The Dodge Journey has been updated for 2010 with a list of new standard features. Now with active head restraints, tinted sunscreen glass and leather wrapped steering wheel with audio controls added to the whole range.
“The Dodge brand was one of the few brands to finish in the black last year. This year the brand [...] - Tags:
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Chrysler and Hyundai are the latest US automotive companies to jump on the bandwagon and offer incentives to fleeing Toyota owners.
Following the lead of General Motors and Ford late last week, the newcomers have also put US$1000 on the table for Toyota owners and lease holders who jump ship.
Chrysler’s $1000 bonus scheme, effective immediately, applies [...] - Tags:
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The Super Bowl brings out the best in most American advertising companies, and automotive manufacturers are often among the more expensive, engaging and enjoyable offerings.
This year Dodge has got a jump on the competition by launching a series of three new ads during the NFC Championship game broadcast last Monday morning Australian time.
Targeting the groin-grabbing, [...] - Tags:
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Michael C. Hall
Chrysler Australia last night aired its new retail campaign certain to stir the emotions of the Australian public – young and old alike.
Not shying away from their brands’ American heritage, Chrysler Australia has developed an all-new locally produced television commercial inspired by the much-loved Road Runner cartoon series. With a Jeep focus, it is [...] - Tags:
Fiat CEO, Mr Sergio Marchionne, said the company’s Alfa Romeo brand is not for sale, but says he understands its shortcomings and is working to determine a strategic direction for the luxury sports car unit.
Fiat, which took a 20 per cent stake in Chrysler Group last year as part of the US car manufacturer’s bankruptcy [...] - Tags:
Alfa Romeo sale
Dodge has revealed its newest special edition of the Viper SRT10, the Dodge Viper SRT10 ACR-X. This is a turn-key race car that is not street legal and is due to make its debut mid 2010.
Based on the street legal Dodge Viper ACR (American Club Racer) with the safety of the Viper Competition Coupe, the [...] - Tags:
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Dodge Viper SRT10 ACR-X
Chrysler Australia delivered 875 vehicles last month (November), an increase of 46 per cent when compared to the same period in 2008.
Stand out performers include Chrysler 300C, PT Cruiser and Grand Voyager, Jeep Cherokee, Patriot, Wrangler, plus Dodge Journey and Nitro models, all reporting year-on-year sales increases.
“The November results are a clear indication that Australians [...] - Tags:
As the Fiat-Chrysler merger begins to set, it would be a reasonable assumption that Dodge would have access to the Ferrari parts bin, but unfortunately there will be no such luck. In fact the only thing Dodge will be importing from Ferrari is advice.
Dodge brand chief Mr Ralph Gilles alluded to a possible engineering partnership [...] - Tags:
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Since the SRT team from Chrysler Group announced that its Viper ACR had reclaimed the production lap record at the Laguna Seca race circuit early last week, this is the footage we have been waiting for.
Accompanying the in-car footage is narration throughout by driver Chris Winkler who describes the record breaking lap in detail, turn [...] - Tags:
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Dodge Viper ACR
The Street and Racing Technology (SRT) team from Chrysler Group arrived at Laguna Seca raceway today on a mission – to recapture the production car lap record at the world-renowned road course in Monterey, California.
In just over a minute and a half, it was mission accomplished.
SRT vehicle dynamics engineer, Chris Winkler, piloted the black and [...] - Tags:
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Dodge Viper SRT
Details of the 2010 Dodge Caliber have today been released. Key changes are minimal though a revised interior as well as the dropping of the SRT-4 model from the line-up are perhaps the only real highlights of the news.
Inside the door trims receive softer vinyl than before as does the revised centre console. [...] - Tags:
Dodge Caliber
The shake-out from Italian carmaker Fiat taking control of US carmaker Chrysler continues with the company announcing today that it has ended its plans to jointly produce vehicles with Japan’s Nissan, including a world car and a version of the Nissan Tiida.
Fiat now plans to supply Chrysler with European designed and engineered small cars to [...] - Tags:
The Dodge Viper brand has been the victim of many rumours since Chrysler’s emergence from Chapter 11 bankruptcy in June, but this latest piece of news, from US magazine Car and Driver, is by far the best yet.
According to the publication, Fiat CEO Sergio Marchionne is currently working on a plan to use a V10 [...] - Tags:
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Chrysler US is facing a new problem now after several slow-selling months and a two-month factory shutdown things have turned around with the US government’s cash-for-clunkers rebate achieving a feat that had eluded the manufacturer until now: a lack of cars.
As of the end of July, Chrysler had only seven days’ supply of Jeep Patriots [...] - Tags:
Hyundai’s big boys, the iLoad, light commercial vehicle, and its sibling the iMax Shuttle, people mover, have joined an elite group in Australia after being awarded a four-star safety rating by the Australasian New Car Assessment Program (ANCAP).
The two van based vehicles were recently crash tested at the South Korean Government testing facility, KATRI, under [...] - Tags:
ANCAP
Chrysler have confirmed that it will no longer seek to sell the Dodge Viper SRT10 line-up.
The news comes after a serious buyer could not be found for the iconic American sports car.
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If several US consumer groups get their way used Chrylser vehicles could soon come with a warning notice advising potential buyers that, under the terms of its Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing, Chrysler shed its liability for any defective vehicles produced before May 30th this year.
It is estimated that in the United States alone some 30 [...] - Tags:
After just going back in to production last week, Chrysler has announced that it will be closing its St. Louis plant indefinitely from July 10th.
The plant, which produces Dodge RAM 1500 & 2500 models, was one of seven Chrysler had planned to reopen this month, but with the plant’s staple not selling the company was [...] - Tags:
Chrysler Group LLC has resumed production at its first factory since emerging from bankruptcy last week: a Detroit plant that makes the low-volume Dodge Viper sports car.
The re-opening will bring some life to the Conner Avenue plant, which Chrysler has been unable to sell.
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Fiat SpA has closed its acquisition of Chrysler’s strongest assets, a key step in the Italian carmaker’s ambitious plan to create a global player to ride out the worldwide automotive sales downturn.
The deal, announced jointly by Fiat and Chrysler, revives the 84-year old US carmaker that had been down to its last dollars before government [...] - Tags:
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