Category: Chrysler

Chrysler-Fiat Merger Approved

Chrysler-Fiat Merger Approved

After months of back and forth between companies and the U.S. government, new rumors surfacing while others fade, and everyone simply holding their breath, Chrysler announced they will form an alliance with Fiat SpA.
What this means, according to Chrysler’s press release (which is below), Fiat will take 20 percent control of Chrysler, LLC and [...]

2009 Detroit Wrap-Up: 10 Best of Show

2009 Detroit Wrap-Up: 10 Best of Show

The Detroit auto show has come and gone, and has left the automotive industry with a little more to chew over. As a final wrap-up to quite possibly the most important auto show in America, we chose 10 cars that summed up the best of the show. We chose based on significance and looks, which [...]

Fiat 500 To U.S. In 2010?

Fiat 500 To U.S. In 2010?

Woo-Hoo! I knew we’d get some fun stuff out of this Fiat/Chrysler deal!
According to reports, Fiat’s 500, a modern updating of the postwar car that saved Fiat financially and got Italy back on the road (as well as starting the Italian version of the baby boom generation, but that’s another story) is coming to America. [...]

If GM & Chrysler Merge, What Models Will Die

If GM & Chrysler Merge, What Models Will Die

In the above pilfered image, which I grabbed from AutoBlog, they raised an interesting point. It looks like GM & Chrysler will soon be merging into one company, turning The Big three US auto makers into the Big Two.
If that happens, then it would leave GM (who would be in charge) deciding which makes to [...]

2009 Chrysler Aspen Hybrid Review

2009 Chrysler Aspen Hybrid Review

For years, American car buyers have been complaining that the Big 3 car manufacturers were lacking hybrid options, leaving that mostly up to the Japanese car makers like Toyota and Honda. Finally, GM and Ford catch on, offering hybrid models of much of their line-up. The thing about domestic hybrid offerings is that they are [...]

Dodge To Sell Viper (sob)

Dodge To Sell Viper (sob)

No, no, no!
Say it ain’t so! This is terrible news!
Dodge is apparently going to begin negotiations for the sale of its “Viper” nameplate. Chrysler has always been the most anemic of the Big Three, and with Ford and GM both hit hard by the economy crisis, I can only imagine what the situation is like [...]

Dodge EV Sportscar Stunning Debut

Dodge EV Sportscar Stunning Debut

Gentlemen, we have a race … OK, that’s how you start a Gold Cup event, but what the hell, it applies here.
Enough’s enough, as far as I’m concerned … lots of roll outs of electric “cars” that “hopefully” will be seen in prototype form by 2013, half-thought out golf carts calling themselves cars … besides [...]

Why Chrysler's New $2.99/gallon of Gas Promo Is Merely So-So

Why Chrysler’s New $2.99/gallon of Gas Promo Is Merely So-So

By now everyone’s heard of Chrysler’s new incentive in which they offer to lock in a gallon of gas at $2.99 for up to three years on a new Chrysler/Dodge/Jeep vehicle, up to 12,000 miles a year of course. Sweet deal, aye? So that leaves just one question; what’s the catch? And [...]

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