Tag Archive for 'Sebring'
May 2nd, 2009 by DaveAdmin
A large group of 30 Fiat representatives will be at the Belvidere plant on Monday May 4th, according to our correspondents. Rumors are circulating that the Fiat people may want to bring a new SUV or other vehicle to the flex-capable plant, which was set up to make the Patriot, Caliber, Compass, and one unrelated [...]
February 4th, 2009 by DaveAdmin
Automotive News reported that, faced with a 50% sales decline, Chrysler has once again shut down the Sterling Heights, Jefferson North, and Warren Truck plants, which make, respectively, the Sebring/Avenger, Grand Cherokee/Commander, and Ram and Dakota. Despite the award-winning, visually unique 2009 Dodge Ram redesign, pickup sales dropped 35% in January – which made them [...]
February 3rd, 2009 by DaveAdmin
Finnish magazine Auto Bild Suomi took a set of two Dodges, a Chrysler, and a Jeep, boasting manual and automated-manual dual-clutch transmissions with diesel and gasoline engines, on a 12-hour trip to the Arctic circle, measuring gas mileage along the way via trip computer and at the end of the journey by inspecting actual gasoline [...]
January 26th, 2009 by Bill Cawthon
Product development teams at both Chrysler and Fiat are working together to bring as many as seven new vehicles to the U.S. market. Four would wear Chrysler badges and three would be either Fiats or Alfa Romeos.
Among the new vehicles would be the tiny Fiat 500 minicar, which is sized between a BMW Mini Cooper [...]
January 15th, 2009 by DaveAdmin
Chrysler has re-organized their product development teams to reflect new processes and synergies. Key appointments are:
Scott Kunselman, Jeep/Truck Vice President. Reporting to Scott are several chief engineers for specific programs, as well as directors of program management, body engineering, interior engineering, and chassis engineering.
Daniel Knott, Car/Minivan/SRT Vice President. Again, reporting to Daniel are various chief [...]
December 4th, 2008 by Bill Cawthon
Chrysler has consolidated five of its product teams, Jeep, truck, car and minivan, Project D, and street and racing technology, into three teams. With the consolidation, the following management changes were made:
Scott Kunselman, previously vice president of the Truck Product Team, was named vice president of the Jeep/truck product team.
Daniel Knott, who was vice president [...]
November 3rd, 2008 by DaveAdmin
Chrysler announced that its October 2008 sales in the United States were 94,530 units, a 35% drop from October 2007. By comparison, GM sales dropped 45%, Toyota 23%, and Ford 32%.
Jim Press, Chrysler LLC Vice Chairman and President, commented that, “…despite this marketplace downturn, our critically important Dodge Ram launch is on schedule and our [...]