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  • 2019 Tesla Model S

    To get its fleet-wide average carbon emissions down to a permissible level in Europe, Fiat Chrysler Automobiles will pay Tesla hundreds of millions of dollars to count its EVs.

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    Could PSA Group be a potential partner for FCA?

    There's growing speculation that France's PSA Group is, at the very least, open to the idea of a merger or acquisition of Fiat Chrysler Automobiles. The heads of both automakers reportedly told journalists separately at this month's Geneva International Motor Show that the possibility of an...

  • Chrysler 300 SRT8 with Hellcat engine block
    Twin-turbo Chrysler 300 SRT8 sleeper hides Hellcat upbringings under the hood

    Fiat Chrysler Automobiles never gave Hellcat power to the Chrysler 300 from the factory, but that didn't stop one owner from doing it themselves. YouTuber TalonTSi97 captured this 2014 300 SRT8 with a Hellcat engine block and twin turbochargers from Hellion. Needless to say, it's quite a beast. The...

  • Sergio Marchionne
    FCA didn't have prior knowledge of Marchionne's illness

    Sergio Marchionne's resignation from the top post at Fiat Chrysler Automobiles on July 21 due to health reasons and his subsequent death four days later came as a shock to many, including close employees at the automaker he ran. This is despite Marchionne having had received treatment from...

  • Sergio Marchionne
    Sergio Marchionne dies following complications with surgery

    Former Fiat Chrysler Automobiles CEO and Ferrari Chairman and CEO Sergio Marchionne has succumbed to the complications that arose following recent shoulder surgery at a hospital in Zurich, Switzerland. He was 66. His passing was confirmed Wednesday by John Elkann, grandson of Gianni Agnelli and...

  • Sergio Marchionne
    Marchionne steps down as CEO of FCA, Jeep boss Manley to replace him

    Sergio Marchionne, longtime CEO and chief for Fiat Chrysler Automobiles, stepped down Saturday due to serious complications after surgery, the company announced. Mike Manley, head of Jeep and Ram brands, replaced him. John Elkann, grandson of Gianni Agnelli and chairman of the company that controls...

  • 2018 Jeep Grand Commander

    On Friday, Fiat Chrysler Automobiles laid out an ambitious product roadmap for the next five years. Product details were sometimes hazy but the message was clear: FCA's future lies in trucks, crossover SUVs, performance vehicles, and electrification, with self-driving tech sprinkled in for good measure. This marks the third five-year plan laid out by FCA in the last decade. The last roadmap was released back in May of 2014 with a very different message: FCA was going to be a full-line auto group with vehicles competing in nearly every segment. What happened then, and what didn't--and what...

  • Chrysler Portal concept, 2017 Consumer Electronics Show
    Chrysler to stick around but may become mobility brand

    Fiat Chrysler Automobiles didn't pull the plug on its Chrysler brand during Friday's five-year strategy announcement, as had been rumored, but there weren't any reassurances either. In fact, Chrysler didn't even get a mention in the strategy. Chrysler sells just the Pacifica minivan and 300 sedans...

  • Waymo self-driving prototype
    FCA in talks to use Waymo self-driving tech in showroom-bound models

    Waymo is making huge strides in the race to develop a safe and robust self-driving service. The Alphabet-owned company formerly known as the Google Self-Driving Car Project on Thursday announced that starting in 2018 it will order up to 62,000 additional Chrysler Pacifica Hybrids to join its...

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    Waymo orders thousands of self-driving cars ahead of deployment in multiple US cities

    Waymo is making huge strides in the race to develop a safe and robust self-driving taxi service. The Alphabet-owned company formerly known as the Google Self-Driving Car Project on Tuesday announced it was ordering “thousands” of Chrysler Pacifica Hybrids pre-fitted with all the various...

  • Dodge Daytona and Plymouth Superbird
    Dodge tapped Chrysler's missile division for the Daytona and Plymouth Superbird

    Some of the world's most interesting cars have the greatest stories behind them. The Dodge Daytona and the Plymouth Superbird are no different. At their core, they were built to shame Ford and Chevrolet in NASCAR, but Dodge was so adamant to ensure the car's success that it went through great...

  • 2018 Chrysler 300
    Hellcan't? No, a Chrysler 300 Hellcat isn't coming after all

    Hold your horses. All 707 of them, apparently. A report from Automotive News on Monday had us salivating that a Chrysler 300 Hellcat could be ready to leap out of the skunkwerks and into showrooms. Not so fast. A Fiat Chrysler Automobiles spokesman told Motor Authority on Tuesday that the automaker...

  • 2018 Chrysler 300

    Hellcats are stalking the hallways at Fiat Chrysler Automobiles nowadays, apparently. While we thought it would strike next in a Ram in the form of a production TRX Concept, it seems the supercharged behemoth will make its way into a Chrysler 300 next. Wait, what? Automotive News (subscription required) reports the team over in Auburn Hills, Michigan, plan to shove the Hellcat powertrain into the Chrysler 300 next year as a 2018 model before the car gets refreshed for 2019. While it makes sense for FCA to continue capitalizing the Hellcat powertrain with its aging lineup, the idea of putting...

  • Matthias Müller
    Volkswagen CEO says he's open to merger talks with Fiat Chrysler

    Fiat Chrysler Automobiles CEO Sergio Marchionne has made little secret of his desire to merge with another major automaker due to the significant changes facing the auto industry and the steep capital costs those changes entail. Automakers Marchionne has courted include Ford, General Motors, Toyota...

  • Lapo Elkann at Garage Italia Customs
    Prosecutors drop charges against Fiat heir Lapo Elkann

    Fiat heir Lapo Elkann, brother to Fiat Chrysler Automobiles [NYSE:FCAU] Chairman John Elkann, was arrested in November in New York City on charges of filing a false kidnapping report. The office of Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance on Wednesday said the charges were dropped but added no...

  • Driving a Chrysler Turbine Car
    Driving a Chrysler Turbine Car is a view of the future from 1962

    Back in the early 1960s, Chrysler produced a unique vehicle that perfectly captured the imagination of the Space Age era. Instead of some sort of six or eight-cylinder engine, this new Chrysler coupe used a powerplant that would have been much more at home under the skin of a helicopter or...

  • Chrysler Portal concept, 2017 Consumer Electronics Show
    FCA CEO hints at production version of Chrysler Portal concept

    Earlier this month Chrysler took the wraps off a self-driving electric minivan concept called the Portal at the 2017 Consumer Electronics Show. Car concepts shown at the electronics trade fair typically aren’t intended for production, but that might not be the case for the Portal. Sergio...

  • Chrysler Portal concept, 2017 Consumer Electronics Show
    Chrysler Portal concept is an electric van with Level 3 self-driving capability

    Given the dearth of new product at Chrysler, it’s easy to think parent company Fiat Chrysler Automobiles [NYSE:FCAU] has forgotten about the brand. (With the demise of the 200 in December, the only Chryslers still in production are the 300 and Pacifica.) But that isn’t the case, it...

  • Waymo self-driving prototype

    Google on Monday unveiled a Chrysler Pacifica Hybrid-based self-driving prototype that will be taking part in various trials run by its new self-driving business Waymo. Waymo, which is led by auto industry veteran John Krafcik, aims to be among the first to offer a self-driving taxi service to the public and already has a number of prototypes out testing, some of which are devoid of a steering wheel and pedals. Waymo will now add around 100 of the Pacifica Hybrid-based prototypes to its fleet. The deal between Google and Fiat Chrysler Automobiles [NYSE:FCAU] for the supply of the hybrid...

  • 2017 Chrysler Pacifica
    Report: Electric Chrysler Pacifica to debut at 2017 CES

    The Consumer Electronics Show has become one of the major events on the automotive calendar in recent years as the convergence of the auto and tech industries has become unequivocal. The 2017 CES is just around the corner and already we have confirmation that the firms Faraday Future, Honda and...

  • Lapo Elkann
    Fiat heir Lapo Elkann arrested after alleged fake kidnapping

    Lapo Elkann, Fiat heir and brother to Fiat Chrysler Automobiles [NYSE:FCAU] Chairman John Elkann, is often in the spotlight, though not always for positive reasons. The latest instance is due to the arrest of the 39-year-old in New York City on Saturday over what’s alleged to be a fake...

  • Dodge Challenger SRT 392 Mopar concept, 2016 SEMA show
    Custom Dodge Challenger SRT 392 among Mopar’s 2016 SEMA fleet

    Mopar in recent years has been bringing some serious muscle to the annual SEMA show. And some of the show cars have ended up as production models. Prime examples include the Dodge Viper ACR concept we saw in 2014 and the Dodge Challenger GT AWD concept we saw in 2015. The wide-body, all-wheel-drive...

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    Report: Federal Grand Jury probes FCA sales numbers

    It’s emerged that Fiat Chrysler Automobiles [NYSE:FCAU] may be looking at a Federal Grand Jury investigation into its sales numbers. According to Automotive News (subscription required), some of FCA’s dealers in the United States have received subpoenas to provide documents and or...

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    SEC, Justice Department probe FCA over sales numbers

    Fiat Chrysler Automobiles [NYSE:FCAU] on Monday confirmed an investigation by the Securities and Exchange Commission and Justice Department into sales numbers reported in its financial statements. The investigation comes after a pair of Chicago-area dealers in January filed civil lawsuits against...

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