Entry Level Premium Sedan: 2013 Acura ILX
February 9, 2012 – 5:35 am | No Comment

A hybrid option comes to Acura.
Up until now, Honda’s Acura brand has not had a hybrid model. That may seem strange given that Honda and Toyota both got started with hybrids at about the same …

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Singular Minivan in Chrysler’s Future
October 11, 2011 – 3:30 am | No Comment
Singular Minivan in Chrysler’s Future

The minivan is dead. Long live the minivan!

Actually, the term “minivan” is no longer accurate — today’s smaller vans hold more people and weigh more than most cars. Some analysts consider vehicles like the Dodge …

Chrysler Nets 30 Percent Sales Increase for June 2011
July 1, 2011 – 12:55 pm | No Comment
Chrysler Nets 30 Percent Sales Increase for June 2011

Jeep, Ram pace Chrysler Group sales for June.
AUBURN HILLS, Mich. — The Chrysler Group, LLC reported that its U.S. sales increased by 30 percent for June 2011 against June 2010 sales, offering one of the …

Big 3 Likely to Rethink Small Pickup Truck Plans
May 19, 2011 – 12:05 am | No Comment
Big 3 Likely to Rethink Small Pickup Truck Plans

Chrysler’s decision to produce a small pickup truck will force Ford, GM and others to follow suit.
Slumping Sales
Sales of small pickup trucks have been falling steadily over the past decade despite higher fuel prices and …

Fiat to Increase Chrysler Stake to 46 Percent
April 21, 2011 – 8:29 am | No Comment
Fiat to Increase Chrysler Stake to 46 Percent

Fiat will likely assume dominant control of Chrysler early in 2012 due to its decision this week to pay $1.3 billion to increase its stake in the Detroit automaker to 46 percent, up from 30 …

Big 3 Automakers Offered a Mixed Bag in Feb.
March 2, 2011 – 1:57 pm | No Comment
Big 3 Automakers Offered a Mixed Bag in Feb.

The General Motors Company, the Ford Motor Company and Chrysler Group, LLC were able to see much good come from respective February 2011 U.S. auto sales data, as each automaker reported double-digit gains for the …

Chrysler Registers 17 Percent Sales Gain For 2010
January 4, 2011 – 1:41 pm | One Comment
Chrysler Registers 17 Percent Sales Gain For 2010

The Chrysler Group, LLC is back and in a big way. The automaker, seller of Dodge, Ram, Jeep and Chrysler branded products, sold 1,085,211 units for 2010, an increase of 17 percent over 2009.
Back Again

Chrysler’s …

Dakota: From Dodge to Ram
October 26, 2010 – 6:10 am | No Comment
Dakota: From Dodge to Ram

Brand or Subbrand?
About the only thing to report about the Dakota pickup truck is that its transition from Dodge to Ram is complete. Unless you follow these things you may not understand that the Dakota …

A Pentastar V6 Under Many Hoods
October 22, 2010 – 6:41 am | 2 Comments
A Pentastar V6 Under Many Hoods

Call it smart thinking or simply call it by what it is really is: economies of scale. Chrysler, who has seven “legacy” V6 engines to manage, will be trimming that number down to just one …

Unleashed! Refreshed 2011 Dodge Journey
October 21, 2010 – 10:22 am | One Comment
Unleashed! Refreshed 2011 Dodge Journey

First introduced in 2008, the five- to seven-passenger Dodge Journey has quietly served in its capacity as a larger midsize crossover for the Dodge brand. The exterior is fine, but the interior has been criticized …

Chrysler Nine-Speed: Intriguing!
September 17, 2010 – 5:37 pm | 3 Comments
Chrysler Nine-Speed: Intriguing!

Chrysler is back from the dead, releasing a flurry of new products for the rest of this year and next. We already have the 2011 Jeep Grand Cherokee to consider and have seen photos of …

2011 Dodge Durango Unwrapped!
September 3, 2010 – 6:44 am | No Comment
2011 Dodge Durango Unwrapped!

First, please allow me to clear up an important matter: Chrysler separated Dodge and Ram by categorizing its pickup trucks as “Ram” while leaving its SUVs and other body styles as Dodge.
When Ram was pulled …

Fiat, Volkswagen & the Alfa Romeo Complexity
August 25, 2010 – 2:01 pm | One Comment
Fiat, Volkswagen & the Alfa Romeo Complexity

Fiat s.P.a. is busy tending its American offspring, attempting to ensure that its Chrysler, Jeep, Dodge and Ram brands have a secure footing going forward. That’s a tall order given the financial problems and its …