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REFLECTING the design and branding organisation of its Italian partner Fiat, Chrysler has given each of its three brands - Chrysler, Dodge and Jeep - their own design bosses, reporting to Senior Vice President of Product Design, Ralph Gilles.
The new design heads are Brandon Faurote at Chrysler, Joseph Dehner at Dodge, and Mark Allen [...]
FIAT HAS ANNOUNCED that the convertible version of its ever-so-fashionable 500 will be landing on Australian shores in the middle of next year; roughly a year after the car’s European sales debut.
Exact specifications and pricing won’t be announced until the car’s local launch, but given the convertible packs the same mechanical hardware as its be-roofed [...]
ALFA ROMEO’S planned successor to the 166 executive saloon, the 169, is reportedly going to be built off Chrysler’s LX large-car platform, the very same platform that underpins the Dodge Charger and Chrysler 300C.
Talk of a Chrysler-based Alfa isn’t new, though. We first spoke of such plans earlier this month, and the idea of the [...]
WITH CHRYSLER US having now emerged from bankruptcy following US Federal Court approval of Fiat taking the reins, details are now surfacing as to the model plans for the merged, and now freshly-capitalised, corporate giant.
The viability plan presented by Chrysler to the US Administration in February outlined not only the company’s future plans for [...]
IT’S DONE. Chrysler has announced that it has finalised its alliance with a consortium led by Fiat, and that the new alliance between the two companies will finally allow it to get back on its feet and repay its considerable debts.
In a statement released late yesterday, Chrysler said that Fiat will supply it with small [...]
YESTERDAY IT SEEMED that Chrysler’s bid to shack up with a Fiat-led consortium and to commence its Government-ordered reorganisation was in jeopardy, with three Indiana-based pension funds lodging an appeal with the US Supreme Court alleging the Chrysler-Fiat deal was illegal.
As a result the US Supreme Court put a hold on Chrysler’s sale while it [...]
A US SUPREME COURT Justice has temporarily blocked the sale of Chrysler LLC to a consortium led by Fiat SpA, a move made at the behest of three Indiana pension funds who say the deal is illegal.
Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg ordered a stay of the sale on Monday, giving the Supreme Court time to consider [...]
THE PATH HAS BEEN cleared for Fiat SpA to take the reins at Chrysler after US Bankruptcy Judge Arthur Gonzalez today announced his ruling approving the sale.
“The sale motion is granted in its entirety and entry into and performance under and in respect of the purchase agreement and the sale transaction is approved,” Judge Gonzalez [...]
In a European new car market down 16.8 percent year-to-date, and down 17.5 percent in April, the 2009 Volkswagen Golf has taken top spot.
Volkswagen has also maintained its position as Europe’s best-selling brand, but with sales down 10.1 percent compared to 2008.
The biggest mover in the market however, according to international automotive data and intelligence [...]
Intended perhaps as a rival to the Mini Crossover, Fiat is rumoured to be considering a version of its upcoming Giardiniera wagon - essentially a stretched Fiat 500 - equipped with a four-wheel-drive system borrowed from the Fiat Panda 4×4.
While there has been talk of utilising a ’suicide door’ system, it will likely not stick [...]
The Fiat 2800, built between 1938 and 1943, was considered a sign of class and station, with such elite figures as King Vittorio Emanuele II and the Pope counting it among their fleets.
Of the 624 units built, though, 210 Fiat 2800s were used to chauffeur foreign dignitaries and heads of the Italian Fascist military.
This month, [...]
With the Chrysler restructure and Fiat ‘global strategic alliance’ process underway, Fiat has announced that its CEO, Sergio Marchionne, will add the role of CEO for Chrysler once it emerges from the restructuring process.
At the end of the Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings, current Chrysler CEO Bob Nardelli will step down and Marchionne will take his [...]
What will US Chrysler’s Chapter 11 filing and global strategic alliance with Fiat mean for Chrysler Australia and its Australian customers? TMR spoke with Jerry Stamoulis, Manager Public Relations, Chrysler Australia.
“The most important thing to understand is that the bankruptcy filing only involves Chrysler US: Chrysler Australia does not fall under the bankruptcy,” Mr Stamoulis [...]
The announcement that Chrysler LLC and 24 of its wholly-owned US subsidiaries have filed voluntary petitions under Chapter 11 of the US Bankruptcy Code - under the direction of the US Treasury - was not unexpected.
Without agreement from all creditors for a debt restructuring, the filing for Chapter 11 protection was inevitable. The recalcitrant group [...]
Word on the wire is that US President Barack Obama will announce that Chrysler LLC will be placed into Chapter 11 bankruptcy, a move which will enable Chrysler to continue operations while temporarily relieving it of its substantial debt obligations.
Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection has been a likely option for some time now, and, perhaps strangely, [...]
With Chrysler on the brink of collapse, the US carmaker’s proposed deal with Fiat could prove a much-needed lifeline. However, Chrysler still needs to slash its debt and have its restructuring plan accepted before Fiat will come to the party.
Further financial aid from the US government is also expected should Chrysler be able to ink [...]
While Chrysler and Fiat nut out an alliance deal that will meet the needs of both manufacturers, the US Treasury is, according to The New York Times, already preparing the paperwork for the embattled American carmaker’s bankruptcy.
The NYT report says that the Chapter 11 documents being prepared will allow for a Fiat and Chrysler alliance [...]
The deck chairs are still being rearranged on the deck of that ‘other Titanic’, the desperately struggling US carmaker, Chrysler LLC.
Whether Fiat SpA can save it from a cold oblivion remains uncertain. Nevertheless, news has surfaced that Fiat CEO, Canadian Sergio Marchionne, may take the top job at Chrysler as part of the new (revised) [...]
Early last month, we posted the finalists for the World Car of the Year awards, which is now offered not only as an overall award, but also in more specific categories: World Performance Car of the Year, World Green Car of the Year, and World Car Design of the Year.
For 2009, the Fiat 500 has [...]
Yesterday it appeared the US Government was prepared to give Chrysler additional aid and a thirty day deadline to complete its joint venture plans with Fiat. Now it looks as though Chrysler and Fiat may have already set up the “framework of a global alliance”.
Nothing has been officially confirmed yet; however Chrysler has released a [...]
According to Fiat CEO Sergio Marchionne, the global economy – and the automotive industry – has seen the worst of the storm and is now in recovery.
In a recent interview with Automotive News, the Fiat boss said that while the impact of the economic crisis will be felt for some time to come, the industry’s [...]
While the little Fiat 500 is already a fuel-sipping teetotaler, Fiat obviously felt it could do better.
The Italian carmaker has whacked a start/stop system into the ‘Bambino’ Fiat 500, which – as with other start/stop systems – deactivates the car’s engine while at a complete stop, reactivating it when the driver engages the clutch and [...]
Before the US Treasury has even approved the proposed alliance between Chrysler and Fiat – in which the Italian carmaker would take a 35 percent stake in the troubled American company – the first tiff has broken out between the two manufacturers.
Last week, Chrysler went on record saying that Fiat, in taking a 35 percent [...]
Troubled US carmaker Chrysler announced today that if its merger with Fiat is approved by the US treasury – which would see Fiat take a 35 percent stake in Chrysler – the Italian manufacturer would also assume 35 percent of its debt.
Analysts have said that the move is likely to be Chrysler’s last shot at [...]
I promised myself that no matter how dedicated I am to this job, I’d never again write another Barbie-related article - it’s only in the past week that I’ve been able to sleep again, and the family jewels are finally starting to return.
But alas, the news is the news is the news, and to it [...]
Possible evidence of a new collaborative plan between BMW and Fiat has come to light today, in the form of a rumour that the two European marques will develop a line of ‘city cars’ on a shared platform.
According to British rag Auto Express, the new city cars will be an ultra efficient line, with a [...]
World Car Of The Year, the title awarded by a panel of 48 international automotive journos from 22 countries, is underway yet again. It’s only been running since 2005, but already it has become one of the most prized awards in the global industry.
The criteria for the eligibility is long and varied, but of them [...]
Man, Barbie gets it all. Don’t get me wrong, I’m not jealous of all her pink cars – re-spraying them in a more manly hue would just cost far too much – but really, what has she done to deserve all these freebies? Curse you, Barbie, curse you.
Following the news that Fiat would be delivering [...]
Fiat has launched its new Multiair petrol engine technology, which it claims can slash fuel consumption by up to 25 percent, reduce CO2 emissions by 10 percent and improve both power and torque output.
By using a electro-hydraulic tappet between the camshaft and the intake valves, the Multiair system can vary valve lift profiles on-the-fly with [...]
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