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Chrysler's 335-slide PowerPoint presentation and the weird stuff therein

So you're not an automotive journalist and couldn't spend seven hours (!) following along yesterday as Chrysler execs presented their 5-year business plan for the company. What you missed was a bladder-busting 335-slide PowerPoint presentation that we won't soon forget. Fear not, as we've obtained the entire presentation and uploaded into a gallery. Every slide is there, including some curious ones that deserve pointing out. Slide #14: The crucial demographic that Dodge is targeting to increase sales: moms with tat sleeves. Slide #32: ... Read more →

Wall Street Journal makes early Chrysler, Dodge and Fiat predictions Jeremy Korzeniewski

Finally, after years of mismanagement marked by a distinct lack of tangible product decisions, the Chrysler, Dodge and Jeep brands seem likely to get a thorough makeover via its new Fiat corporate ...

Chrysler officially done building engines with Hyundai, Mitsubishi Sam Abuelsamid

In a terse statement issued last night, Chrysler made official what had been expected for at least a couple of weeks: The Global Engine Manufacturing Alliance is no more. Chrysler Group LLC has ...

Officially Official: Chrysler PT Cruiser to live on Sam Abuelsamid

Chrysler made it official this morning: the PT Cruiser will cruise on -- for at least another year. Earlier this spring, the PT Cruiser was one of several products slated to get the axe as ...

REPORT: Alfa Romeo to lead American charge, Fiat 500 to go it alone Noah Joseph

Alfa Romeo has been toying with the idea of returning to America for years, but now that Fiat CEO Sergio Marchionne is working from Auburn Hills, the time seems more ripe than ever as details emerge ...

Chrysler pondering whether Sebring/Avenger replacements should go rear-wheel drive? 5 months ago on Autoblog

Setting the Challenger and 300 aside, what Chrysler needs now most of all is a C/D segment car that moves more metal than the pitiful performance of its current offerings. According to Automotive News, Chrysler shifted just 133,626 of its Sebring and Dodge Avenger platform-mates, a number that ...

Officially Official: Chrysler exiting bankruptcy, Fiat steps in and makes changes immediately 5 months ago on Autoblog

Fiat now owns a big chunk of Chrysler. Officially. Soon after the Supreme Court gave it the go-ahead, the sale of Chrysler to Fiat was complete. Altogether, the deal took just 42 days. With a couple of signatures and a wire transfer Wednesday morning, the sale was official. Fiat gets most of ...

Meet Brian Deese, the 31-year-old in charge of breaking up GM 5 months ago on Autoblog

Many of us ABers being in our early- to mid-30s, we're less amazed that another of our ilk has risen to a decisive government position. We are, after all, a generation on the rise. The surprising part about Brian Deese's story is that he's been instrumental in shaping the Obama administration's ...

Autoblog Podcast #130 5 months ago on Autoblog

Episode #130 of the Autoblog Podcast sees Chris, Sam, and Dan kibbitzing over the obvious news, but it's not an All-GM-Bankruptcy show. Starting with General Motors (after all, it's a huge event) we move on to Magna's deal with Opel (and GM, coincidentally). Volvo's clever implementation of a ...

Officially, Official: Bankruptcy judge approves sale of Chrysler assets 5 months ago on Autoblog

Late Sunday night, U.S. bankruptcy Judge Arthur Gonzalez approved the sale of Chrysler's remaining good assets to a group that includes the UAW VEBA health care trust, Fiat, and the U.S. and Canadian governments. The union will get a 68 and the governments split the rest. Gonzalez over-ruled ...

Chrysler submits $448m plan to build electric vehicles 6 months ago on Autoblog

Chrysler has submitted a series of plans to the U.S. Department of Energy intended to speed up the development of plug-in hybrids and fully electric cars and trucks under the DOE's Transportation Electrification Initiative and Electric Drive Vehicle Battery and Component Manufacturing ...

Consumer group objects to Chrysler bankruptcy, says customers could be stranded without warranty 6 months ago on Autoblog

Joseph Heller's novel Catch-22 is an assault on bureaucratic circular logic, and when talk turns to Chrysler's bankruptcy, you can almost picture the book's character, Yossarian, shaking his head about the latest developments surrounding warranty claims. Current Chrysler owners might find ...

And so it begins: Affected Chrysler dealers prepare suit 6 months ago on Autoblog

The consequences of the Obama Administration's hope for New Chrysler to emerge from bankruptcy as quickly as possible will be felt by the 789 dealerships being shut down by the automaker on June 9th. According to a statement filed by Stephen Lerner, an attorney representing the Committee of ...

Tale of two Chryslers: Bankruptcy could take two years, not two months 6 months ago on Autoblog

When President Obama announced that Chrysler LLC would be filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in late April, he mentioned that the beleaguered automaker could emerge after 60 days. "Well, that's not so bad," we all thought. Turns out that as details of Chrysler's reemergence begin to surface, the ...

The Chrysler-Kia alliance that never was 6 months ago on Autoblog

Chrysler has been trying to shack up with another automaker for quite a while now, and the trail of relationships that never got off the ground reads like a middle school diary. While Chrysler's deal with Fiat has all but gotten 500s rolling out of plants on this continent, a deal with Kia had been ...

Chrysler creditors continue to object, claim death threats 6 months ago on Autoblog

The same creditors who President Obama scolded last week for preventing Chrysler from restructuring outside of bankruptcy have filed objections in bankruptcy court against the automaker's plan to reemerge as a new company owned in part by Fiat. Chrysler has about $6.9 billion in debt that it owes ...

Chrysler begins "New Car Company" ad campaign in newspapers 6 months ago on Autoblog

In the midst of being taken over by Fiat ("alliance" sounds too egalitarian) and filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy last week, Chrysler LLC fears that potential shoppers might forget that it's still in the business of selling cars and trucks. This sounds like a job for the Marketing Dept.! The ...

REPORT: Chrysler products from Fiat could be here in 18 months 6 months ago on Autoblog

Will we see a new line of Fiats in America in just 18 months? According to Chrysler vice chairman and president Tom LaSorda, the answer is "yes." Responding to reports that some analysts predict it will take upwards of three years before the first Fiat is (once again) sold in America, LaSorda ...

Eight plants to close under Chrysler bankruptcy 6 months ago on Autoblog

Now that the court documents have officially been filed, details regarding Chrysler's ongoing plans to stay in business are becoming a bit less muddy. Two corporations will be created from the dying automaker: a so-called "OldCo" with unwanted bits and liabilities that seem likely to die a slow and ...

Obama announces Chrysler bankruptcy, deal with Fiat; Nardelli out soon *UPDATED 7 months ago on Autoblog

President Obama has just concluded a televised press conference where he announced that Chrysler will indeed head into Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings almost immediately. As part of the same announcement, he noted that the Auburn Hills automaker has reached terms with Fiat and will be headed into ...

Grand Caravan to Grande Punto: Chrysler plants could be retooled to produce Fiats 7 months ago on Autoblog

Any pending arrangement between Chrysler LLC and Fiat SpA could see a huge reshuffle of Chrysler's manufacturing facilities all across North America to make way for joint production of a new generation of vehicles to be sold with Chrysler, Dodge, Jeep, Fiat and Alfa Romeo badges. Included among the ...

REPORT: If Chrysler goes down, it could cost Daimler $1 billion 7 months ago on Autoblog

Nerves are frazzled in Stuttgart over the troubles facing Chrysler. Let's not forget that Daimler still has a skin in the Chrysler game, and while everyone natters and frets about whether or not Fiat will prove to be the Savior Of Auburn Hills, execs are also thinking about the worst-case scenario ...

VIDEO: Chrysler's Nardelli makes case for "Why Fiat Works" 8 months ago on Autoblog

To go along with the email that was sent to Chrysler employees, CEO Bob Nardelli is now starring in his very own video where he continues to extol the virtues of a partnership with Fiat. After stating that Chrysler is clearly a viable company on a standalone basis, Nardelli goes on to say that ...

Chrysler lowers temperature, removes clocks and cuts down on Christmas to save money 9 months ago on Autoblog

Chrysler's sweeping efforts to save cash have resulted in a few drastic measures that are currently being implemented at its corporate headquarters in Auburn Hills, Michigan. Turning the heat down from 72 to 68 degrees strikes us as reasonable, as does cutting its budget for Christmas decorations ...

Chrysler offers new round of less attractive buyouts to hourly workers 9 months ago on Autoblog

With the February 17th deadline for proving its long-term viability looming, Chrysler LLC has reportedly launched a new round of buyouts for hourly workers. Word comes from an unidentified United Auto Workers official that Chrysler hopes to off load an unknown number of workers eligible for ...

Feds may want loan money back early after learning of Chrysler/Fiat deal 10 months ago on Autoblog

The conference room where Chrysler and Fiat worked out Fiat's 35% stake in the Pentastar probably still smells like hors d'oeuvres and bottled water, and already a Congressman is thinking about making Chrysler return its $4 billion dollar bridge loan. In fact, Chrysler and Fiat aren't even ...

Suitor of the Day: Chrysler in talks with Fiat 10 months ago on Autoblog

Chrysler may not be in the best of shape, but apart from the federal government, someone may be willing to throw the beleaguered automaker a lifeline. And it may prove to be a mutually-beneficial relationship. Even before things went belly up in Detroit, reports indicate that Italian auto giant ...

Detroit 2009: Dodge Ram HD goes for the Big Horn 10 months ago on Autoblog

The 2009 Dodge Ram Heavy Duty was left to rumble on its own out back while the electric concepts took to the Chrysler stage at the 2009 Detroit Auto Show. But the hulking oil-burner certainly deserves mention. Powerplants come in two flavors on the 2500 models: a 5.7-liter V8 with 355 hp and ...

Detroit 2009: Jeep Patriot Extended-Range Vehicle appears in D-town [w/VIDEO] 10 months ago on Autoblog

So sayeth Chrysler and ENVI, Chrysler's electric vehicle partner, "the Jeep Patriot EV expands our portfolio of ENVI electric-drive vehicles and is just one more example of what is possible through the technology Chrysler is developing." With the same heart as the genuinely cool Chrysler 200C ...

Detroit 2009: Dodge Circuit EV [w/VIDEO] 10 months ago on Autoblog

The circuit is one of those things that makes us go "Hmmm." It is not particularly attractive, not particularly innovative, and not particularly noteworthy except that it's an electric car with "Dodge" written on it. The 200kW (268 hp) motor get the "Tangoreen" 2-door to 60 in less than five ...

Detroit 2009: Chrysler 200C Concept, what the Sebring should have been [w/VIDEO] 10 months ago on Autoblog

We were beginning to worry that the 300C was all Ralph Gilles had in him. But if the Chrysler 200C Concept is what Chrysler's styling star can bring to the hitherto dull banquet of Chrysler design, then he should have been placed in charge long ago. It is absolutely gorgeous - check out those ...

Chrysler gets first $4 billion from government 10 months ago on Autoblog

Two days after General Motors got its first installment of cash from the Treasury Department, Chrysler also closed on its loan. On Friday, Chrysler received a transfer of $4 billion to help tide it over while management tries to find a way to right the ship. CEO Bob Nardelli acknowledged the complex ...

Chrysler suppliers demanding COD 11 months ago on Autoblog

With Chrysler's cash dropping to $2.5 billion as we race to the end of the month, suppliers to the automaker have begun asking for immediate payment for delivered parts. When suppliers demand COD from struggling companies such as Chrysler LLC instead of extending payment terms, it wreaks havoc with ...

Chrysler hasn't killed future product plans... yet 12 months ago on Autoblog

As you'd imagine, it's pretty tough to run a successful auto company if there's no viable product in the pipeline. Chrysler has seen its fair share of negative press for not announcing a clear strategy to rebuild the heart of its line-up, namely the Chrysler Sebring and the Dodge Avenger, and it's ...

Quoth Mitt Romney in the NYT: "Let Detroit Go Bankrupt" 1 year ago on Autoblog

Mitt Romney, former Massachusetts governor, former entrant in the marathon to win the White House, and current automotive industry expert (who knew?) had a few things to say in the New York Times today on the potential auto industry bailout. The opening paragraph says it all: "IF General Motors, ...

Chrysler, ZF partnering on axle plant in Michigan 1 year ago on Autoblog

One door closes, another one opens. Just as Chrysler is working to extricate itself from its deal with Getrag, the Pentastar people are about to announce a deal with ZF Friedrichshafen AG. Chrysler is erecting a plant in Marysville, Michigan that will build axles and employ 900 workers, but word is ...

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