Chrysler News
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Fisker Automotive has appointed automotive industry veteran and former Chrysler CEO Tom LaSorda to its Board of Directors
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Ex-Ferrari Designer To Style Future Chryslers And Lancias
Lorenzo Ramaciotti, a former Pininfarina designer and man responsible for cars like the 360 Modena, 550 Maranello and 612 Scaglietti, has been tasked with the challenge of making future Chryslers appear at home even if they're wearing a Lancia badge. Ramaciotti retired from designing cars in 2005...
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Chrysler Gets Poetic With Latest Imported From Detroit Ad
The latest ad starring the 2012 Chrysler 300 features some prose from Michigan Poet Laureate Edgar A. Guest.
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New Compact Dodge Won't Be Named Hornet: 2012 Detroit Auto Show
Dodge will almost certainly introduce a new compact model at the upcoming Detroit Auto Show, and we now know that it won't carry the Hornet name.
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New Chrysler Hybrids And Diesels Coming Due To CAFE, Says Marchionne
Hybrid vehicles may still not sell in high volumes but automakers will be forced to offer more of the electrically-aided vehicles in order to meet tough new CAFE standards proposed for 2025. Additionally, the tougher regulations will also see the introduction of more diesel vehicles in the U.S...
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Guilty Pleasure: First-Gen Chrysler LH Platform
After feeling the urge to find myself a clean Eagle Premier last week, I got to thinking about the Chrysler products that the Premier spawned after Chrysler absorbed all that Renault DNA through its acquisition of AMC. Remember how futuristic the first LH Platform Chryslers looked? OK, now forget...
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Anyone want 150, zero-mile, right-hand drive 1997 Chrysler Neons? No, us neither. But for anyone out there who does, such a thing is actually available right now. The large stock of essentially brand new Neons is being sold in Singapore by Arete Trading Pte Ltd. We've no idea how they've come to acquire such a large stock of 14-year old cars in a variety of different colors, but they've clearly been there a while judging by their dusty grave. Not much is revealed about the cars in the advert, only that they do each have a spare wheel but don't have a stereo system. The Neon was sold under the...
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2012 Chrysler 300 SRT8: The Executive's Muscle Car
Photos by Alex Bellus Say you have a family of four plus a dog, a job downtown as a mid-level executive, and you are a proud American. What do you drive? While you'd love to have a muscle car, your wife says a two-door just isn't practical right now. Well, let me introduce you to the new 2012...
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Guilty Pleasure: Eagle Premier
The Guilty Pleasure series has honored, if that's the word, one product apiece from AMC and Renault, but things really get interesting when you combine the two companies. Adding the troublesome PRV engine just makes it that much better! The Eagle Premier was more or less AMC's last gasp, although...
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2012 Chrysler 300 SRT8 Burnout: Video
Every once in a while we get a vehicle in the MotorAuthority Garage that is just begging us to lay some rubber down. The 2012 Chrysler 300 SRT8 is just such a vehicle, and we are more than happy to oblige. A quick refresher on the latest SRT8 to sport the Chrysler badge: Powered by a 6.4-liter V-8...
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Chrysler Goes Gospel With Latest Imported From Detroit Ad
The gospel version of Eminem's Lose Yourself track is now available to download from iTunes.
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Audi Settles A6 Ad Dispute With Eminem Publisher Eight Mile Style
Audi has come to terms with the publisher of Eminem, Eight Mile Style, over the illegal use of the rapper's famous track Lose Yourself in an ad for its new A6 Avant in Europe.
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From time to time our resident revisitor of Guilty Pleasures, Murilee Martin, presents a car that's ugly, weird, or otherwise socially handicapped, but is still lovable anyway. This 1962 Chrysler 300 might fall into that category right now, but with a few years of elbow grease and investment, it could be a show-stopper. Why? Well, for starters, it's a very rare convertible equipped with a three-speed manual transmission, a 413 cid engine rated at 380 horsepower and 450 pound-feet of torque from the factory--as near as we can tell, that makes it a 300H or a Sport Series, though some sources...
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2012 Chrysler 300, Charger V-6 Models Get 31 MPG With 8-Speed: Marchionne
Just yesterday we tempted you with our exclusive news of a supercharged Challenger and Charger from SRT, both sporting eight-speed transmissions. Today, Sergio Marchionne says the 2012 Charger and Chrysler 300 V-6 models, when equipped with the eight-speed, will achieve 31 mpg. That's not quite as...
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Gilles Hints At Hot SRT Version Of Chrysler's Upcoming 2013 C-Segment Car
SRT chief Ralph Gilles is once again stirring up excitement over the future of Chrysler's newly-minted in-house performance brand with talk of an SRT version of the company's upcoming C-segment car. In an interview with Ward's Auto, Gilles said an SRT version of the upcoming C-segment car is...
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2012 Charger, Challenger, Grand Cherokee SRT8 Hoon It Up: Video
When a new car is launched, the manufacturer typically provides the media with a few minutes of "B-roll" footage, to be used for voiceovers and the like. Typically, it's pretty tame stuff--static shots, some two-lane driving, fly-bys. The new SRT brand's B-roll is all sideways and smoking. It's a...
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2012 Chrysler 300 SRT8 Priced From $47,995
The $47,995 sticker on the 2012 Chrysler 300 SRT8 gets you a healthy 465 horsepower and 465 pound-feet of torque.
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Availability of the new ZF-built transmission could be holding back sales of Chrysler's newest sedans.
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Jeans Staining Your Car Seats? Lexus, Chrysler Fight Stains
You might not think your jeans have the capacity for causing much damage unless you're one of the unlucky souls to have once caught part of their anatomy in the zipper, but they can actually be responsible for undue wear to your car seats. A light-colored leather interior can look absolutely...
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Chrysler Working On Diesel Injection System For Gasoline Engines
Over the past couple of years we’ve been reporting about a new engine concept where a small amount of ethanol is injected directly into a cylinder chamber before combustion along with a blast of gasoline. The burning of ethanol has the positive side effect of cooling the combustion chamber...
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Dr. Dre Stars In New 2012 Chrysler 300S Commercial: Video
Chrysler has released a new television commercial in its ever-expanding ‘Imported From Detroit’ campaign, but while the previous ads all featured celebrities with a major connection with Detroit, the latest one treads a slightly different path. It stars rapper and music producer Dr. Dre...
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Lincoln Voted Top Luxury Brand In 2011 Vehicle Satisfaction Awards
Let us be the first to say that the results of the latest 2011 Vehicle Satisfaction Awards, conducted by influential auto industry resource AutoPacific, came as a bit of a surprise. Lincoln, arguably the most overlooked of luxury brands, was voted the ‘Top Premium Brand’ in the awards...
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2011 Chrysler 300C Executive Series Walkaround: Video
With its latest generation 2011 Chrysler 300 sedan, Chrysler decided to launch several different variations of the car, each aimed at a very different target market. The hero of the lineup, the Hemi-packing 300 SRT8 (which is actually a 2012 model), is aimed at the luxury and performance end of the...
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