Posted on September 2nd, 2010 • by Bill Cawthon
Republican John Campbell, the Representative from California’s conservative 48th District, has been under scrutiny by the Office of Congressional Ethics, an independent office led by two former members of congress, David Skaggs, a Colorado Democrat, and Porter Goss, a Republican from Florida. Campbell, a former car dealer, is the congressman who sponsored an amendment exempting [...]
Posted on January 28th, 2010 • by David Zatz
Over half of the dealers dropped by the new Chrysler will take part in binding arbitration with the new company, following a bipartisan bill passed by both houses of Congress. Congress had refused to pass a bill to rescue General Motors and Chrysler, with representatives from both parties saying the government should not get involved [...]
Posted on December 8th, 2009 • by David Zatz
J.D. Power’s 2009 sales satisfaction index has been released, and Dodge and Jeep dealers are anchoring the bottom, rated better than just one non-luxury brand – Mitsubishi. Every brand other than Chrysler was ranked above Dodge, Jeep, and former partner Mitsubishi. Chrysler came in just below Toyota, beating Hyundai, Nissan, Mazda, and its fellow Chrysler [...]
Posted on July 28th, 2009 • by Bill Cawthon
Yesterday, Jan Bertsch, Chrysler Group’s Senior Vice President and Treasurer, made the following statement before the Congressional Oversight Panel for the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) Field Hearing on the Automotive Industry Financing Program: Members of the Panel, thank you for giving me the opportunity to discuss with you the financial assistance provided to the [...]