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Chrysler will pour in a $550 million investment in Mexico to start production of the compact Fiat 500 model car by December. Chrysler CEO Sergio Marchionne, who also heads Fiat, said that the company will retool a production site designed by Chrysler. Last June, Chrysler emerged from bankruptcy under Fiat’s management. Chrysler dealerships in the US will be

Ralph Gilles, Chrysler’s chief design officer and the CEO of the Dodge brand, shared how Chrysler Group emulates Apple Computer and how Chrysler CEO Sergio Marchionne had provided the inspiration to return the company to greatness.

Gilles was given the task of addressing the Economic Club of Chicago’s annual

General Motors’ strategy is catching on. Chrysler Group has announced that it is offering minivan customers a 60-day, money-back guarantee. Unhappy buyers who had traded in a competitor’s vehicle for a Chrysler Town & Country or Dodge Grand Caravan can cite the “minivan pledge to take advantage of this.

The offer runs through March 31.

Chrysler UK has introduced a special edition model to its successful Grand Voyager range.

Celebrating 25 years as the world’s best selling MPV, and with over 12 million vehicles sold worldwide, the new Chrysler Grand Voyager special edition comes with significant amounts of extra interior and exterior equipment that help makes the award winning vehicle even better value for money.

The interior equipment of the new Chrysler Grand Voyager special

From Washington comes potentially bad news for Chrysler Group and General Motors Company: yesterday, the U.S. House of Representatives passed legislation that would reinstate 789 Chrysler dealers and around 2520 GM dealers to their respective networks.

To recap: the dealers in question were cut from the two companies' networks during the Chrysler/GM restructurings. The dealers argue that they were eliminated unfairly and that they should be given the opportunity to make a

The auto industry has been in a state of flux for the last year, however, in the last 6 months things have really heated up as you can read from my previous report on the state of the auto industry. It isn't all bad, especially with people like Chris Kilcullen who are starting up campaigns like Test Drive America, a promotion focused on getting American buyers to buy American again (read more here). Unfortunately, some of the news coming out of the

Sales of the Dodge Challenger for June of 2009 were 1,369 compared to 1,024 from June of 2008 showing a 34% increase in sales from the previous year. Year to date Challenger sales are 15,082 compared to 1,095 for 2008, which is a 1277.6% gain.  The large gain is due to the fact Challengers were only being sold for one solid month and a few days in 2008, so the small figure represents a very small time frame.

Month to Month sales on the other hand were very disappointing for the