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US: Chrysler's Eastwood ad attracts talk, not clicks - Edmunds
7 February 2012
Chrysler's two-minute Sunday night Super Bowl half-time ad featuring Hollywood icon Clint Eastwood may have prompted much chatter on- and off-line Monday about Chrysler’s follow-up to last year's 'Imported from Detroit' ad starring Eminenm but analysts at Edmunds.com reckon it did very little to "move the needle in consumer interest in Chrysler".
US: Super Bowl truck ad pits Ford against GM
6 February 2012
A row between General Motors and Ford over a Chevrolet truck television ad aired during weekend Super Bowl football game coverage in the US has attracted considerable media coverage both there and abroad.
CHICAGO PREVIEW: Updated global debuts list
6 February 2012
Various concepts and production models are due to be revealed at the Chicago auto show's 8 & 9 February media preview days. Our list continues to be updated as manufacturers confirm further debutantes.
THE WEEK THAT WAS: A mixed start to 2012
3 February 2012
The jury on the likely US sales tally for 2012 is still out after a January that (pleasantly) surprised our resident statistician Bill Cawthon and sparked off a bit of discussion at just-auto Towers this week - will the light vehicle market for the year break through 14m, as an increasing number of pundits suggest or will the remaining 11 months see it pegged back to the 13.5m-ish suggested late last year?
US: Chrysler adding 1,800 Belvidere jobs
3 February 2012
Chrysler last night (2 February) confirmed it will add about 1,800 jobs at its Belvidere, Illinois assembly plant, including a third shift "and hundreds of jobs for the production of the new Dodge Dart", by the third quarter of 2012.
ITALY: Fiat-Chrysler full year financials "ahead of guidance"
2 February 2012
Combined Fiat-Chrysler revenues and trading profit for calendar year 2011 were "significantly ahead of guidance" at EUR59.6bn and EUR2.4bn respectively, "despite uneven trading conditions, particularly weak in Europe in the second half", Fiat Group Automobiles said in a trading statement on Thursday (2 February). The result included Chrysler's contribution from June 2011.
GOLDING’S TAKE: Marchionne tells rival car makers to behave
2 February 2012
Sergio Marchionne was in ebullient form when he hosted the telephone conference call to explain the Fiat/Chrysler financial results announced yesterday (1 February).
US: January light vehicles sales surprise
2 February 2012
January US light vehicle sales were stronger than anyone expected.
RUSSIA: Chrysler takes over Fiat sales and service from Sollers
2 February 2012
Sales, aftersales and warranty for Fiat passenger cars and Fiat Professional light commercial vehicles in Russia are now managed by Chrysler Group's national sales company, CJSC Chrysler Rus, the automaker said on Thursday (2 February).
US: GM says January SAAR 13.5-13.6m
1 February 2012
General Motors said on Wednesday the US light vehicle sales rate was around 13.5m to 13.6m in January, an increase of around 8% year on year as the industry continued to recover.
US: Chrysler doubles operating profit
1 February 2012
Despite a $551m loss on extinguishment of debt in the second quarter, Chrysler on Wednesday (1 February) reported full year 2011 net income of $183m, up from a net loss of $652m in 2010. Fourth quarter net income was $225m and full year operating profit more than doubled to $2bn.
US: NHTSA investigates Jeep, Mazda and Mercedes
1 February 2012
US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has upgraded an investigation into almost 387,000 Jeep Liberty [Cherokee for export] SUVs over a potential airbag problem, increasing the possibility of a recall.
US: Chrysler builds millionth Pentastar V6
31 January 2012
Chrysler's Trenton, Michigan, engine plant has produced its millionth 'Pentastar' V6 engine 18 months after it entered production as the standard engine for the 2010 model year Jeep Grand Cherokee.
US: Chrysler To Add 1,600 Workers In Illinois - report
30 January 2012
Chrysler Group will this week announce it is hiring over 1,600 workers for its Belvidere, Illinois assembly plant, signaling, a media report said, "the start of a hiring blitz that promises to add thousands of workers to the automaker's plants over the next three years".
US: Chrysler takes on extra workers
26 January 2012
Chrysler is hiring up to 500 extra part-time workers at its Illinois plant to make the Alfa Romeo Giullietta-based Dodge Dart which goes into production in the second quarter.
COMMENT: Italy on its knees as Fiat austerity ad airs
26 January 2012
Maybe Sergio Marchionne could be excused a wry smile as he plies the airwaves of the world - at the recent Automotive News World Congress in Detroit the Chrysler/Fiat CEO remarked he spent the equivalent of 42, 24-hour days on aircraft last year - as he digests the current wave of popular unrest sweeping Italy
US: Chrysler opens new training academy in Michigan
25 January 2012
Chrysler has opened its new World Class Manufacturing (WCM) Academy in Warren, Michigan.
US: Chrysler chief mulls small hatchback
24 January 2012
Following the launch of the Dodge Dart sedan at the Detroit show this month, replacing the Caliber hatchback, Chrysler is considering building a small hatchback which would be exported from the US as a Lancia, CEO Sergio Marchionne told a Detroit newspaper.
THE WEEK THAT WAS: Unions, Saab and a Ford milestone
20 January 2012
Union news and Saab updates were amongst the most-read stories on just-auto this week.
US: Europe Jeep sales up 62% in 2011
18 January 2012
Sales of Chrysler's Jeep vehicles rose 61.8% year on year in Europe in 2011 [to 22,177 units from 13,663] compared to an industry decline of 1.4%, the automaker said, citing European Automobile Manufacturers' Association (ACEA) data.
US: Pricing, capacity, made worse by Eurozone crisis: Marchionne
17 January 2012
Fiat-Chrysler CEO Sergio Marchionne says the current financial storm raging around European capitals has made the vehicle pricing environment worse as ratings agency Standard & Poors continues to downgrade national currencies.
US: Chrysler CEO vows "never again" to go so close to demise
16 January 2012
Chrysler CEO Sergio Marchionne says the US manufacturer has resolved "never again" to sail so close to demise, as it looks to take advantage of the current optimism surrounding the American auto industry.
THE WEEK THAT WAS: Detroit, sunny Detroit
13 January 2012
Triple-D week for me, this, first time in Detroit, first time at the Detroit show, first time on Delta. Despite the dire predictions of certain sages I know, it was all good.
AN WORLD CONGRESS: Chrysler CEO predicts 13.7m US sales, cautions on Europe
13 January 2012
Fiat-Chrysler CEO Sergio Marchionne is predicting a US sales number of 13.7m vehicles for 2012 as he hailed the efficiency changes wrought by American manufacturers, although Europe remains a concern.
DETROIT INTERVIEW: Fiat's Marchionne: auto industry needs consolidation
11 January 2012
There needs to be another round of consolidation of the motor industry worldwide or some companies will not survive, according to Fiat and Chrysler chief Sergio Marchionne
DETROIT SHOW: Global debuts list
10 January 2012
Our complete list of concept and production vehicle global premieres which were revealed at the North American International Auto Show.
US: Marchionne eyes 'third partner'
10 January 2012
Sergio Marchionne has said that a third partner for Fiat and Chrysler could be considered to further increase efficiencies and cut development costs.
DETROIT SHOW: Dodge throws in its new Dart
10 January 2012
Chrysler has unveiled its new Dodge Dart showing that it is moving away from its muscle machines of past decades towards smaller, more economical cars - with the help of the Fiat Group.
DETROIT SHOW: Global debuts list [BMW ActiveHybrid 3 & Chrysler 700C added]
9 January 2012
Some additions to our list of concept and production vehicle global premieres that are being revealed at the North American International Auto Show. This year's media preview days are 9 and 10 January, with just-auto reporting live from the COBO Center.
US: Chrysler adds 1,100-job third shift at Jefferson North
6 January 2012
Chrysler said it would add 1,100 jobs at its Jefferson North Assembly Plant in Detroit (JNAP), as it expands the Jeep Grand Cherokee lineup to include a diesel version for North America.
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