oh20 has added numerous updates to the 2010 model year predictions, including full details on what Peter Fong meant when he said the PT Cruiser was going to be “re-energized;” a new Sebring model; and price cuts on the Town & Country.
2010 Chrysler, Dodge, and Jeep predictions.
Chrysler has introduced iDFSO, Interactive Decel Fuel Shut-Off, software that cuts fuel to the engine while decelerating, to increase gas mileage. The amount of fuel shutoff is increased with certain engine speeds. This system increases both city and highway gas mileage, and lights a Fuel Saver indicator light when active.
The system is being phased in [...]
A certain auto blog has been crowing over spy shots (taken from its corporate brother, a pickup truck dot-com) of the 2010 Dodge Ram R/T. One of them was clearly taken at a corporate event held nearly a year ago; Allpar has had a similar photo posted since then (click on the photo to see [...]
Chrysler’s scientific research labs and proving grounds have set up their own web site at http://www.chryslertestservices.com with numerous photos of the corporate labs and tracks.
This Advertising Age article claims that some Chrysler executives have considered dropping the Chrysler brand, and that some Fiat executives have proposed the same move. Some analysts consider the brand to be tarnished by the company’s bankruptcy and nine years of Daimler’s statements that Chrysler was unprofitable and not up to Mercedes standards. The Dodge [...]
According to the Scoop, Chrysler has submitted three proposals for $448-million in grants to the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), to rapidly bring electric vehicles and plug-in hybrid-electric vehicles to market. The proposals fall under the DOE’s Electric Drive Vehicle Battery and Component Manufacturing Initiative, and its Transportation Electrification Initiative. The programs represent a 50/50 [...]
Chrysler welcomes the President’s announcement of a framework for a single national approach for fuel economy and greenhouse gas standards. We thank the Administration for their leadership.
Today’s announcement begins an important process of harmonizing state and federal fuel economy programs. Chrysler has long been an advocate for a national approach to fuel economy as the [...]
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