official drawing only covered around 2/3 of the front. Read comments [...]
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Four new Mopar vehicles to debut tomorrow
Mopar will celebrate its 75th birthday tomorrow with the unveiling of four new Moparized Chrysler vehicles. Don “Big Daddy” Garlits will be joining Mopar CEO Pietro Gorlier for the event that kicks off at 8:30 AM, Eastern Time. Allpar will be carrying the live webcast of the event or you can watch on the Mopar [...]
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Viper to be shown (corrected)
Postings on SRT’s Facebook page have promised to show “a slight hint at the lines that define the 2013 SRT Viper” if enough people signed up as fans. They now have more than enough fans to fulfill their promise, and so the teaser is likely to occur just after midnight (Monday night, or technically Tuesday [...]
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Foose Challenger raises $115,000 for charity
The WD-40/SEMA Cares Foose Challenger not only raised eyebrows at the Barrett-Jackson Collector Car Auction in Scottsdale, Arizona, it raised $115,000 for Childhelp and The Victory Junction Gang Camps charities. The unique 2012 Dodge Challenger SRT8 features custom BASF paint mixed by Chip Foose, a Street Scene/Foose Design body kit, one-off MHT/Foose wheels and WD-40-branded [...]
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Join Allpar for Mopar’s 75th Birthday
Mopar’s 75th anniversary is on Tuesday, January 31, 2012, and you’re invited to take a ride into a new and exciting future. Please join us for a 75th Anniversary Celebration and glimpse of what’s to come. Event Highlights include: Unveiling of the Mopar ’12; a collection of Past, Present and Future Vehicles; Special Events Announcements [...]
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Millionth Pentastar engine produced today
Just 18 months after production kicked off, the millionth Pentastar V-6 engine was assembled today at the Chrysler Group’s Trenton, Michigan, Engine Assembly Plant. “The Pentastar engine is a cornerstone of Chrysler Group’s effort to reinvent its business model with world class quality products. This award-winning engine is proof that the Company is transforming it [...]
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