September 2nd, 2009 by Bill Cawthon
Chrysler Canada today announced sales of 14,432 units for the month of August. That’s a decline of seven percent compared to 15,548 sales in August 2008. The company says volume has risen in each of the last two months, led by sales of the Dodge Grand Caravan and Chrysler 300 and 300C.
Dodge Grand Caravan and [...]
August 5th, 2009 by DaveAdmin
Chrysler Canada today announced sales of 15,958 units for the month of July 2009, an increase of 73% over June 2009 but a loss of around 10% when compared with July 2008. The gain was largely due to an increase in product availability and consumer confidence. During the same month in 2008, the company sold [...]
July 27th, 2009 by Bill Cawthon
Canada’s largest all-Mopar show will open Saturday, August 15 at the New Hamburg Fairgrounds in New Hamburg, Ontario. This year the event celebrates its 30th anniversary with events the whole family will enjoy.
Deadline to pre-register your car for the show is August first; over 800 cars have already been registered and one lucky pre-registrant will [...]
July 16th, 2009 by DaveAdmin
“Mooseater” passed along a news bulletin which announced a series of measures called “1 in 20 by 2020″ designed to result in 5% of the province’s vehicles being electric within 11 years. Ontario is home to the Canadian headquarters of Chrysler, GM, and Ford.
Included in the plan is a mass purchase of electric vehicles for [...]
June 2nd, 2009 by DaveAdmin
The Windsor Star reported that the minivan plant could be open within two weeks, with Brampton opening later, to refresh the stock of minivans in Canada. CAW Local 444 leader Rick Laporte said management is considering a three-shift operation due to supply constraints, which would avoid a Saturday shift premium and postpone payments to laid-off [...]
May 4th, 2009 by DaveAdmin
David Shephardson of the Detroit News has just posted an article quoting Chrysler’s senior financial advisor Ron Manzo as saying that the company would be unlikely to repay the $4 billion loaned by the Bush Administration in January. Shephardson confirmed with a “government official” that Chrysler would probably not repay that first $4 billion. The Treasury [...]
April 30th, 2009 by DaveAdmin
While Bob Nardelli will leave his CEO post at Chrysler to take up an advisory role at Cerberus, Tom LaSorda announced that he would retire while Chrysler is in Chapter 11 bankruptcy.
While LaSorda’s performance at Chrysler Corporation, DaimlerChrysler, and Chrysler LLC has generally been seen as positive, he recently threatened to shut down Chrysler’s usually-profitable Canadian [...]