In a personally painful announcement, Chrysler announced that it is discontinuing production of the Jeep Cherokee. (I love mine!) The company will convert a Detroit plant to manufacture more fuel efficient crossover vehicles. The Cherokee’s sales have been slumping after being the icon of the SUV. Tom LaSorda, Chrysler vice chairman, indicated that new vehicles […]
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Rapid Changes - Part 1
Posted in Chrysler, Ford, GM, Gas Prices, Green Cars, Uncategorized on Jul 2nd, 2008
Changes abound in the auto industry. Liza Barth summarizes some of those changes as they affect Domestic Production.
Ford recently announced a reduction in truck production and the new F-150 will be delayed two months due to the truck sales slow down. This will allow the current inventory to sell off and give Ford a chance […]
More hybrids for Chrysler. From Eric Morath, Detroit News, comes word that Chrysler is planning more hybrid vehicles after its recent introduction of the Dodge Durango and Chrysler Aspen Hybrids, the first hybrid models by the automaker. A Two-Mode Hybrid System, developed jointly by Chrysler, General Motors, Daimler AG and BMW AG will also be […]
Chrylser’s New Gas Cap!
Posted in Chrysler, Fuel Savings, Gas Prices, Incentives on May 7th, 2008
Chrysler is putting a new gas cap on many of its new vehicles. Not the one that covers the actual gas tank. It’s a cap on gas prices that customers will pay. Will Chrysler sales, down 18% in the first quarter, be a-risin? (I sound like a teaser ad for the 11:00 news!) Chrysler has […]
Fond Farewell to Cuda Muscle Car Designer
Posted in Chrysler, Muscle Cars on Apr 16th, 2008
John Herlitz, 65, a noted designer of Chrysler Muscle Cars, died on March 24 secondary to a fall at his Naples, Florida home. James Cobb detailed his professional life in the NY Sunday Times. Mr. Hertz was sort of a 60’s version of Chip Foose. He began sending sketches to Chrysler at age thirteen. He […]
What are they doing up north? Canadian auto sales surged 14.3% in February, the strongest Feb. on record! Sales were fueled by aggressive incentives and price cuts. Light vehicle sales totaled 110,951 units topping the previous record of 103,200 in 2003. Even GM, Canada’s biggest automaker, was up 14.5% year over year. Chrysler Canada was up […]
AutoNation Exec. Applauds Chrysler’s Project Genesis
Posted in AutoNation, Chrysler, Project Genesis, Toyota on Feb 11th, 2008
In a February 8th interview, Mike Jackson, CEO of AutoNation and new auto guru on CNBC, called Bob Nardelli’s plans to shrink Chrysler products and dealerships “brilliant, powerful and highly controversial”. Chrysler LLC President Jim Press announced plans for Project Genesis at the J.D. Power and Associates Automotive Roundtable in San Francisco saying that Chrysler […]
Chrysler Making Huge Changes
Posted in Chrysler on Jan 28th, 2008
Chrysler is now “working” for someone else. Now that Cerebus owns the automaker look for big changes the first of which will happen in February. Twelve (12) Chrysler vehicles will receive various upgrades. The automaker says that there will be 56 changes in all from interior design changes to exterior look and feel.