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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 [...]
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 [...]
The Sprinter, already faced with unaccustomed competition from the Ford Transit, may soon be faced with two other European competitors. Gualberto Ranieri, the new head of communications of Chrysler, said that Chrysler, Fiat, and Iveco were considering importing the Fiat Ducato, a smaller van, and the Iveco Daily, a Sprinter-sized van, under the Dodge label. [...]
Mercedes will be pulling the Sprinter from Dodge dealerships into Mercedes dealerships as of January 1, according to Automotive News. The Sprinter, which will be re-launched with a different diesel engine (the one used in Mercedes SUVs), is assembled in South Carolina from knockdown kits. It has been a moderately slow seller, with a peak [...]