Country Club Chrysler Gets Jeep Franchise
State Journal Featured Content (Free subscription) | yesterday
The dealership has the newest franchise in the state.
Chrysler Town and Country
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And Now Exhale, Bicycling Is Still Fun
Philadelphia Bicycle News (Free subscription) | 11/21/2009
" Signs " a video with a positive bike message from Transport for London from 2007. Music Credit: "Straight Lines" by Dawn Landes which was recently used in a Chrysler Town and Country commercial. It still sounds better in the "Signs" ad.
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Chrysler disbands ENVI electric car group
Consumer Reports Cars Blog (Free subscription) | 11/16/2009
At last year’s LA and Detroit auto show, back when it was owned by Cerberus Capital Management, Chrysler’s concept cars were all electric, including a battery-powered Town & Country minivan, 200C sedan, Dodge sports car, and Jeep Patriot. The message was clear: electric cars would were to play a key role in the company’s future. Now that the company has been bought by Fiat, it...
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That Corruptin' Town -- By: Conrad Black
National Review Online (Free subscription) | 11/16/2009
A merican politics is suffering acutely from the gridlock of entrenched officeholders and election financing controlled by special interests. Over 300 of the 435 congressional districts almost never change partisan hands. Most congressmen have safely gerrymandered districts, receive the bulk of their financial support from one or a few sources, and are reliable legislative supporters of those sources....
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Honeymoon Installment #1
Spandex Pony (Free subscription) | 11/15/2009
We spent a big chunk of our day with American Airlines. SkyMiles proved to be an extraordinarily absorbing read. Yes, I want an electronic scalp stimulator and catbox that masquerades as an elegant house plant! After we landed, the rental car company presented us with a vehicle upgrade, perfect because we had a whole bunch of camping gear to lug around. I'm happy to report that, even as a minivan-hater,...
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Chrysler Stil Has Electric Plans, but Fiat's Turned the Voltage Way Down Low
Green Car Advisor (Free subscription) | 11/13/2009
By John O'Dell, Senior Editor It's not only Chrysler's battery-electric and plug-in electric hybrid vehicle programs that have been pared back - way back - under the post-bankruptcy plan devised for the company by its new management. ---------- Fiat Doblo small van is now being considered as platform for "new" Chrysler's fit electric vehicle. .. ---------- The once-vigorous Chrysler hydrogen...
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Chrysler will offer mobile TV system
garagecar (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009
Chrysler, will be the first to offer television service in some of its models through a partnership with FLO TV Auto Entertainment. The service will see about 20 channels for a monthly fee of $ 9, has among its main supply to the CBS Mobile channel CNBC, MTV, Nickelodeon, FOX, NBC 2Go, Comedy Central, etc.. The technology used is very similar to that possessed by the phones with TV (3G). This device...
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Chrysler Disbands ENVI Electric Vehicle Group; Function Absorbed into Traditional Line Organization | Eco Friendly Mag
Web Wonderings (Free subscription) | 11/08/2009
Chrysler Disbands ENVI Electric Vehicle Group; Function Absorbed into Traditional Line Organization | Eco Friendly Mag : "Chrysler Disbands ENVI Electric Vehicle Group; Function Absorbed into Traditional Line Organization Reuters reports that Chrysler has disbanded its ENVI team, formed in 2007 to bring electric-drive vehicles and related advanced-propulsion technologies to market. (Earlier post.)...
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Dodge's "Major Product Intervention"
Consumer Reports Cars Blog (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
Just how widespread are the problems with many current Chrysler products? It’s to the point where the company itself declared Wednesday that they will have a "Major Product Intervention" across the Dodge lineup. Many of these changes also affect their platform-mates in the Chrysler and Jeep brands. That includes: A previously announced "all-new" interior for the 2010 Caliber,...
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Chrysler's 5-Year Business Plan: The Product Breakdown
Autoblog (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
Filed under: Chrysler , Dodge , Jeep , Fiat Chrysler LLC has concluded its 7-hour-long marathon presentation of the business plan (read our Live Blog of the event here ) that will see it through the next five years, and what we're left with is a little confusing. It's almost as if the automaker's new executives, amidst apologizing for the company's past and promising to do better in the future, were...
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Chrysler to launch four Special Editions in first quarter of 2010
Autoblog (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
Filed under: Convertible , Sedan , Hatchback , Chrysler Much has been made of Chrysler's apparent lack of new products for the 2010 model year. Suffice it to say, while there are big things in store for Chrysler, they will take at least another year to get into production. For instance, while removing the unsightly strakes from the hood of the unloved Sebring sedan and convertible is a nice gesture,...
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The New New Chrysler: Update #3 [Breaking]
Jalopnik (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
Lots of big news in the early evening part of the presentation from the New New Chrysler marathon news session. Click "more" to learn about the new page the Ram brand may be turning and the scoop behind the logo. That's right, they're considering bringing back a unibody truck/car/camino for the Ram brand. Rampage anyone? With Fiat comes Abarth, which is some of the best news all day. A Fiat...
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Charges in crash that killed pregnant woman, son
Chicago Breaking News (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009
A 39-year-old man today was charged with drunk driving in connection with the West Side crash last month that killed a pregnant woman and led to the death of her son, who was born after his mom died. James E. Cox, of the 4300 block of West Maypole Avenue, is due to appear in court Wednesday on a charge of aggravated driving under the influence, causing a death, said Tandra Simonton, a spokeswoman...
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2009 Annual Auto Reliability Survey: 10 best and worst models
Consumer Reports Cars Blog (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009
Just because a model is reliable doesn’t mean it is recommended by Consumer Reports. Four out of the top 10 most reliable vehicles don’t perform well enough in our tests for us to recommend them. The opposite happens as well—some vehicles that score well in our testing are not recommended because they have below average reliability. Seven out of the 10 least reliable vehicles have...
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Governments cloak executive pay
atHome Top Story (Free subscription) | 10/28/2009
Canadian governments are refusing to follow the lead of the U.S. Treasury and disclose whether auto executives in this country at taxpayer-funded General Motors and Chrysler will take further pay cuts – and how large those cuts might be.