Chrysler News
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Chrysler is set to introduce a range of frugal diesel engines across its brands, starting with the Jeep Grand Cherokee and Chrysler 300 initially and spreading to other models if demand necessitates. The move is just one part of Chrysler’s overall strategy to meet tough new CAFE standards proposed for 2025, with other initiatives including the launch of more small cars, downsized engines, fuel-efficient transmissions and even hybrids. We have now managed to dig up a trademark for a badge that will almost certainly indicate Chrysler’s future diesel models. New diesel should pack up...
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Chrysler's SRT Division Ponders New ModelsFor a performance brand, Chrysler’s SRT division has a fairly impressive lineup, ranging from the Jeep Grand Cherokee SRT8 through the Dodge Charger SRT8 and the Chrysler 300 SRT8. Still, these are models that originate from other Chrysler divisions, which leaves SRT with just one model to...
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Chrysler Releases ‘Imported From Gotham’ Ad For The 300: VideoThe 2012 Chrysler 300S gets the Batmobile treatment in Chrysler's 'Imported From Gotham City advertisement.
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Chrysler Teams With 'The Dark Knight Rises' For Video ContestChrysler has teamed with the latest Batman movie to market the 2012 Chrysler 300.
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Chrysler Barn Find Fuels The 'Restore Or Preserve' DebateLast year, Howard Kroplick, a vintage car collector from Long Island, New York, acquired a significant piece of Chrysler history. Purchased from the Vanderbilt Museum, the 1937 Chrysler Imperial Town Car was originally ordered (to custom specifications) by none other than Walter P. Chrysler. As...
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Driver Totals Car By Hitting Moose, Makes Work On Time: VideoLet’s be honest with one another: the last time you called in sick to work, how sick were you, really? Are you tough enough to run down a moose in a Chrysler Sebring, suffering cuts, bruises and broken bones in the process, than make it to work on time? Because Newfoundland, Canada resident...
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Chrysler has issued a recall on its Dodge Charger and Chrysler 300 sedans from the 2011 and 2012 model years due to a potential brake overheating issue. According to Chrysler, performance of the electronic stability control (ESC) and anti-lock braking system (ABS) on the aforementioned models may diminish if the brakes overheat. The affected models are those 2011 Chrysler 300 and Dodge Charger sedans built from May 6, 2011, through July 26, 2011, and those 2012 Chrysler 300 and Dodge Charger sedans built from February 9, 2011, through December 20, 2011. In total, there are some 119,072...
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Chrysler Returns To China With Jeep Wrangler And Chrysler 300 ConceptsTo mark the return of Chrysler to the Chinese market, the automaker is showing two design concepts built specifically for the Chinese market at this week’s Beijing Auto Show. Named for a symbol of prosperity, the Chrysler 300 Ruyi Design Concept is sprayed in Maximum Steel and trimmed with a...
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Chrysler Preps 300C, Jeep Wrangler Concepts For 2012 Beijing Auto ShowWith the 2012 New York Auto Show barely behind us, already the automakers are looking ahead to the next stop on the circuit, the 2012 Beijing Auto Show. Chrysler is planning a pair of new design concepts, based on the Jeep Wrangler and Chrysler 300C. Themed with Chinese-inspired names and design...
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Chrysler Releases Four Follow-Up Ads To 'Halftime' Super Bowl CommercialFollowing on from its successful It’s Halftime In America commercial, which aired during Super Bowl XLVI and featured Hollywood celeb Clint Eastwood, Chrysler has released four new ads, one for each of its brands and all based around the same comeback theme. The ads were all scripted and...
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2012 Chrysler 300 Reviewed, 2013 GT500 Priced, Audi RS5: Today's Car NewsNissan is preparing to debut the all-new 2013 Altima mid-size sedan at the 2012 New York Auto Show in a few weeks. Yesterday it released the third teaser video of the new sedan featuring a glimpse at the rear end styling. The first teaser gave a hint of the car's overall proportions, while the...
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Fashion Icon John Varvatos Designs One-Off Chrysler 300S For CharityAmerican fashion designer John Varvatos has partnered with Chrysler once again, this time to design a special 2012 Chrysler 300S that will be auctioned to help raise funds for the charity organization Stuart House. Varvatos previously starred in one of Chrysler’s Imported From Detroit...
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Chrysler is reportedly planning a ‘downsized’ 3.2-liter version of its award-winning 3.6-liter Pentastar V-6 engine. The new engine is said to debut in the replacement for the Jeep Liberty next January at the 2013 Detroit Auto Show. The information was revealed to Automotive News (subscription required) by company insiders familiar with the project as well as union official Bruce Baumhower. Baumhower also revealed that the new engine will be matched with a nine-speed automatic supplied by Germany’s ZF. With the extra gear ratios, the smaller 3.2-liter engine is said to be...
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Guilty Pleasure: 1989-90 Turbo 5-Speed Chrysler MinivanWe went a little crazy last week, diving into the toxic waters of Triumph Stag ownership, but you'd probably manage to find a handful of people who thought the Stag was quasi-cool. Where's the guilt? So, this week we'll be returning to Detroit and a vehicle that's both completely ridiculous and so...
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Mopar '12 300 Live Photos: 2012 Chicago Auto ShowAnother of Mopar's 75th anniversary special-editions, the Mopar '12 300 is based on the 2012 Chrysler 300, glossed up and tweaked to satisfy all your murder-sedan needs. Wearing a sinister coat of gloss black paint, accented by Mopar blue pinstripes and black chrome trim, the '12 300 looks stealth...
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Clint Eastwood Stars In Chrysler’s 'Halftime' Super Bowl AdChrysler is tugging at the heartstrings of America once again in its latest commercial, which aired during Super Bowl XLVI earlier today. Called It's Halftime In America, the two-minute clip starred one very iconic American, Clint Eastwood, talking about it being halftime for all Americans and that...
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Obama's Chrysler 300C Gets No Bids At $1 Million eBay Starting PriceAn eBay seller looking to capitalize on President Barack Obama's former ownership of a 2005 Chrysler 300C with a starting price on the car's auction of $1 million has ended up with nothing to show for it but a healthy spate of media coverage. The car's auction history shows no one bid on the car...
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Mopar Celebrates 75th Anniversary With Four Custom VehiclesMopar is turning 75 this year, and to celebrate, it's showing custom versions of the Chrysler 300, the Fiat 500, the Jeep Compass and the Dodge Dart.
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Chrysler’s 300 sedan could be lining up alongside the Holden Commodore and Ford Falcon in Australia’s V8 Supercars race series from 2013 onwards. New regulations dubbed “Car of the Future” make it easier for other manufacturers to potentially enter the series, and this could be just the ticket Chrysler needs to compete in the popular series. SRT boss Ralph Gilles has already told Drive that he is interested, and now one of the bosses of an existing V8 Supercars team, Garry Rogers, has revealed to Australian media that he is in talks with Chrysler. Rogers currently runs...
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Ex-Obama Chrysler 300C Appears On eBay: Start Bid $1 MillionIt's not often you get to sit in the same seat once used by a United States President. Statistically, you're pretty unlikely to find yourself behind the desk in the oval office, but there are other ways of getting that presidential feeling. Like buying a car once leased by 44th U.S. President...
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Chrysler Builds Its One-Millionth Pentastar V-6In just two years, Chrysler has built one million Pentastar V-6 engines, now used in over 68 percent of domestic Chrysler vehicles.
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2013 BMW M6 Gran Coupe Spied, 2013 GT500 Prototype Auction, SRT8 Recall: Car News HeadlinesThe 2013 BMW M6 Gran Coupe has sidled in front of our spy photographers' lenses, and it looks good: like the Gran Coupe, but meaner. We're looking forward to seeing how it stacks up to the M5 on track. A 2013 Shelby GT500 prototype will cross the blocks at Barrett-Jackson this month, though it'll...
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2012 Chrysler 300 SRT8, Dodge Charger SRT8 Models RecalledChrysler has announced a voluntary safety recall to reprogram the tire pressure monitoring system on certain 2012 model year Chrysler 300SRT8 and Dodge Charger SRT8 vehicles.
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Chrysler 700C Concept Debuts At 2012 Detroit Auto ShowChrysler has revealed a futuristic concept minivan, dubbed the 700C, at this week's Detroit Auto Show.
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