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REPORT: Chrysler rehiring white collar workers to get new product out fast

The new product picture at Chrysler appears to be mighty thin, as the only new products scheduled to come out of the Pentastar over the next year are redesigns of the Jeep Grand Cherokee, Dodge Ram Heavy Duty and the Chrysler 300. As you may recall, Fiat CEO Sergio Marchionne recently said that he was surprised to see how little has been done in the way of product development over the past two years, which is hardly a ringing endorsement from the new boss. Marchionnne and his management team are now putting the final touches on a new ... Read more →

Review: 2009 Chrysler PT Cruiser is a tarnished Golden Oldie Sam Abuelsamid

It wasn't so many years ago that Chrysler's design department was considered among the best in the industry. Attractive, innovative shapes came one after another, then they took a sharp detour into ...

Chrysler to restart seven North American plants by end of month Chris Paukert

Hot on the heels of news that the Dodge Viper's Conner Avenue facility would be the first Chrysler plant to fire up after the company's bankruptcy proceedings/Fiat tie-up comes official word that the ...

REPORT: Chrysler PT Cruiser gets unlikely stay of execution thanks to Fiat tie-up Chris Shunk

We've been telling you that Chrysler's PT Cruiser is destined for death for years now, yet the little wagon continues to endure. Inside Line is reporting that the PT has yet again escaped the ...

Chrysler PT Cruiser production to end this summer Damon Lavrinc

Ye old Chrysler PT Cruiser is going the way of the dodo this summer, and according to Chrysler LLC President Tom LaSorda, the automaker is actively pursuing a sale of the equipment used to build ...

Chrysler could be broke by New Year's, Nardelli would work for $1 1 year ago on Autoblog

Chrysler still makes cars? Apparently so, and CEO Bob Nardelli was on Capitol Hill yesterday with his colleagues from Ford and General Motors, warning that the Pentastar is in serious danger of exhausting its reserves by early 2009. Chrysler's share of the $25 billion in aid the automakers are ...

Woodward '08: Chrysler gets things started with PT Cruiser Dream Cruiser Series 5 1 year ago on Autoblog

Click above for high-res gallery of the Chrysler PT Cruiser DCS 5 The festivities leading up to the annual Woodward Dream Cruise in Detroit begin to ramp up around this time every year, and you know the world's largest traffic jam of classic, custom and exotic vehicles is nigh when Chrysler debuts ...

PT Cruiser will survive through 2009, barely 1 year ago on Autoblog

It seems as if earlier rumors of the PT Cruiser's death may have been slightly exaggerated. According to PTCruizer.com, the retro-style hatch from Chrysler is still alive, though perhaps on some sort of artificial life support. At least for the 2009 model year, the Cruiser is expected to be built ...

eBay find of the day: All-terrain PT Bruiser 1 year ago on Autoblog

When offering an item for sale, a fuzzy key selling point like "may be legal in some states already" might not be the deal clincher you'd hoped. On today's episode of "Fun With Centers of Gravity" we have the delightful union of the neuter-car PT Cruiser with the greasy unmentionables of a 29 year ...

Dead Again: WSJ says PT Cruiser indeed short lived 2 years ago on Autoblog

PT Cruiser fans who were relieved to hear only the convertible version would no longer be built may, after all, have reason to mourn. The Wall Street Journal, quoting a Chrysler dealership owner, says the retro-styled wagon-like CUV is again on the company's hit list. No word on why Chrysler brass ...

Chrysler said to be planning wake for Magnum, Pacifica, PT Cruiser 2 years ago on Autoblog

According to The Detroit News, Chrysler's product-cutting plan is all but official. The first three models on the chopping block, according to the newspaper's unnamed sources, are the Magnum, Pacifica and the PT Cruiser. The next round could include the Jeep Commander if it doesn't get its act ...

Enthusiast starts petition to save the PT Cruiser 2 years ago on Autoblog

Scott Kissinger knows a thing or two about Chrysler's PT Cruiser. In fact, he knows enough about it to have started ptenthusiasts.org in 1999, before the the PT was even for sale. So as one who loves the PT Cruiser and who also has an investment of time and money in the nameplate, we imagine ...

And Chrysler's reveal today is... the PT Cruiser Sunset Boulevard Edition 2 years ago on Autoblog

click image above for high-res version While we harbored hope that Chrysler would break with tradition and formally launch the 2008 Dodge Caliber SRT-4 at Duggan's Pub on Woodward this morning, already the new Pentastar instead did what it's been doing for years: unveiled another special edition PT ...

Spy Shots: Dodge JC49 crossover, PT Cruiser replacement? 2 years ago on Autoblog

Allpar is again on top of the JC49 game with spy shots of the crossover in even less dress than the last time we saw it. Looks like the news is pretty much the same, with Dodge getting a version of the Sebring-based crossover to be called Crew, and later on, Chrysler replacing the aging PT Cruiser ...

Autoblog takes on Gratiot: Cars don't have to be old to be cruise-worthy 2 years ago on Autoblog

Click on the image above to view the high-resolution gallery As big as the muscle car market has become, not everybody wants to spend their weekends working on a vehicle that gets 8 mpg while still reaching 60mph slower than a V6 Accord. For some, their everyday transportation has become their ...

DCX gets behind baseball with Tigers Cruiser 3 years ago on Autoblog

More exciting than a rally cap, more powerful than the crack of Brandon Inge's bat, it's... The Tigers Cruiser!!! Quite possibly the best fanmobile ever, this modified PT Cruiser was created by DaimlerChrysler and Detroit NBC affiliate WDIV-TV Channel 4 in celebration of the Tigers' success in ...

Chrysler will share next PT Cruiser with Dodge 3 years ago on Autoblog

Chrysler is hard at work developing a new PT Cruiser, which is no easy task considering the vehicle's throwback looks will be difficult to update while maintaining the wagon's charm. Code-named JZ49, the next generation Cruiser will also be joined by a Dodge variant, reports Automotive News, that ...

Chrysler intros PT Cruiser Pacific Coast Highway Edition ahead of Dream Cruise 3 years ago on Autoblog

Chrysler introducing a special edition PT Cruiser the week before the Woodward Dream Cruise has become an annual event. This year the brand rolled out the PT Cruiser Pacific Coast Highway Edition, the twelfth factory-customized PT Cruiser in the model's history. This new special edition is powered ...

What comes next for the Chrysler PT Cruiser? 3 years ago on Autoblog

Peter Valdes-Dapena has penned a nice piece examining Chrysler's options for the next PT Cruiser. It's an interesting question, as Valde-Dapena notes, because no retro vehicle has ever been substantially redesigned. Like the recent refreshening of the Volkswagen New Beetle, Chrysler's redo of the ...

What to do with the PT Cruiser? 3 years ago on Autoblog

Automotive News had a chat with Chrysler execs about the next PT Cruiser, which is causing the company some sleepless nights. What do you do next with such a unique vehicle, so strongly steeped in retro cues? The car, which debuted in 2001 and has only had a small refresh since, may go on the new ...

Lithium PT Cruiser taxi cabs planned for NYC 3 years ago on Autoblog

It seem like the most suitable laboratory for testing an advanced propulsion system is the engine bay of a New York City taxi cab, just ask Ford. Hybrid Technolgies has announced it is in negotiations with the NYC Taxi and Limousine Commision to get its lithium-ion battery-powered PT Cruisers on ...

German government calls out the PT Cruiser for tailpipe emissions 3 years ago on Autoblog

DaimlerChrysler is on the receiving end of some flack from Germany's own Federal Emissions Agency, which is accusing the automaker of inadequate pollution controls on the European-market Chrysler PT Cruiser. The debate centers on the function of the PT's catalytic converter at high rates of ...

PSA: Driving with snakes probably not the safest idea 3 years ago on Autoblog

An East Naples, Florida man has been cited for fleeing the scene of an accident, after crashing his Chrysler PT Cruiser into some barricades. Driver Courtland Page Johnson, 30, later told authorities he hit another car that braked suddenly in front of him. Johnson later conceded that he was ...

Hollywood's top-grossing automotive starlets of 2005? Glad you asked... 3 years ago on Autoblog

Forbes' automotive listmeister Nate Chapnick has been at it again. This time, he's chronicled the top 10 vehicles in 2005's highest-grossing movies. Automobiles enjoyed a good year in Hollywood, from buxom Jessica Simpson's cavorting around in a Jeep Wrangler Rubicon in the Dukes Of Hazzard ...






Autoblog Podcast #157: Mike Levine trucks along with us.

Mike Levine from PickupTrucks.com joins Chris, Sam, and Dan this week and gets a chance to talk about cars, too! 

 
 

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