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At its 5-year business plan yesterday, Chrysler repeatedly said that Jeep will be the only brand exported on global scale and it wasn’t lying. While the Chrysler badge will disappear from cars sold in Europe by 2011, most Chrysler and Dodge branded vehicles will be re-badged and sold as Lancia or Fiat mold to streamline [...]

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What you’re looking at here are the teasers of the upcoming 2010 Dodge Charger sedan that were shown today at Chrysler 5-year business plan conference. The 2010 Charger will make its debut by the end of this year. According to Dodge brand CEO Ralph Gilles, we can expect a little bit of Viper in all [...]

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According to Ram CEO Fred Diaz, the new Ram truck brand, which will now operate separately from Dodge, may expand into the heavy-truck 18-wheel segment. The brand will also add a Fiat based van to its lineup by 2012.
“Ram and Dodge clearly have a different mission to convey to our customers.” Diaz said. “Ram must [...]

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Ralph Gilles, CEO of the Dodge brand, said today that “eleven Dodge vehicles will be redesigned or significantly refreshed by 2014.” In the fourth-quarter of 2010, Dodge will introduce a brand new 7-passenger crossover / SUV.
Also in the works is an update for the Dodge Avenger sedan for next year and an update for the [...]

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Speaking at Chrysler’s 5-year business plan conference today, president and CEO Ralph Gilles confirmed that Chrysler will produce only 500 more units of the Dodge Viper. A new sports car will replace the Viper in the summer of 2012 and it won’t be anything like the old-school model.
Gilles said that the new sports car will [...]

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More than 400 journalists, analysts, dealers and public officials are in Auburn Hills, Michigan today as Chrysler ’s CEO Sergio Marchionne outlines the company’s 5-year business plan. We’re gathering updates from Twitter and other sites around the web. Keep checking back for updates.

Paolo E. Ferrero, Senior Vice President Chrysler Powertrain says the new highly fuel [...]

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Dodge Motorsports today took the covers off of its new Dodge Challenger NASCAR Nationwide Series race-car and said that it will provide support for Penske Racing’s two-car operation in the NASCAR Nationwide Series in addition to three teams in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series.
The Dodge Challenger race-car will be used at the four “New Car” [...]

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Chrysler Group LLC announced today that it is the first automaker in the United States to offer live mobile TV to consumers in collaboration with FLO TV Auto Entertainment. The dealer-installed Mobile TV option will be offered from Mopar and will offer as many as 20 channels including college and professional sports, breaking news, children’s [...]

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Las Vegas and most of the tuner industry is getting ready for the 2009 SEMA Show next week. The folks at SpeedFactory will come to the show with their new supercharged, all-aluminum 440 HEMI-powered Dodge Challenger.
SpeedFactory took the 2009 Dodge Challenger SRT8 with a 6.1L HEMI Mopar aluminum block and increased the displacement to 440 [...]

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Chrysler Group LLC’s new CEO, Sergio Marchionne, is scheduled to reveal his 5-year business and product plan to the media and analysts on November 4. However, The Wall Street Journal today released most of what Marchionne has will talk about next week.
According to the report, the plan relies heavily on vehicles from Fiat SpA, especially [...]

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