Chrysler News
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FCA has been unsuccessful in finding another manufacturer to build the Dodge Dart and Chrysler 200.
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2017 Chrysler Pacifica fuel economy review
They say you never really forget how to ride a bike, but if you're Chrysler, you may temporarily forget how to build a minivan. That's just what happened for the company that invented the multi-purpose vehicle more than 30 years ago. Its last generation of Chrysler Town & Country and Dodge...
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Chrysler throws in towel on sedans: 200, Dart to die for SUVs, trucks (updated)
Fiat Chrysler Automobiles is the only U.S. maker to release five-year business plans to the media--and offer updates when things change. That's just what it did yesterday, when it updated its plan for 2014 through 2018. The biggest shocker of the day was the company's announcement that it would...
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2017 Chrysler Pacifica Hybrid: More Details On 30-Mile Plug-In
Chrysler last week revealed the completely new sixth-generation version of its minivans—including, at long last, the first full-hybrid minivan for the U.S. market. That model, to be called the 2017 Chrysler Pacifica Hybrid, is slated to go on sale around September 2016. And while it’s...
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A New Reason Electric Cars Make Chrysler's Marchionne Nervous
FCA CEO Sergio Marchionne is afraid electric powertrains will give suppliers too much power.
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2017 Chrysler Pacifica Hybrid: Plug-In Minivan Offers 30 Miles Of Electric Range
Chrysler’s Town & Country was one of the first minivans on the market when it arrived in 1989 as a spinoff of the original Dodge Caravan, and its mix of practicality and near-premium status did a lot to boost the segment. For 2017, Chrysler is putting the Town & Country name out to...
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Chrysler bought emissions credits from Tesla, Toyota, and Honda, a new report says.
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'Most' Of Fiat Chrysler's U.S. Vehicles Will Be Hybrid By 2025, CEO Says
FCA CEO Sergio Marchionne says the company is planning more hybrids.
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New Chrysler Minivan Might Get Electric All-Wheel Drive: CEO
Chrysler may add electric all-wheel drive to the next-generation Town & Country minivan.
Stephen Edelstein -
Chrysler Plug-In Hybrid Minivan To Bring Company Full Circle
We know very little about the plug-in hybrid version that Fiat Chrysler will launch sometime after the new 2017 Chrysler Town & Country minivan is unveiled next year. But while a spate of plug-in hybrid SUVs and crossover utility vehicles is just about to enter the U.S. market, only Chrysler...
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2015 Chrysler 200 Four-Cylinder: Gas Mileage Review
The 2015 Chrysler 200 mid-size sedan is a good-looking, comfortable, and modern entry in a very competitive segment of the car market. Part of the Fiat-led product renaissance at Chrysler, it replaces the grim, dated previous 200 derived from the old Sebring and largely relegated to car-rental...
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Chrysler To Follow Trend, Add Direct Injection To V-6, Turbo Too
Chrysler is reportedly looking to increase the efficiency of its Pentastar V-6 engine.
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The 2016 Fiat 500X makes its North American debut at the 2014 Los Angeles Auto Show.
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Chrysler Plug-In Hybrid Minivan Will Launch Late Next Year, Company Says
Sergio Marchionne, CEO of Fiat Chrysler Automobiles, has never been a fan of plug-in electric cars. So when he revealed at the Paris Motor Show that a plug-in hybrid version of the next Chrysler Town & Country minivan would arrive late next year, he added a few derogatory comments about the...
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Chrysler To Fit Start-Stop As Standard On Certain 2015 Models
Start-stop will be standard on certain 2015 Chrysler 200 and Jeep Cherokee models.
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2013-2014 Fiat 500e Electric Cars Recalled For Possible Coolant Leak
A large recall of Fiat 500e electric cars addresses possible coolant leaks.
Stephen Edelstein -
2014 Ram 1500 EcoDiesel: Quick First Drive Report
The 2014 Ram 1500 EcoDiesel is the only half-ton truck on sale this year with a diesel engine.
Stephen Edelstein -
Chrysler: Mild Hybrids Coming, Says Electric Cars 'Overblown By Media'
Yesterday's multi-hour presentation of the five-year plan for the combined Fiat Chrysler Automobiles was called "Chryslerpalooza" by local Detroit reporters who sat through it. The first green news was that Chrysler will build small numbers of plug-in hybrid minivans and large SUVs to meet emission...
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Five years ago, then-new Chrysler CEO Sergio Marchionne and a new executive team held a marathon day-long presentation session on the company's future, laying out a product plan in conjunction with Fiat following its government-backed restructuring. Today, what is now Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA) is doing it again-and the company has confirmed it will offer at least two plug-in hybrid electric models starting in 2016. Plug-in minivan, big crossover Marchionne had said in 2011 that Chrysler would offer a Chrysler 300 Hybrid full-size sedan (in 2013) and a hybrid minivan to follow the same...
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2015 Chrysler 200: 36 MPG Highway Tops Fusion, Camry
With highway economy of 36 mpg, the 2015 Chrysler 200 isn't the most fuel-efficient vehicle we've written about recently, but it has an important job to do. The old model, despite being widely loathed by anyone forced to rent one at airport desks around the country, sold in large numbers in the...
Antony Ingram -
1979 GE-Chrysler Electric Test Vehicle-1 Up For Sale On eBay
If you're creating a mass-market electric car, it makes a degree of sense to use a mass-market platform. That's why you'll find some Versa sitting under the Leaf and rather a lot of Focus in Ford's Focus Electric. Dig hard enough, and even the Chevy Volt has similarities with other GM...
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Jeep Hybrids Coming, But Concern Over 'Getting You Home'
Jeep has only recently nailed its colors to the diesel mast, but already the famous off-road arm of Chrysler is looking to other propulsion technologies--namely hybrid vehicles. Executives at the company have called the move to electrification "inevitable", according to Drive--but they're also...
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Tesla Repays $465-Million DoE Loan, Chrysler Bites Back At Claim
Ah, politics. Yesterday, Tesla paid off the balance of its U.S. government loan, using proceeds from its $1 billion-plus offering of stock and warrants last week, as CEO Elon Musk had said Monday it would in a tweet. The amount settled yesterday was $451.8 million, following installments paid by...
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Chrysler CEO: Going Green is Good, But Natural Gas Better Than Electric
Fiat-Chrysler CEO Sergio Marchionne isn't known for his love of electric vehicles. We really rate the company's first offering, the 2014 Fiat 500e electric car, but Sergio himself doesn't--speaking at the Society of Automotive Engineers 2013 World Congress, he reiterated that the company is losing...
Antony Ingram