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Main > Car Makers News > Chrysler > GM, Chrysler press dealers to order cars in coming months | detnews.com | The Detroit News General Motors Corp. and Chrysler LLC on Sunday urged dealers to keep ordering new cars and trucks in coming months despite an industrywide sales slump that has kept vehicles piling up on dealer lots. During a meeting at the National Automobile Dealers Association convention, Chrysler told dealers it will launch a major push to get retailers across the country to order vehicles, and consumers to buy them, ahead of a March 31 deadline to convince the government the automaker can survive. Chrysler and GM... Full article... Article added: 2009-01-26 06:38:13 Article Views Rating: 180 Main > Car Makers News > Chrysler > Chrysler Financial gets $1.5B | detnews.com | The Detroit News Chrysler LLC's financial arm won a $1.5 billion loan from the U.S. Treasury Department Friday, money that should help the automaker boost sales by making it easier for consumers to finance new cars and trucks. Chrysler Financial LLC got the first $100 million on Friday and became the latest automotive company to receive money from the $700 billion Wall Street rescue fund. Chrysler responded by unveiling a new incentive program to get customers into showrooms. The offer, effective immediately, includes... Full article... Article added: 2009-01-19 14:47:00 Article Views Rating: 209 Main > Car Makers News > Chrysler > Chrysler extends shutdown for three plants | detnews.com | The Detroit News Chrysler LLC is extending the shutdown of three of its plants for an additional week, citing continued slow sales due to the financial crisis and downturn in the auto industry. The automaker closed all 30 North American plants Dec. 19 for one month to reduce inventory. Workers at 23 of them will be back on the job beginning next week. Three plants will be down an additional week. They include: Sterling Heights Assembly Plant Chrysler Sebring and Dodge Avenger, Belvidere, Ill. Dodge Caliber and Jeep... Full article... Article added: 2009-01-16 06:07:15 Article Views Rating: 194 Main > Car Makers News > Chrysler > Chrysler extends plant shutdowns | detnews.com | The Detroit News Chrysler LLC is extending the shutdown of five plants, including three in Michigan, for another week, citing continued slow sales due to the financial crisis and industry downturn. The automaker closed all 30 North American plants Dec. 19 for one month to reduce inventory. Workers at 23 of them will be back on the job next week. Down an additional week are: Sterling Heights Assembly Plant Chrysler Sebring and Dodge Avenger; Belvidere, Ill. Dodge Caliber and Jeep Patriot and Compass; and the plant in... Full article... Article added: 2009-01-16 06:07:14 Article Views Rating: 206 Main > Car Makers News > Other > Sneak peek: 2010 Grand Cherokee | detnews.com | The Detroit News The Grand Cherokee will have an all-new platform, one it will share with other vehicles, including the next-generation Dodge Durango and Mercedes ML class. The 2010 Grand Cherokee will be offered in 5-passenger and 7-passenger configurations. Sources report that the Grand Cherokee "looks a lot like the Trailhawk concept, but with somewhat sharper lines." Chrysler's new Phoenix V-6 engine will be available in the Grand Cherokee in 3.3L and 3.6L displacements. A 4.7L V-8 and 5.7L HEMI are likely also in... Full article... Article added: 2009-01-16 06:07:13 Article Views Rating: 127 Main > Car Makers News > Other > Picks and pans: Auto show offers mix of speed, style and eco-space age | detnews.com | The Detroit News DETROIT -- The North American International Auto Show still manages to shock. And it doesn't matter whether you're looking for the best or the worst vehicles on the show floor. The biggest showstopper is the Cadillac Converj -- spelling aside, this concept car was hands down the best in show. It's the kind of car you want to go back and check out again. And you should. This car is an LED screamer on wheels. It's designers gone wild without the morning-after hangover. With solar panels on its glass roof... Full article... Article added: 2009-01-16 06:07:11 Article Views Rating: 163 Main > Car Makers News > Chrysler > 2009 Detroit Auto Show: Chrysler Limited Presentation Chrysler is having hard times and to avoid unnecessary expenses the auto manufacturer is planning very limited program for the 2009 Detroit Auto Show. Many of the things are going to be cancelled and as the company’s spokesman wrote at the corporate blog, it will be “less glitz and no giveaways”.First of all Chrysler gave up the free tickets for its executives to attend the black-tie charity preview at the show and free media lunches. There... Full article... Article added: 2009-01-12 06:34:17 Article Views Rating: 263 Main > Car Makers News > Other > Forget 2013 -- Detroit rolling out '09 winners | detnews.com | The Detroit News The electric revolution may have taken hold at the North American International Auto Show on Sunday as the world's auto industry gathered in Detroit, but not one EV-anything will resuscitate these major companies. Yes, the Jeep Patriot EV Chrysler LLC introduced is cute. The Cadillac Converj has an interesting name spelling -- and is a great way to make use of the Chevrolet Volt's underpinnings -- but General Motors Corp. won't sell one of them this year. These vehicles are important, but in an... Full article... Article added: 2009-01-12 06:34:16 Article Views Rating: 176 Main > Car Makers News > Other > Big 3's hybrid message: We will survive; we will be green | detnews.com | The Detroit News Kicking off the most important auto show of a crucial year, Detroit's Big Three automakers unveiled stylish, fuel-efficient and high-tech vehicles Sunday aimed at winning back customers from import brands and countering doomsayers and critics in Washington and across the country. "You can't look at the array of cars that we've brought up on stage today and say these guys don't get it, these cars are ugly, and these cars don't perform," said GM Vice Chairman Bob Lutz, the Detroit industry's most eloquent... Full article... Article added: 2009-01-12 06:34:09 Article Views Rating: 252 Main > Car Makers News > Other > Auto loans getting easier to obtain, but lenders remain cautious | detnews.com | The Detroit News DES MOINES, Iowa -- By all accounts it's a great time to buy a new car. Manufacturers are willing to slash thousands off sticker prices and offer interest-free money. But there's a catch. Those deals won't do you any good if you can't qualify. The reality is that many auto lenders are still stingy with money, so some dealers still have quiet showrooms. "The biggest challenge we've got is the availability of credit," said Dale Early, owner of Deerbrook Forest Chrysler-Jeep in Kingwood, Texas. Early said... Full article... Article added: 2009-01-12 06:34:06 Article Views Rating: 156 |
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