Nissan and Chrysler have announced a new partnership to supply the American carmakers with small models which will be sold in South America. In exchange, Chrysler will produce a new Nissan truck model expected to be on sale by 2011. Both carmakers have announced a partnership which will enable the two companies to reinforce their [...]
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Chrysler future products
Chrysler’s vice president of product development has revealed more details about the future range that the troubled company plans to offer in the coming years. Speaking at the SAE 2008 World Congress, Frank Klegon has revealed that a hybrid-powered Dodge Ram will be available by 2010, enabling the carmaker to increase fuel efficiency. he also [...]
Chrysler to open a public advisory board
Chrysler will start recruiting members of the public to share their ideas over the future models the carmaker plans to launch. The troubled carmaker has created the “Customer Advisory Board” an online forum called ChryslerListens where members of the public can give their opinions and ideas of what they want to see featured in the [...]
Chrysler to reduce its SUV lineup
In an interview given to Bloomberg, Jim Press revealed that the carmaker needs fewer SUVs. Chrysler president said that the company needs half of its 11 current SUV models. Three quarters of its American sales are generated by its SUV models and the carmaker wants to consolidate its brands to cut costs. "We’re going to [...]
Chrysler to go 100% hybrid
Chrysler President Jim Press, former head of Toyota in the US, wants the carmaker to make a big jump into the hybrid market. At a recent seminar, Jim Press said that the carmaker would like to offer every future models with a hybrid solution to comply with the tougher new CAFE regulations. However, he didn’t [...]
Chrysler to resume production at Illinois plant
After a five-day close due to a mechanical glitch, Chrysler will restart production at the Belvidere plant in the US. The plant builds the Dodge Caliber, Jeep Compass and Jeep Patriot models. The plant will cut out 1,000 jobs in March. Chrysler removed one shift as a result of poor sales and tougher times ahead [...]
Chrysler to build a global platform
Chrysler engineers are currently working on the next-generation platform intended to save the company by allowing to build anything with wheels on it. Dubbed “Project D”, the future platform will replace the current GS platform co-developed by DaimlerChrysler and Mitsubishi Motors. The GS platform is used for the Chrysler Sebring, the Dodge Caliber, the Jeep [...]
Chrysler to outsource its seats to India
An Indian newspaper reported that the American car maker has signed a £52 million/$101 million contract with an Indian seat maker to build seats for the Jeep Wrangler model. This move is the beginning of the new strategy initiated by Chrysler in order to cut costs. The car maker plans to increase the volume of [...]
Chrysler to axe its lineup by half
Chrysler plans to axe half its lineup in order to consolidate brands. The company has launched the “Project Genesis” which is expected to drop duplicate models that share common underpinnings while competing on the same markets. In an interview with Automotive News, Chrysler Vice Chairman Jim Press also revealed that the other part of the [...]
Chrysler to adopt Mercedes engines for its small Diesel cars
In an interview with Auto,Motor und Sport magazine, Chrysler Executive Vice President – Product Development Frank O. Klegon revealed that the troubled American company will stop sourcing diesel engines from Volkswagen. In an attempt to consolidate its suppliers, the company won’t renew the contract which will shortly come to an end. Chrysler will source the [...]
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