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Main > Car Makers News > Other > Fresh approach excites UAW; dealers cautious | detnews.com | The Detroit News Throughout Metro Detroit and across the nation, workers, politicians and dealers waited and watched Wednesday as Chrysler made its pitch to turn the company around with new products and a fresh approach to manufacturing and marketing. Union leaders representing Chrysler workers in the United States and Canada hailed the promise of overhauling plant operations. The "world class manufacturing" concept is intended to eliminate waste, increase safety and encourage teamwork. It also eliminates a layer of... Full article... Article added: 2009-11-05 10:37:20 Article Views Rating: 43 Main > Car Makers News > Chrysler > Dodge, Jeep, Chrysler get makeover | detnews.com | The Detroit News Chrysler Group LLC wants to hit the restart button on its entire lineup, refreshing, redesigning or replacing every car and truck, swapping out engines and creating vehicles people want. By 2012, Chrysler will have overhauled or replaced its entire lineup. Good luck. Right now, Chrysler is dangling off a cliff. The automaker is growing smaller every month and sits at the bottom of most quality ratings. There may be reasons behind the poor quality of its vehicles, but consumers see them as excuses, and... Full article... Article added: 2009-11-05 10:37:19 Article Views Rating: 37 Main > Car Makers News > Other > Aftermarket auto ware there for the long haul | detnews.com | The Detroit News Next week, Las Vegas turns into aftermarket heaven. Roll out the rally cars, billion-horsepower engines and every conceivable electronic device -- and some you couldn't imagine -- replica rattlesnake seat covers, bamboo floor mats and more rims than a junkyard and you'll begin to picture SEMA, the Specialty Equipment Market Association trade show. Anything and everything that can be affixed, attached, screwed on or bolted down to a car or truck is on display at the private show, which begins Tuesday and... Full article... Article added: 2009-11-05 10:37:18 Article Views Rating: 32 Main > Car Makers News > Dodge > Dodge Ram pickups show big improvements | detnews.com | The Detroit News The Dodge Ram 2500 and 3500 pickups are all business, serious business. They are the pair of Dodges that feel more like trucks and less like pickups. But for the 2010 model year, these big rigs -- in all five trim levels -- finally offer interiors and exteriors that are executive worthy, though the truck has blue collar roots. But now architects can finally arrive on job sites in the same vehicle the crews they hire use. Following the successful launch of the 2009 Dodge Ram 1500, it was only a matter of... Full article... Article added: 2009-11-05 10:37:15 Article Views Rating: 20 Main > Car Makers News > Chrysler > Chrysler to cut prices on 2010 pickups | detnews.com | The Detroit News The redesigned 2010 Ram 2500 and 3500 Heavy Duty pickups will offer more content at a lower price, Chrysler Group LLC announced today. The big rig pickups will start at $28,165 for a regular cab models, $31,415 for Crew Cab models and $36,865 for Mega Cab models. For this model year, Ram will discontinue the Quad cab heavy duty trucks, replacing that with the larger Crew Cab model. All prices include $950 for shipping. The new Ram adopts the looks introduced in the Dodge Ram 1500 pickup last year... Full article... Article added: 2009-10-26 12:46:47 Article Views Rating: 49 Main > Car Makers News > Chrysler > Chrysler has deal for plant in Delaware | detnews.com | The Detroit News Old Carco LLC, the estate of bankrupt Chrysler, is seeking court approval to sell the automaker's mothballed Newark, Del., SUV factory to the University of Delaware for $24.3 million. The request, filed in bankruptcy court Friday, follows 18 months of trying to sell the property, which covers 271 acres and includes a parts depot plus the plant that churned out Dodge Durango and Chrysler Aspen SUVs until it closed in December. Both sides are eager to complete the sale, and a hearing is set for Nov. 12... Full article... Article added: 2009-10-26 12:46:43 Article Views Rating: 41 Main > Car Makers News > Chrysler > Teamsters protest Chrysler changes | detnews.com | The Detroit News The International Brotherhood of Teamsters demonstrated Friday at Southfield Dodge Chrysler Jeep, one of 15 Michigan dealerships and 70 nationwide where the union staged protests as part of its campaign to protect the jobs of union car haulers. The union is angry with Chrysler Group LLC for shifting some work to nonunion companies to save money, and fears General Motors Co. may follow suit. The companies say they need to cut costs. [source] Full article... Article added: 2009-10-19 06:02:17 Article Views Rating: 73 Main > Car Makers News > Chrysler > Dispute between Chrysler Financial, GMAC traps Chrysler dealers | detnews.com | The Detroit News An undetermined number of Chrysler Group LLC dealers are at risk of closure within a month, caught in a dispute between their former finance company and their new lender. Imperiled dealers are those with mortgages and capital loans with former captive finance company Chrysler Financial but who need a line of credit from new lender GMAC Financial Services to buy vehicle stock with a wholesale or "floor plan" loan. They have temporary financing but face a mid-November deadline to secure permanent... Full article... Article added: 2009-10-19 06:02:14 Article Views Rating: 30 Main > Car Makers News > Chrysler > CAW optimistic on Chrysler | detnews.com | The Detroit News Leaders of the Canadian Auto Workers union left a six-hour meeting with Chrysler Group LLC executives with substantially more optimism about the future of the automaker than they had going in. "I left feeling pretty good, and, frankly, I went there pretty down," said CAW President Ken Lewenza, describing Thursday's meeting with Chrysler Chief Executive Officer Sergio Marchionne, which stretched from a scheduled three hours into six and included an impromptu dinner. Lewenza said the five union leaders... Full article... Article added: 2009-10-19 06:02:14 Article Views Rating: 24 Main > Car Makers News > Other > Mayor Bing's SUV lease criticized | detnews.com | The Detroit News -- Mayor Dave Bing is now being chauffeured in a $59,205 Yukon XL Denali delivered to the city on Wednesday, a move that is drawing criticism from unions and his rival in the Nov. 3 election. The mayor's staffers say the decision to lease the SUV with heated-leather seats, a Bose stereo system and satellite radio is out of his hands because Police Department officials say they need it to do their job. "It is the Police Department's decision. This is their requirement," said Karen Dumas, the mayor's... Full article... Article added: 2009-10-19 06:02:13 Article Views Rating: 30 |
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