Articles, tagged with "chrysler group", page 4

Ford Assumes that it will be Chosen as the Target Company for UAW Talks

Negotiations between Ford and the United Auto Workers have not commenced yet but the automaker is already assuming that it will be the target of UAW in the contract talks and will use a Ford deal as the basis for pay and benefit with its negotiations wi... Read >
Author: Morgay

Ford Denies Reports of Volvo Sale

News on the possible sale of Ford's Swedish subsidiary is raging on. And in response to reports circulating in Europe that Volvo is for sale, Ford has released a statement last Monday refuting all reports saying that it is not involved in any negotiatio... Read >
Author: Morgay

Dodge-Nitro-Electrocutes-a-Dog Ad

News of auto commercials requested for removal due to disturbing scenes is not new anymore. It can be remembered that GM's very controversial robot ad has undergone grave opposition from medical and mental groups stating that the robot commercial of GM ... Read >
Author: Evander

BMW transfers 50% Stake to Chrysler

German carmaker Bavarian Motor Works (BMW) said on Thursday that it has transferred its 50 percent stake in Brazilian engine joint venture Tritec Motors Limitada to DaimlerChrysler's Chrysler Group division. As for the deal, which requires regulator... Read >
Author: Hailey Kerr

2008 Dodge Magnum Previewed

The newly redesigned 2008 Dodge Magnum lineup including SRT8, R/T, SXT and SE models continues the boldly-styled theme of American muscle, with its distinctive profile, exceptional versatility, HEMI power, fuel-saving cylinder deactivation and rear-whee... Read >
Author: Jason Moore

Retractable Hardtops are Practically Enjoyable

Convertibles give annoyances like road noise, and leaky roof. To counter these and other annoyances, the auto industry thinks it has found the solution: the retractable hardtop. There were two mass-production retractable cars on the market and both w... Read >
Author: Kraig

Online Gaming and Marketing

The commercial potential hidden in the ever growing online gaming market has been known to marketers for a long time. It is known that millions of people around the world are playing different types of online games. The wide range of available games - fro... Read >
Author: Saul Rivers

UAW Needs to Give Chrysler Allowance – Gettelfinger

UAW President Ron Gettelfinger said on June 18 that the union must find a way to give Chrysler health care allowances that are similar to those it gave to Ford Motor Co. as well as to General Motors Corp. in 2005. In an interview on "The Paul W. Smit... Read >
Author: Zeke

Chrysler Commemorates Jeep Brand’s History in Toledo Community

The Chrysler Group recently announced its plans to preserve one of the three most distinguished smokestacks on the former Jeep Parkway facility in Toledo. The smokestacks have been a well known part of the horizon of Toledo since 1915. The oldest man... Read >
Author: Zeke

Toyota in Top Fighting Form, Reveals Plans to Revamp Engine Lineup

Toyota Motor Corp. has unseated General Motors Corp. as the world's biggest carmaker last year instead of in 2007, as industry observers have earlier predicted. Detroit-based weekly Automotive News, whose data centre publishes a widely quoted ranking... Read >
Author: Zeke

Chrysler Group makes 11,243 May Sales of (CPOV)

The Chrysler Group announced that its Five Star(R) dealers achieved a new May record of 11,243 Certified Pre-owned Vehicles (CPOV) making an increase of 10.6 percent as compared to the May 2006 sales of 10,164 vehicles. As compared with April 2007 s... Read >
Author: Zeke

CD Players: Going the Way of the Dinosaurs?

Are dash-mounted CD players going the way of the dinosaurs? Will they be obsolete before we know it, just like what happened to the 8-tracks and quadraphonic sound? A vice president from Siemens VDO seems to think so, and thinks that it would even be... Read >
Author: Zeke

Toyota continues to incite fear on Detroit's Big Three

Last May, Toyota Motor Corporation Japan's biggest automaker has increased its sales by 14 percent outselling again Ford Motor Co. in its home market for the third time in seven months. The increase has move Toyota a step closer to passing Ford as the N... Read >
Author: Evander

Domestic Automakers Improving in Production Efficiency

For the past couple of years, Detroit's automakers have took up 16 labor hours longer than their Asian rivals in building vehicles in North America. And that difference is being reduced to minutes attributed to the shrinking efficiency gap between domes... Read >
Author: Ally Wahlberg

Chrysler AG's Twenty Years of "Concept to Reality"

For years the "concept to reality" has been the theme that embodies the Chrysler Group design philosophy and many are hoping that the company will apply this theme on their concept vehicles for this year, 2007. The ability of Chrysler to create a de... Read >
Author: Evander

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