Chrysler will start a temporary second shift at its Belvidere, Illinois plant later this month to boost production of its popular Dodge Caliber line. The company wanted to increase production in October, but delayed the move due to supplier shortage, no surprise as the auto parts industry has been wracked with shutdowns and bankruptcies since the economic crash last year. Chrysler currently employs...
Chrysler Group LLC has announced a temporary second shift will start Nov. 17 at its Belvidere Assmepy Plant in a move to boost production of the Dodge Caliber by 10,000 units by year-end.
This past weekend our 2009 Dodge Ram didn't do any heavy lifting. It didn't haul anything, tow anything, or crush anything. Instead it just transported a few girls from shopping malls to outdoor eateries, same as any comfortable sedan.And none of the women complained about it either. Once loaded ... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
EAST ORANGE - A man was taken to University Hospital tonight after he was struck by a vehicle on Route 280 outside of East Orange, police said. Around 7:44 p.m., a silver Dodge Stratus was traveling westbound on Route 280...
Filed under: Podcasts , Etc. , Plants/Manufacturing , Cadillac , Chrysler , Dodge , Ford , Mercedes-Benz , Toyota , Rumormill Click above for the Autoblog Podcast in iTunes, RSS or listen now! The usual suspects of Chris, Sam, and Dan are joined this week by Autoblog Editor Extraordinaire Chris Paukert. It's a packed 'cast, starting with the apparent go-ahead of the Cadillac Converj . The future of...
From the Wilmington News Journal http://www.delawareonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20091110/NEWS/911100347 13-year-old bicyclist killed in crash is ID'd By IRA PORTER The News Journal A 13-year-old bicyclist was killed Monday when he was struck by a minivan while crossing Del. 273 in Christiana, state police said. The victim was identified this afternoon as John B. Sullivan. The boy was riding...
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...
Ford may have been the featured automaker at the SEMA show this year, but this was also, very much, the year of the Camaro. And that’s understandable. While the customizing crowd has had several years now to play around with Ford’s latest reincarnation of the Mustang, first introduced in 2005 and refreshed for 2009, the Camaro is freshly minted. Last year, the Las Vegas Convention Center...
I have always had a soft spot for the post-war late 40s Detroit automobile look which looked eerily like the pre-war early 40s Detroit look. You can’t send Cadillacs into combat zones and DeSotos made poor amphibious assault vehicles, so Detroit became lead manufacturer for the war effort in 1941. Forget cars, the free world [...]
It’s not unusual to find someone else’s playlist still on the hard drive of a higher-end press car’s audio system when it shows up in our driveway for a week-long evaluation. Sometimes it’s fun to guess who had the vehicle last – the Barbara Streisand collection (200 songs, really') in a Dodge Charger, for example. [...]
2010 DODGE RAM 1500 STYLING | [8 out of 10] Edmunds: "big-rig look" Autoblog: "more shapely" Cars.com: "cleaned up and streamlined" ConsumerGuide: "Huge gauges are boldly marked" The 2010 Dodge Ram 1500 is related to the previous generation of Ram, but the forward-tilted grille and the beefy tractor-trailer fenders of the last ... Browse Photos
TheCarConnection.com's editors have driven different versions of the latest Dodge Ram and have written this road test summary from firsthand driving impressions. Editors have compared the Ram with other big trucks to help you narrow your shopping decision. The companion Full Review condenses opinions from other trusted Web reviews. ... Browse Photos
Filed under: Convertible , Coupe , Performance , Etc. , Dodge , Humor Stonehenge, Rosebud, The Wizard of Oz and Pink Floyd - all have confounded us with their hidden meanings. And to that list we now add the logo for the Dodge Viper. Somehow it has eluded us for years that, when turned upside down, the Viper logo turns into what appears to be... Daffy Duck. Or, as some other folks have mentioned,...
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The five-year plan of Chrysler and Fiat for the US was recently presented and one of the more notable details is that of a plan to discontinue Dodge Viper and revamp it in 2012 when the companies will debut a brand new generation. From January to July 2010, 500 more Vipers will be produced.
While Chrysler is fully bent on launching a hybrid Dodge Ram pickup in the coming years, a diesel model might not make it. The Detroit News reports that the hybrid version will be powered by technology developed by Chrysler together with General Motors, BMW and Daimler.