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Normally I wouldn't think too much of a sebring tester like this (since they are usually just old testers) but I noticed that the 15 engineers that were on site all seemed to have there focus on the engine of this particular sebring so I went in for a bit of a closer look








Yes i Know the last two pics are a tad blurry but my camera is not an SLR (only has a max zoom of 16X) and with 15 engineers walking around I decided to not venture any closer. Some folks seem to think that this could either be a pentastar mule or a tester that has Fiats new 4 cylinder Love to here what allpar thinks]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:37:42 +0000 http://www.allpar.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=119842 http://www.allpar.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=119838 When will we see the Y10 Jeep line , Or get some info on them ? Fri, 20 Nov 2009 06:17:32 +0000 http://www.allpar.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=119838 http://www.allpar.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=119823 today's Detroit News, Chrysler is claiming that they will be a (though not "the") quality leader by the end of 2012. They (and many other auto makers) have made similar claims before. Sometimes they achieve these goals. More often they don't. Chrysler's chances?

Chrysler is increasing its odds of success by making what appear to be substantial changes to its organization and culture. A new senior VP of quality has been hired away from Nissan (they're a quality leader?). The quality organizatioin has been enlarged from 200 to 1,700 people. These people have been organized into cross-functional teams focused on the quick execution of needed changes. Perhaps the biggest change of all: Chrysler now claims that they will tackle problems rather than pretending they don't exist or ignoring them and hoping they'll go away. (Which has been proven to result in customers going away.)

Unknown: whether these people really have the pull to get their requested changes executed. Large organizations are chock full of special teams charged with getting something done, but without the pull to actually get it done. Is this one of those?

Chryler claims that engineering changes have already had a substantial impact on existing products. Supposedly, while 75 percent of defects were design-related last year, with the remaining 25 percent occurring during assembly, the ratio is now 50-50. If we assume that the number of assembly defects has not changed, this implies that the total number of defects has already been cut in half.

Too good to be true? Are these just rough, shoot-from-the-hip numbers? Perhaps, but if the head of quality is dishing out such numbers...not the most promising sign.

Also, why haven't the assembly-related problems come down, if this is the case? These should be easier to quickly reduce than the design-related problems, since you don't have to design and validate new parts to fix them.

TrueDelta promptly updates its Car Reliability Survey results four times a year, not just once after a lengthy delay. So if Chrysler's quality does improve, it will show up here first:

Car Reliability Survey results]]> Thu, 19 Nov 2009 17:21:41 +0000 http://www.allpar.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=119823 http://www.allpar.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=119822 http://www.autoobserver.com/2009/11/automakers-launch-holiday-promotions-to-offset-november-sales-blues.html

It looks sales are still falling
Chrysler will sell 55,000 vehicles, down 35.0 percent from November 2008 and down 15.8 percent from October for a market share of 7.8 percent, down from 11.4 percent in November 2008 and flat from 7.8 percent in October.

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