Posted on March 2nd, 2011 • by Bill Cawthon
Fiat and Chrysler CEO Sergio Marchionne is now considering a solo automaking venture in Russia. Since a a joint venture with Russia carmaker Sollers appears to have gone to Ford, Marchionne is considering other options to establish a presence in what is predicted to be one of the world’s fastest-growing economies in the next decade. [...]
Posted on March 24th, 2010 • by Bill Cawthon
A team of intrepid explorers and their two Jeep Wrangler Unlimiteds are getting set to drive to Alaska the hard way: over the Bering Straits. It’s the next leg of a journey from Paris, France to New York City the long way, a trek across Europe and Russia, then across the Straits to Alaska, south [...]
Posted on February 11th, 2010 • by David Zatz
Sollers, a local partner of Fiat, plans to produce up to half a million cars per year based on both Fiat and Chrysler designs, according to a Russian government statement. A signing ceremony is to take place today at a plant which will assemble nine Fiat and Chrysler cars; if the plant reaches capacity, Sollers [...]
Posted on October 10th, 2008 • by Bill Cawthon
In a tough international market, Chrysler LLC sales were down 20.3 percent last month, falling to 18,347 units from the 23,016 sales recorded in September 2007. Year-to-date (YTD) sales now total 172,131 cars and light trucks, down 2.7 percent from the 176,829 units sold in the same period last year. For the first nine months [...]