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Video Find: Chrysler Under the Pentastar, Texas Truck Honors, Ram HD Rollout

Posted October 23 2009 11:25 AM by TT Editors

The top stories from Chrysler Group LLC for the week of October 23, 2009 : Stories include: Texas truck honors, Dodge Ram Heavy Duty rollout, Dakota and Patriot win and Plum Crazy is back. See what's new at Chrysler on the...

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Video Find: 2010 Cadillac SRX Vs 2010 Lexus RX350 Comparison

Posted July 2 2009 09:40 AM by TT Editors

Cadillac's redesigned crossover SRX takes aim at the gold standard in the segment, the Lexus RX350.

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35-MPG by 2016, Four Years Early?

Posted May 18 2009 04:23 PM by Todd Lassa

DETROIT - The Associated Press says President Obama will release new vehicle emission standards Tuesday that effectively move up the 2020 Corporate Average Fuel Economy standards of 35 mpg up to the year 2016. The good...

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The MT Support Vehicle Behind The Scenes Of 'One Lap Of America'

Posted May 5 2009 12:01 PM by TT Editors

Location: Somewhere south of Gainesville, Florida Distance traveled: 1242 miles and counting So how do the real One Lap competitors do it? We're only covering this madness, not actually racing for low times and high...

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Why Fiat Needs Chrysler

Posted May 1 2009 08:53 AM by Angus MacKenzie

Those of us who have been around the block a few times in this business can't help but smile at the irony of Fiat riding to the rescue of Chrysler. The company that once was the perennial sick man of the European auto...

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Hedge Funds Take The Rap For Chrysler's 'Cruel' Bankruptcy Woes

Posted April 30 2009 01:05 PM by Todd Lassa

DETROIT - A Fiat 500 built in Canada, Mexico or the United States may be the first product of the newly minted Chrysler LLC-Fiat Auto alliance. Fiat, the United Auto orkers, four major banks and the automaker's own...

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AIG: What Does This Mean for GM and Chrysler?

Posted March 2 2009 11:10 AM by Todd Lassa

DETROIT - A news item I read over the weekend says that just 22 percent of Americans support federal loan guarantees for General Motors and Chrysler LLC. On Monday morning American International Group Inc., "the insurer...

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The Reckoning of America's Auto Industry

Posted February 20 2009 11:17 AM by Angus MacKenzie

We've had the shock. We've had the what?, the how?, the huh? moments. We've had three months or so to get used to the fact GM and Chrysler are basically bankrupt. Now comes the reckoning. Both companies submitted their...

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Reader's Letters: It Wasn't a Bailout!

Posted February 9 2009 12:27 PM by TT Editors

Dear Truck Trend, G.R. Whale should be horse-whipped, tarred and feathered, and run out of town on a rail for perpetuating the lie about "a governmental bailout" of Chrysler in the 1980s ( September/October 2008 ). The...

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The Biggest Loser: Chrysler Sales Fall 53-Percent for Month, 30-Percent for Year

Posted January 6 2009 03:56 PM by Todd Lassa

DETROIT - Here's what you need to know about car/truck sales in the U.S.: All the majors were down 30 percent or more in December. All of them. General Motors? Down 31 percent. Toyota? Down 36.7 percent. Ford Motor...

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Chrysler Burns $4-$5 Billion Per Month, and Other Revelations

Posted November 19 2008 10:48 AM by Todd Lassa

DETROIT - Chrysler LLC is burning through how much money per month? Chairman Bob Nardelli told the U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Tuesday "Chrysler has billions of dollars in cash payment...

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GM, Ford, Chrysler - No Time to Lose

Posted November 5 2008 07:02 PM by Todd Lassa

DETROIT - General Motors issued congratulations to Senator Barack Obama for his win Tuesday, and reminded the president-elect of his "pledge to support our nation's domestic auto industry in its ongoing efforts to...

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Magic Wagon Turns 25

Posted November 5 2008 12:44 PM by Frank Markus

The modern minivan is celebrating its silver anniversary this year. Yes, it was on November 2, 1983 that Lido A. Iacocca drove the first minivan off the assembly line in Windsor, Ontario. This radical concept--a...

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Surprised? Treasury doesn't want to lend GM $10 billion to buy Chrysler

Posted October 31 2008 12:19 PM by Todd Lassa

DETROIT - The story broke Friday morning that the treasury department turned away General Motors on its widely reported, not very substantiated deal to buy Chrysler with $10 billion in federal bailout money. (I write "buy...

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Kill Chrysler to save GM?

Posted October 17 2008 06:40 PM by Todd Lassa

DETROIT - Even though you won't like them, General Motors' reasons for buying Chrysler from Cerberus are starting to make sense. Reports say the chances for such a deal remain 50-50, despite that GM hasn't re-studied the...

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