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Following dismal sales, with a record of well under 25,000 cars sold in all of 2008 and under 6,000 cars sold in all of 2010, Mercedes will take over sales of the Smart cars. There are currently just 79 Smart franchises, four belonging to Penske, and 21 in total not also selling Mercedes cars. These [...]
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In a surprise disclosure, reliable source oh2o reported that the Pentastar V6-equipped models will be the first of the big rear-drive cars to get the fast-shifting, eight-speed ZF transmission in place of the five-speed Mercedes unit. The Charger R/T, 300C, Challenger R/T, and SRT8 versions of the cars are all slated to keep their five-speed [...]
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Joan Muller’s interview with Sergio Marchionne, CEO of Chrysler and Fiat, was published in Forbes’ Web site today. The illuminating article directly addressed the myth that the Jeep Grand Cherokee is basically a Mercedes: …if I called the head of product development here and you told him that it was a Mercedes he would just [...]
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A dealer announcement for Chrysler Canada compared the Jeep Grand Cherokee to, among other competitors, the Mercedes ML 350. The two vehicles were jointly developed in the DaimlerChrysler days, with Mercedes reportedly benefitting from Jeep 4×4 technologies. The Pentastar 3.6 V6 in the Jeep is rated at 290 hp and a Canadian-standard highway gas mileage [...]
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With engineers working on substantial revisions to every Chrysler vehicle as well as replacements for the mid-sized and compact cars, engineering and testing time is tight at the CTC. For that reason, it was only a little surprising to hear that Chrysler is working on upgrades to the Mercedes W5A580 automatic transmission used since the [...]
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