core77.com (Free subscription) | 09/27/2008
The 1 Hour Design Challenge entries keep coming in! Above, check out bennybtl's effort, and notice the low-tech/hi-tech template use. Get all the details and enter your 1HDC Sick-Ass Car Rendering here! ...
San Diego Union (Free subscription) | 09/06/2008
The best thing to happen to the Chrysler Aspen sport utility vehicle was a hybrid driveline. This big SUV, built from the Dodge Durango, is nicely Chryslerized for luxury, but as a mainstream SUV it was just too much too late when the model debuted in 2007. The SUV trend was cooling, gas prices were rising and consumers' hands were wringing.
Truckblog News (Free subscription) | 09/04/2008
Chrysler’s ‘Shop ’til You Drive Sales Event’ continues through Sept' 30, offering up to 40 percent off MSRP on select vehicles, and zero percent APR for 72-months on the 2008 Dodge Ram, Dodge Durango, Chrysler Aspen, Jeep Grand Cherokee and Jeep Commander' Especially strong values are available on Dodge Ram pickup trucks, with up to $9,000 discounts in select markets'
Hybrid Car Review (Free subscription) | 08/26/2008
Chrysler has begun building their hybrid SUVs, but in a plant that's going to close next year. Despite putting all that money into developing the two-mode hybrid system with BMW and GM, Chrysler must not have a lot of hope for their Dodge Durango Hybrid and Chrysler Aspen Hybrid SUVs. Perhaps they've been looking over at the sales of GM's hybrid SUVs, which haven't exactly taken off, yet. But still,...
Jalopnik (Free subscription) | 08/22/2008
The 2009 Chrysler Aspen HEMI Hybrid and the 2009 Dodge Durango HEMI Hybrid , the first hybrids from the penta-star brand, are finally rolling off the lines in Newark, Delaware. With its two-mode hybrid system and cylinder deactivation capability reigning in the big 5.7-liter HEMI engine, the hybrid twins are expected to return a 25% increase in fuel economy, up to 19 MPG city, 20 highway. Yes, even...
eGMCarTech (Free subscription) | 08/22/2008
Chrysler’s first Hybrid-Electric Vehicles have begun rolling of the company’s Newark Assembly line. The two-mode hybrid Dodge Durango and Chrysler Aspen HEMI hybrids will hit showrooms...
Green Car Congress (Free subscription) | 08/22/2008
Chrysler LLC began production of the two-mode hybrid Dodge Durango and Chrysler Aspen vehicles (earlier post) at its Newark (Delaware) Assembly Plant this week, which also assembles the conventional versions of the vehicles.
KickingTires (Free subscription) | 08/14/2008
Odds are, if you’re an automaker with a hybrid, it’s flying off the lots right now as people shy away from big SUVs. What happens, though, when your new hybrid is also a big SUV? Cars.com’s Kelsey Mays reviews the...
The Truth About Cars (Free subscription) | 08/06/2008
Detroit News scribe Scott Burgess is the kind of 50-something white car guy for which the gas-guzzling Dodge Challenger SRT-8 was born. As such, as a writer for Motown's hometown paper, Burgess can't just come out and call the new $46k Chrysler Aspen a deeply-misguided, over-priced piece of shit. Even though, clearly, it is. [...]
Autoblog (Free subscription) | 08/02/2008
Filed under: SUVs , Green , Chrysler, LLC. , Dodge Click the above image for a hi-res gallery at AutoblogGreen Later this month Chrysler will finally launch the Chrysler Aspen and Dodge Durango hybrids. These are the first non-GM products of the 2-Mode hybrid partnership that also includes GM, Daimler and BMW. Chrysler hopes that the hybrid models can revive its big SUV sales, but if GM's experience...
San Diego Union (Free subscription) | 08/02/2008
PORTLAND, Maine – With sales of mid-and full-size SUVs plummeting, Chrysler hopes that two-mode HEMI hybrid versions of the Chrysler Aspen and Dodge Durango will inject the SUVs with new life this fall.
Automobile (Free subscription) | 07/30/2008
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AutoblogGreen (Free subscription) | 07/16/2008
Filed under: Hybrid , Chrysler , Dodge Chrysler's first production hybrids will go on sale in September in the shape of the Dodge Durango and Chrysler Aspen Two-modes. However, as GM has learned this spring, even having the most advanced hybrid powertrain on the market may not be enough to save the full-size SUV. So Chrysler like other manufacturers is also developing other hybrid models. Aside from...
Leftlane (Free subscription) | 07/15/2008
Although Chrysler will soon launch hybrid versions of the Dodge Durango and Chrysler Aspen, the Auburn Hills automaker is still lagging behind the top automakers in hybrid technology and offerings. However, Chrysler is aiming to flip the script and could have a Chevrolet Volt-rivaling model to market as early as 2011. Chrysler’s ENVI division – [...]
eGMCarTech (Free subscription) | 07/14/2008
Chrysler will offer its first hybrid models later this September with the Chrysler Aspen and Dodge Durango HEMI hybrid. Both will be followed by a version of the Dodge Ram 1500 Hybrid. But what does...
